Unit 1 - Part 1 Flashcards
(23 cards)
Bicameral Legislature
Two-house legislation
Bill of Attainder
Congress cannot pass a law singling out a person for the purpose of punishment without trial
Brutus 1
Brutus points to the Necessary and Proper Clause and the Supremacy Clause to enforce his opinion that the states shouldn’t be reduced to one republic as they give the federal government absolute power
Block Grant
Broad purpose money grant
Categorical Grant
Narrow purpose money grant
Centralists
Those who favor greater national authority over state authority
Checks and Balances
Limit of branch powers
Commerce Clause
Congress regulates commerce among states, foreign nations, and tribes
Concurrent Powers
Held by Congress and the States
Confederation
Sovereign states loosely tied to central government
Decentralists
Greater state authority
Direct Democracy
People rule themselves
Elastic Clause
Congress can exercise power necessary and proper for enumerated powers
Enumerated Powers
Congressional power
Ex Post Facto Law
Congress cannot punish retroactively
Extradition
Accused person who flees must be returned to original state of crime
Federalism
Sharing of power between state and central governments
Dual Federalism
Coequal national and state governments
Cooperative Federalism
Fed and state cooperate to solve issues
New Federalism
National government restores greater authority back to the states
Federalist Papers
85 essays by Madison, Hamilton, and Jay to persuade the adoption of the Constitution
Federalist 10
Government is capable of controlling violence and damage from factions through the Constitution
Federalist 51
Defends checks and balances
