Constitutional Law - Final

What are the four key dates in the forming of the Constitution and what the dates represent?

What was wrong with the English rule and the Colonial charter Governments?

What was the structure and therefore problems with the AoC?

At the Philadelphia Convention, who were the two groups?

What was the main key feature of the Constitution?

Comparatively, what is the difference between the Parliament system and the US system of government? (In terms of democracy)

What is the highest law?

What is the difference between judicial review and judicial power?

What does Article III establish?

What cases does SCOTUS have original jdx?

In what cases does SCOTUS have appellate jurisdiction?

How do you determine Congress' exceptions under the Exceptions Clause ?

What interpretive tactic did J. Marshall use in Marbury v. Madison?

In Hunter's Lessee, what was the textual argument of the Court's decision?

What are the policy reasons for SCOTUS being able to hear state court federal question cases on appeal?

True of False: 28 USC §1257 grants SCOTUS the power to hear state court cases on appeal.

What is the four step analysis for whether SCOTUS has jdx?

True or False: State governments are not a government of enumerated power. They don't have to justify their power.

True of False: States can give its people more rights, but never less rights.

How do you determine if the state grounds are independent and adequate?

What are the judiciary limits?

Under Art. III, what does "cases and controversies" mean?

True or False: SCOTUS can only resolve cases, not give legal advice.

What are the four doctrines of justiciability?

What case illustrates the court using a standing doctrine?

What are the four criteria for standing?

Under standing, what are the requirements that depend on who is bringing the claim?

What is the exception for the bar against third party claims?

True or False: There is no tax payer standing because of generalized grievances.

What makes a case moot?

What is the exception to mootness?

What is the policy reason for courts to not take moot cases even if there is an interest in the nation?

What are two ways you can keep your case from mooting out?

Where is the main list of congressional power found?

What does Article 1 Sections 9 and 10 cover?

What is the main take away from McCulloch?

What was a reason Marshall gave for interpreting necessary to mean convenient in the McCulloch (regarding the Necessary and Proper Clause)?

What test did McColluch bring for testing federal power?

What is the one concession Marshall makes in McCulloch?

What is the Interstate Commerce Clause?

How does Marshall define the Interstate Commerce Clause in Gibbons?

True of False: Once the power has been established, States can't interfere with an exercise of Federal power.

True or False: Regarding intrastate commerce, there is no direct power but power from a direct impact according to Gibbons.

What did states do to limit Congress' power after Gibbons?