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Flashcards by maeganbrady410, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by maeganbrady410
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| Question | Answer |
| Enumerated Powers aka "expressed power" | The powers specifically granted to the national government. |
| Implied Powers | Powers that Congress has that are not stated explicitly in the Constitution. |
| Inherent Powers | The powers that are necessary for a branch of government to get its job done. |
| Reserved Powers | Powers that the Constitution does not give to the national government that are kept by the states. |
| Concurrent Powers | Powers that both levels of government can exercise. |
| Commerce Clause | Allocates power to Congress for regulating commerce among states and with foreign nations and Indian tribes. |
| Necessary and Proper Clause | Gives Congress the power to make all laws necessary to carry out their expressed powers. |
| Full Faith and Credit Clause | States must recognize the public acts, records and judicial proceedings of every other state. (article 4) |
| Supremacy Clause | The federal law is above all state laws. States can't make laws that conflict with US laws. (article 6) |
| Free Exercise Clause (1st amendment) | Declares that we have freedom to whatever we choose when it comes to religious matters. |
| Establishment Clause (1st amendment) | Declares that a state can't establish religion. |
| Due Process Clause (5th & 14th amendment) | States that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without fair procedures. |
| Selective Corporation | Case by case process by which the liberties of the Bill of Rights is applied to the state governments by the Due Process clause of the 14th amendment. (14th Amendment) |
| Equal Protection Clause (14th Amendment) | States that no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction. |
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