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Political Philosopher
-"Natural rights"
-Heavily influenced Thomas Jefferson
-Impacted the Declaration of Independence |
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-American Founding Father
-Author of the Declaration of Independence
-Third President of the United States. |
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- Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
- coin money
- declare war
- regulation of the land
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- collect taxes |
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Representatives are chosen by the people to make decisions for them.
- Wealthy people |
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| A system of government where powers are shared between local and national government. |
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| Powers of national government under articles of cofederation |
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-Maintain order
-Provide public services
-Provide security and defense
-Provide for the economy |
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-Farmers shut down courts in Boston
-Courts were reposing farms for non payment or taxes. |
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Congress can pass a law regarding food safety because that food is shipped from processing plant to grocery stores around the country.
-commercial trade, business, movement of goods or money, or transportation from one state to another, regulated by the federal government according to powers spelled out in Article I of the Constitution. |
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The National government and your state government can tax your income.
-Shared |
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A state's air pollution standards cannot be lower than the standards set by the federal government.
Article VI, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution, known as the Supremacy Clause, establishes the U.S. Constitution, federal statutes, and U.S. Treaties as "the supreme law of the land." |
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"If men were angels, no governments would be necessary."
-architect and father of the constitution |
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-state is represented by two senators
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-Objected to the constitution because lacked a bill of rights
- More power to the states |
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| Strong Central Government |
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| is the power to unilaterally stop an official action, especially the enactment of legislation. |
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| -each of the three branches of government can limit the powers of the others. This way, no one branch becomes too powerful. |
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| Under the separation of powers, each branch of government has a specific function. The legislative branch—the Congress—makes the laws. The executive branch—the president—implements the laws. The judiciary—the court system—interprets the laws and decides legal controversies. |
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| Constitutional amendment process |
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| proposed either by the Congress with a two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate or by a constitutional convention called for by two-thirds of the State legislatures. |
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| The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791, which set forth and guarantee certain fundamental rights and privileges of individuals, including freedom of religion, speech, press, and assembly; guarantee of a speedy jury trial in criminal cases; and protection against excessive bail and Cruel and Unusual Punishment |
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-The Lower legislative house of the Us Congress
-Makes laws
-435 people rep. 50 states |
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| Chronological lists of cases decided by the Us supreme court |
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| neither the states or national government can perform |
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-Governor
-Extradition comes into play when a person charged with a crime under state statutes flees the state. An individual charged with a federal crime may be moved from one state to another without any extradition procedures. |
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| a judgment in a lawsuit or a criminal conviction rendered in one state shall be recognized and enforced in any other state |
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-State governed as one single unit which the central government is supreme
-State, provincial and local government are created by the central government. |
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| -not listed in the constitution anywhere however we assume that it is a power given |
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| -Amendment 5 says you have the right to remain silent |
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| -the institutions and people who make decisions for society |
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| the doctrine that the inhabitants of a territory should be free from federal interference in determining their own domestic policy, esp in deciding whether or not to allow slavery |
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| Constitutional Convention |
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| -Where the constitution was rattified |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| the agreement made by the original 13 states in 1777 establishing a confederacy to be known as the United States of America; replaced by the Constitution of 1788 |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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-break up letter
-the proclamation made by the second American Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which asserted the freedom and independence of the 13 Colonies from Great Britain |
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| power to regulate interstate commerce was granted to Congress by the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution. |
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| Dad fighting for the rights of colored to be allowed in white schools |
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| provides that no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. |
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-Judge cannot throw you in jail without a trial and conviction
-must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person. |
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| aw has the grounds to obtain a warrant for, or as an exception to the warrant requirements for, making an arrest or conducting a personal or property search, etc. |
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