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BLS 211:Notes Fourth Class
BLS 211:Notes Fourth Class
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Business
Undergraduate 2
01/21/2016

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What is the primary purpose of the US Constitution?
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To establish the rules and limits of the federal government of the United States of America.
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Details and outlines the three parts of the federal government
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How must congress always pass laws?
Definition
Under their powers detailed in the articles.
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Originally the constitution didn't apply to what at all?
Definition
The states
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What branch of the government does each article of the Constitution outline?
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Article One: Legislative
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Article Two: Executive
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Article Three: Judiciary
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What are important points covered by the first article of the US Constitution?
Definition
Tax+Spend
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Regulate Commerce Interstate
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Naturalization
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Promote the Progress of Science and Useful Arts
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Patent and Copyright Law
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Congress can pass any necessary and proper law to complete their mission
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What is Habeas Corpus?
Definition
Legal actions by which detainees can seek relief from unlawful imprisonment.
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What are the most important parts of Article Two of the US Constitution?
Definition
Can make treaties with other nations which require ratification to become law with two-third majority of the senate.
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Appoint Officers of the United States
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Allows for impeachment
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Many of the disagreements in the supreme court concern the meaning of terms in what?
Definition
The Constitution of the US
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What is an Ex Post Facto Law?
Definition
A law that retroactively changes the legal consequences (or status) of actions that were committed, or relationships that existed, before the enactment of the law
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The Constitution does not outline term limits for who?
Definition
Members of Congress
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What does interstate mean?
Definition
Between states
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What is Naturalization?
Definition
Process by which U.S. citizenship is granted to a foreign citizen or national after he or she fulfills the requirements established by Congress
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Congress can create additional courts inferior to what court?
Definition
The Supreme Court
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What is the 16th Amendment?
Definition
It covers that the congress may collect and that the people must pay taxes.
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What is the Executive Branch in charge of?
Definition
Making sure that the laws of the United States are obeyed.
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What is the Legislative Branch in charge of?
Definition
Writing up votes on laws
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Executive Orders are not what?
Definition
Laws or binding laws
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How does the President Complete Executive Orders?
Definition
By quoting the US Constitution, and relating it to their powers granted to them by the US Constitution.
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What are Executive Orders subject to?
Definition
Review by the Supreme Court
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What is a fancy word for law?
Definition
Legislation
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What is the Judicial Branch in charge of?
Definition
Interpreting laws
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What makes up the Judicial Branch?
Definition
The Courts of the Supreme Court
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What is the focus of the Supreme Court?
Definition
Cases related to the constitution.
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The Supreme Court can not do what?
Definition
Give advice
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When the Supreme Court reviews a law, they are searching to see if said law is what?
Definition
Constitutional
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Why is "under the constitution", used as a reason for congress to review legislation to see if it is Constitutional?
Definition
It was interpreted by fifty-percent of the founding fathers that the only power the judicial branch has is to hear a case, but not necessarily review the law as either good or bad.
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Who is the head of the IRS?
Definition
The president of the United States.
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The president can't make laws, but can?
Definition
Suggest and advise laws
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What is the Writ of Mandamus?
Definition
Order from a court to an inferior government official ordering the government official to properly fulfill their official duties or correct an abuse of discretion.
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What was Marbury asking the court to do in the case Marbury v Madison?
Definition
Writ of Mandamus
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Marbury in Marbury v Madison, wanted a writ of Mundane against?
Definition
James Madison
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Marbury v Madison allowed the supreme court to review laws as what?
Definition
Arbitors
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No government member can grant someone a what?
Definition
Title of nobility
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People can basically not sue what?
Definition
The government
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American citizens cannot be given royal titles in other countries to be recognized where?
Definition
In America
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What is an aristocracy?
Definition
The highest class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles, money, and land.
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What is Promgenioture?
Definition
First born child, and heir to the throne.
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What does entail mean?
Definition
a settlement of the inheritance of Property over a number of generations so that it remains within a family or other group.
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When someone owns land in a aristocracy, they must pay estate taxes which goes to who?
Definition
The surrounding populace.
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What do we need to do for homework?
Definition
Read chapters one and two of Meat Racket and Do the Cengage Quiz
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