Civics 3 sections 1/2

notes

Article

the seven divisions of the Constitution

Jurisdiction

authority of a court to rule on certain cases

Supremacy Clause

statement in Article VI of the Constitution established that the constitution, laws passed by Congress, and treaties of the U.S. “shall be the supreme law of the land”

Amendment

a change to the Constitution

popular sovereignty

government should draw their powers from the consent of the people

federalism

a system in which power is divided between the national and state governments

Seperation of Powers

the divison of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government

Checks and balances

the system where each branch of government exercises

veto

rejection of a bill

Judicial Review

a power of the supreme court to declare laws and actions of local, state, or national government unconstitutional

expressed powers

powers directly stated in the Constitution

enumerated powers

the expressed powers of congress that itemizes and numbers 1-18 in Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution

elastic clause

clause in Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution that gives Congress the right to make all laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers expressed in the other clauses of Article I

federal bureaucracy

departments and agencies of the federal government - mostly the executive branch

The preamble

where the constitution explain why it was written and the purposes of government

Article 1

the legislative branch

Section 2 and 3

details about the two houses of Congress - the house of representatives and the Senate

Article 2

Executive branch to carry out laws passed by congress

Article 2 section 1

“The executive power shall be vested in the President of the United States of America”

Article 3 sections 1

a Supreme Court to head the judicial branch

Article 4

the relationship of the states to one another and to the national government

Article 5

the ways the Constitution can be amended, or changed

Article 7

addresses ratification and declares that the constitution would take effect after it was ratified by nine states

Article 6

contains the supremacy Clause

Judical function

Courts

Legislative function

Congress

Executive function

president

Marbury v. Madison

the principle of judicial review was clearly established by the supreme court

president Gerald Ford

“my fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over. our constitution works; our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here the people rule.”

McCulloch v. Maryland

The court supported the idea that the elastic clause gave Congress the right to make laws necessary to carry out its other powers

first home of congress

Federal Hall Manhattan New York

george Washington

Marquis de Lafaette, the french general who aided the Americans in the revolution

National Recovery Administration

Chief Justice Hughes

Worcester v. Georgia

the supreme court ruled in favor of the cherokee

The federalist

Alexander Hamilton