Admin Law Chap 1-2

Administrative law

A body of law that defines the powers, limitations, and procedures of administrative agencies

Enabling laws

a statute that establishes an agency and sets forth the responsibilities and authority of that agency

Administrative Procedure Act

governing the procedures that agencies must follow when performing their functions

Democracy

a form of direct popular government → people vote on and directly decide all important issues

Federalism

interrelationship between federal and state governments and the division of power between those two levels

Tenth Amendment

powers not delegated to the US by the Constitution is reserved for the state governments

Necessary and Proper Clause

Congress can enact any laws necessary and proper to carry out their role and enumerated powers

Supremacy Clause

Constitution is supreme over other types of law

Commerce Clause

Congress has power to regulate interstate commerce, commerce with foreign nations, and commerce with Indian tribes

Separation of powers

Horizontal division of power between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government

Bureaucracy

Describes the management systems of the United States, the states, and local governments

Presentment Clause requirement

Legislation must be shown to the president before becoming law

Bicameral requirement of Art. I, §§ 1, 7

no law could take effect without the concurrence of the prescribed majority of members of both houses