Chapter 6 Vocabulary

1. freedom from prosecution for witnesses whose testimony ties them to illegal acts
6. exclusive right of an inventor to manufacture, use, and sell his or her invention for a specific period
7. ______ powers; the powers that have allowed Congress to expand its role to meet the needs of a growing nation
10. _________ commerce; commerce among the states
11. legal order that a person appear or produce requested documents
12. willful obstruction
13. bills of ______; laws that establish guilt and punish people without allowing them a trial
17. ________ bills; proposed laws to authorize spending money
19. writ of _____ corpus; a court order to release a person accused of a crime to court to determine whether he or she has been legally detained
20. lying under oath
21. the president’s refusal to spend money Congress has voted to fund a program
22. exclusive right to publish and sell a literary, musical, or artistic work for a specified period of time

2. ________ and proper clause; this clause implies that Congress has powers beyond those expressed in the first 17 clauses; also known as the elastic clause
3. ______ bills; proposed laws for raising money
4. legislative ______; a continuing review of how effectively the executive branch carries out the law Congress passes
5. ________ powers; the powers that are specifically given to Congress in the Constitution
8. national _____; the total amount of money the government owes at any given time
9. the process by which immigrants to the United States may become citizens
14. ex post ______ laws; laws that make crimes of acts that were legal when they were committed
15. a formal accusation of misconduct in office
16. legal proceedings to administer the assets of a person or business that cannot pay its debts
18. national _____; yearly financial plan for the national government