Constitution Review

1. The government is divided into 3 branches to limit the power of each
3. Idea that the government gets its power from the people and people chose leaders to represent their needs
4. The Supreme Court can rule laws unconstitutional
5. Basis for implied powers, sometimes called Elastic Clause because its meaning has been stretched
8. Says the Constitution and federal laws outrank state and local laws
10. The three branches of government can check or limit each other to prevent any one branch from having too much power
12. Powers of the government not specifically listed in the Constitution but suggested by it in order to carry out expressed powers
15. Changes to the constitution, there have been 27 of them
16. Powers that the federal government and state governments share
17. Powers kept to the states
19. Introduction to the Constitution, “We the people…”
20. First ten amendments
21. Created the executive branch, the president whose job it is to enforce the laws
22. How the President can check Congress

2. Constitution says that each State must honor the laws, records, and court decisions of every other State
6. Created the Supreme Court whose job it is to interpret the meaning of laws
7. legal process by which a person accused of a crime in one State is returned for trial to that State by the police of another State
9. No State may discriminate against a person who lives in another State
11. Powers of the government specifically listed in the Constitution
13. Created the legislative branch, Congress whose job is to create the laws
14. Dividing power between federal and state governments
18. The government has to obey the law