POS 100 chapter 4 review questions
In McCulloch vrs Maryland the court argued that the power to tax....
involves the power to destroy
According to John Marshall's decision in McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), the elastic clause might be interpreted to mean that Congress can take a particular action not specified in the Constitution if that action
plainly adapted to achieving a legitimate constitutional
Which of the following is NOT an essential premise of dual federali
Nation and state cooperate
since the 1990s the Supreme Court has typically favored states, however, the best example of a decision in which the court did not defend state prerogatives is
Bush vs Gore
States rights supporters believe that Congress should restrict its activities
enumerated powers
A central question in the McCulloch case was whether or not Congress had the power to
establish a national bank
Under Chief Justice John Marshall, the early Supreme Court gene
increased national power
In 2012, the Supreme Court cited _____ in upholding the individual mandate provision of the affordable care act
the national governments taxing power
Home rule is
the right of municipal governments to enact their own legislation in certain administrative area
While government at all levels and private sector businesses all share responsibilities over managing the nations' ports, each port has a ______________ assigned to be the captain of the port
FBI agent
Conflicts related to power-sharing between states and the national government are settled by
the supreme court.
A government unit created to preform particular functions, such as fire protections, and water purifications, is known as
special district
Based on 2012 data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the United States is home to as many as __________ local governments of different sorts.
90,000
Which of the following statements regarding the New Deal era is incorrect
Congress temporarily claimed extra constitutional powers to meet the national emergency
REAL ID, a federal mandate that imposes security standards for state driver's licenses, is an example of
a restraint
Some have argued that the use of Midazolam in executing images is ______; in the 2015 case Glossip vs Gross, the court _____ with this assertion
a violation of the 8th amendment, disagreed
From the 1930s to the mid-1990s, the Supreme Court
consistently restricted the expansion of national power
A power NOT specifically mentioned in the Constitution but necessary if another specific grant of power is to be carried out is called a(n) _________ power
implied
The power of congress to enact laws by which the national government assumes complete or partial responsibility for a state government function is known as
preemption
The process of preclearence is used when states are
redistricting
Preclearance is the process of
submitting redistricting plans to the Justice Department for approval
In the last 200 years, Congress has tremendously increased the scope of the national government by using
the elastic clause combined with its enumerated powers
The conclusion of US v Lopez was
there are limits to the national government ability to regulate behavior based on the commerce clause