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How does the Supremacy Clause impact disputes among States or between States and the National Government? Use examples and explain.

Anything that either state or national government do have to go along with the constitution and cannot go against the constitution because it is the supreme law of the land and example would be McCulloch v. Maryland where Maryland placed a tax on the Second National Bank because they did not want the bank. They arrested James McCulloch for not paying the tax and the case went to the Supreme Court, which saw John Marshall reinforce the Supremacy of the National government's laws over the law of the States.

Define Checks-and-Balances and consider its role in the Constitution. How does the system of checks-and-balances, established by the U.S. Constitution, make compromise necessary?

Checks and balances is a system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power. All the branches need to agree in order for things to be done

When Franklin Roosevelt broke the "no-third-term" tradition, did he violate the Constitution? Explain your answer.

Franklin did not violate the constitution by running for the third term. The two-term limit for US presidents was a custom started by our first president George Washington. The presidents who succeeded Washington emulated his example. It was until after Roosevelt's death, that congress limited to two years with an amendment 22.

How is the principle of federalism connected to the idea of limited government? Use details you learned from the text to support your answer.

In limited government, the government is restricted in what it can and cannot do. The national government does not have all the power. States have control over things that the national government doesn't.

Describe the methods by which an amendment may be proposed and ratified as described in Article V of the U.S. Constitution. Why do you think the amendment process was created to be so complicated?

The First Method states that an amendment may be proposed by a two-thirds vote in each house of Congress, the House, and the Senate, and ratified by three-fourths of the State legislators. The Second Method states that an amendment may be proposed by a two- thirds cote in each house of Congress and ratified by Conventions held in three-fourths of the states. The third method states that an amendment may be proposed by a national convention, called by Congress at the request of two-thirds of the State legislatures, it must then be ratified by three-fourths of the State legislatures. The Fourth Method states that an amendment may be proposed by a national convention, called by Congress at the request of two-thirds of the State legislatures, it must then be ratified by conventions in three-fourths of the The founders wanted to create a unified country and they needed assurance that their agreement could not easily be done.

The Constitution requires the National Government to "guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government," but the Supreme Court has refused to define the term "Republican Form of Government." Why is this the case?

The Supreme court has decided that the question of whether or not a State has a republican form of government is a political, rather than judicial, question, meaning it is up to the President and Congress to decide.

How is the constitutional principle of federalism and popular sovereignty reflected in the formal amendment process?

The formal amendment process emphasizes the federal character of the governmental system because proposals take place at the highest level and ratification takes place at the State level.

What is the difference between categorical grant and a block grant? Use details from the text to support your answer.

categorical grants are grants issued by the United States Congress which may be spent only for narrowly defined purposes. block grants are federal grants-in-aid that allow states considerable discretion in how the funds are spent

What is the difference between an expressed power and an inherent power? Use details and examples you learned from the text to support your answer.

expressed powers are powers that congress has that are specifically listed in the constitution such as declare war. Inherent powers are powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution but are inferred from it such as immigration laws

Analyze the rule of law created by the Framers of the U.S. Constitution. What is the rule of law? How does the rule of law protect individual rights? How does the rule of law uphold the principle of limited government?

the rule of law is the principle that the law applies to everyone, even those who govern. This means that everyone has to follow the same rules no matter race, gender, social class, etc. This upholds the principle of limited government bc this means there are restrictions on what the government can and cannot do.