Government Review Chapter 12
What limits did the delegates place on the national government?
- The National government may not suspend the writ of habeas corpus unless when in the cases of Rebellion or Invasion. - The national government may not pass ex post facto laws and bills attainder. - The national government may not suspend the right to trial by jury in criminal cases.
What limits did the delegates place on state governments?
- coining their own money - pass laws that enable people to violate contracts - make ex post facto laws or bills of attainer - entering into treaties with foreign nations or declaring war
What powers did the National Government have over state governments and the people?
- gives Congress the power to make or change the time, places and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives. - gives Congress the power to set a procedure for calling the militia into national service. - give Congress the power to create a new state. - gives the National government the authority to guarantee to each state a Republican Form of Government.
How did slavery affect the distribution of national and state powers?
It effected the distribution because many states viewed slaves as state property so some states argued that they should be handled like all other matter related to property rights.
What issues did the Philadelphia convention leave unaddressed?
The states possess the right to secede or withdraw from the United States once they ratified the Constitution.
What is the supremacy clause? Why is it important?
The supremacy clause makes the Constitution and all laws on treaties approved by Congress in exercising its enumerated powers the supreme law of the land. It is important because it says that judges in state court must follow the Constitution or federal laws and treaties, if there is a conflict with state laws.
How does the Constitution balance state powers with powers granted to the national government? How does it limit each set of powers?
They did this by including a number of phrases in the constitution that set forth power and limitations that the national government should have over citizens and state governments
How did the delegates at the Philadelphia Convention deal with the issue of slavery? Why did they choose to take the approach they did?
They left out the words slave and slavery though several provisions in the Constitution protect the institution. The delegates sought to have a balanced view on slavery.
