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