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AP Government and Politics - Basic Constitutional Terms
Summer Homework Practice for Phrases and terms made by Spencer Bajcar
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Political Studies
10th Grade
08/12/2013

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Term
Necessary and Proper Clause
Definition

the provision that is said in the US Constitution stating that Congress will have/has the power to make any law that they can use to use the powers of the Constitution


Found in Article One, section 8, clause 18

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Representative/Senator Requirements
Definition

To become a Senator, you must be a US Citizen for at least 9 years prior and 30 years of age. You must also be a resident of the state that you are elected in. In order to become a representative, you must be a resident of the state you live/represent, you must be at least 25 years old, and a US Citizen for at least 7 years.


Senators - Article I, section 3, clause 3

Representatives - Article I, section 2, clause 2

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Presidental Requirements
Definition

To become the president, you must be a citizen of the United States (by birth, meaning you were born on US soil) and must be 35 years of age. You also must be a citizen for 14 years. As a president, you can only run for two terms (terms = 4 years) at max, meaning you can only be running for 8 years (you must have a reelection in between terms.)


Age Requirements - Article II, Section 1, Clause 5

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Habeas Corpus

 

Definition

a writ (a legal authority or command) that requires a legitimate reason for someone being arrested. It translates to “you shall have the body” in Latin. This prevents an act in which officials don’t just arrest someone for the heck of it


Location - Article 1, Section 9, Clause 2


Term
Executive Powers
Definition

The executive powers are held by the President. It states that the president may stay in office for a total of 4 years, alongside a vice president. The President of the US has the power to create laws that are necessary and proper to use all the power possible in the Constitution.

 

Location - Article 2, Section 1, Clause 1.

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Full-Faith and Credit Clause
Definition

This clause states that other states that are included in the United States of America must respect other state’s “public acts, records, and judicial proceedings”, meaning that each state must respect other states’ actions, etc.


Location - Article 4, Section 1, Clause 1

Term
Supremacy Clause
Definition

his clause helps establish the fact that the US Constitution, US Treaties, and  federal statutes are the highest and most supreme law of all the states. They are the highest form of justice and law in the country and nothing is greater than that. It also states that if in any situation, all state judges have to follow the federal law.


Location - Article 6, Clause 2.


Term
Amendment Process
Definition

The amendment process can go two different ways. The first way involves a bill that must pass both houses of the legislative branch by a ⅔ vote. The second way involves The second method involves a Constitutional Convention proposing it, and after a ⅔ vote, it goes to the states similar to the first method. After this, the bill must be approved of, or ratified by the states. In order to pass this, the bill must get a ¾ vote. Then, the amendment can go 4 different ways. It can be proposed by the convention of states, and then ratified by state legislations/conventions, where it’s never used, or be proposed by Congress, where it’s then ratified by state legislations/conventions and used once in conventions, and used many times in legislations


Location - Article 5

Term
Bill of Attainder
Definition

writ that states that it’s possible for someone to be charged for an act of crime and then giving them punishment without a proper trial. This bill is no longer in use in the Constitution and is not recognized in all 50 states


Location - Article 1, Section 9, Clause 3

Term
Ex post facto
Definition

also known as the retroactive law. This law can retroactively can change legal statuses, actions, and relationships before a law is enacted. In the United States,


Prohibited by Article 1, Section 9, Clause 3

Term
First Amendment
Definition

Free Speech

Free Press

Free Religion

Free Protest

Term
Fifth Amendment
Definition

Prevents Abusal of Government in a legal procedure

 

Term
Tenth Amendment
Definition
States that the people have the power, not the government
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