Law and Government
Chapter 11 Study Guide
Resources
Text Chapter 11
Case studies (see list below)
Additional Readings (below) Linked in HW and Assignments page
Quizlet: http://quizlet.com/33709770/magruders-american-government-chapter-11-powers-of-congress-flash-cards/
Objectives:
1. Identify the three types of Congressional power.
2. Compare the strict construction and liberal construction positions on the scope of Congressional
power.
3. Describe the scope and limitations of the Federal government’s power to tax.
4. Describe how Congress has used the power to borrow money.
5. Analyze the importance of Congress’s commerce power.
6. Identify the reasons for the currency power.
7. Identify implications of the changes to bankruptcy law in 2005
8. Identify the key sources of Congress’s foreign relations power.
9. Describe the power sharing relationship between Congress and the President on the issues of
war and national defense.
10. Assess the motivation behind and impact of the War Powers Resolution
11. Explain how the Necessary and Proper Clause gives congress flexibility in lawmaking.
12. Describe Congress’s role in Amending the Constitution and in deciding elections.
13. Describe Congress’s power to impeach.
14. Identify Congress’s executive powers
15. Describe Congress’s investigatory power.
Case Studies:
Gibbons v. Ogden
United States v. Lopez
Heart of Atlanta Motel Inc. v. United States
Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget ActBalanced Budget Amendment
McCulloch v. Maryland
Impeachment Cases: Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton
Assignments:
Section Reviews: p. 292, 2-6 - Tues
p. 300, 1-6 - Tues
p. 304, 1-5 - Wed
p. 308, 1-6 - Thurs
p. 314, 1-6 – Fri
Section 1 Key Terms
Definition
Expressed powers
Implied powers
Inherent powers
strict constructionist
Liberal constructionist
Consensus
Section 2 Key Terms
tax
Indirect tax
Direct tax
Deficit financing
Public debt
Commerce power
Legal tender
bankruptcy
Definition
Section 3 Key Terms
Definition
naturalization
copyright
patent
Eminent domain
Section 4 Key Terms
Definition
appropriate
Necessary and proper
clause
doctrine
Section 5 Key Terms
successor
impeach
acquit
perjury
censure
subpoena
Definition
Additional Readings for Section 2:
Balanced Budget Amendment Pros and Cons
http://pgpf.org/Issues/Fiscal-Outlook/2012/06/062112-Balanced-Budget-Explainer
http://www.balancedpolitics.org/balanced_budget_amentment.htm
States push for balanced budget amendment
http://wtaq.com/news/articles/2014/feb/19/assembly-backs-article-five-convention-to-force-feds-tobalanced-budget-amendment/
Graham Rudman Hollings Act
https://hobnobblog.com/2012/04/balanced-budget-and-emergency-deficit-control-act-of-1985-akagramm-rudman-hollings-grh-congressionalglossary-com/
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/16/us/politics/16fiscal.html?pagewanted=all
Paygo
http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/briefing-book/background/budget-process/paygo.cfm
Sequestration
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/02/20/the-sequester-absolutelyeverything-you-could-possibly-need-to-know-in-one-faq/
US v. Lopez
http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1994/1994_93_1260