Cards in this guide (8)
What is the process for adding amendments to the constitution
What power does the constitution specifically deny to state government
What is the formal role of the judicial branch in amending the Constitution
it has no formal role in the process (apex)
What viewpoint did anti-federalist support during the debates over the ratification of the Constitution
The federal government should be given powers of taxation
What Popular sovereignty requires what
Those who make laws do so with the approval of the citizens.
What does The supremacy clause of the Constitution forbids
States from passing laws that contradict federal law.
what types of powers does this quote from the constitution refer to
which quotation from the Federalist papers is most clearly a response to the anti-federalist argument that the constitution gives too much power to the federal government and not enough to the states
The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite.