Marbury v. Madison established judicial review, which is:
a. The power of federal judges to carefully review each and every law passed by Congress, before handing them off to the executive branch
b. The power federal judges have to interpret the Constitution on a case-by-case basis.
c. The power of federal judges to decide how new laws should be implemented by the executive branch
In situations of conflict between state and national law, national law prevails due to:
a. The Elastic Clause
b. The Supremacy Clause
c. The Tenth Amendment
d. The Full Faith and Credit Clause
What Constitutional provision gave Congress the ability to expand its power over time?
a. The "Necessary and Proper" or "Elastic" clause, relating to powers needed to carry out enumerated duties.
b. The Supremacy Clause, which allowed Congress to exercise more power over the states over time
c. Judicial Review Clause.
d. Full Faith and Credit Clause.
The clause that ensures that judicial decrees and contracts (marriages, say) made in one state will be binding and enforceable in another is called the _____________ clause.
a. Privileges and Immunities
b. Ex Post Facto
c. Full Faith and Credit
d. Elastic
Congress attempted to reassert itself against the president in foreign affairs through the War Powers Act of 1973. What happened to that law?
a. The Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional.
b. Presidents thought twice before sending troops overseas, and were careful to inform Congress of all actions in the foreign arena.
c. Presidents considered the law unconstitutional, and Congress never fully invoked the law anyway.
The US Postal Service, like the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.), is an example of what type of bureaucratic government agency?
a. One of those really slow and wasteful ones, certainly.
b. A government corporation, which is operated independent of any cabinet agency
c. A regulatory commission, which is operated independent of any cabinet agency
d. A division of a larger cabinet agency