A | B |
Gibbons vs. Ogden | expanded the commerce power |
Juliard vs. Greenman | paper money would work to pay off any debt |
indirect tax | first paid by one person, then passed on to another (cigarettes) |
deficit financing | government spending more than it takes in |
liberal constructionist | believes in a broad interpretation of Congressional powers |
strict constructionist | believes Congress should only exercise powers that are absolutely necessary |
McCulloch vs. Maryland | gave official approval to implied powers |
16th Amendment | said Congress could have an income tax |
Article 1 Section 8 | most of the expressed powers are found here |
legal tender | kind of money that a creditor by law must accept as payment for debts |
weights and measures | congress can regulate things like time and distance |
Commerce Clause | allows Congress to regulate interstate and foreign trade |
exports | Congress can not put a tax on |
Andrew Johnson | President was impeached |
25th | Amendment said that the Vice-President actually becomes President if the President dies |
elastic clause | another name for the Necessary and Proper Clause |
eminent domain | gov't can take your property if they compensate you |
bankruptcy | assets are given to creditors and debt is forgiven |