Congress vocabs

Deficit is when the federal government is not generating enough income to meet its expenses.

• True

• False

Apportionment is a bill that sets aside funds for a specific purpose .

• True

• False

___________is a law that punishes a person without a trial.

_____________ is when Congress charges an official in the executive or judicial branch with wrongdoing and brings them to trial 

What are ex post facto laws?

• are laws that  sets aside funds for a specific purpose 

  
  

• are laws that criminalize an action that took place in the past and was legal at the time

  
  

• are laws that forces a person to face charges in court

• are laws that require a person to testify in court

What is apportionment?

• is the distribution of funds for a geographical area

• is the distribution of funds based on a states population

• is the distribution of House seats among the states based on population 

  
  

• is the distribution of people for a particular location

What is a court order that forces the police to present a person in court to face charges, except in cases of rebellion or invasion?

• Subpoena

• Writ of Habeas Corpus

• Necessary and proper clause

• Commerce claus

________ is when Congress uses its broad powers to review how the executive branch is operating and to make sure it is following the laws Congress has passed

What is commerce clause?

• a clause in the Constitution which states that the federal government has the right to impose interstate commerce.

• a clause in the Constitution which states that the federal government has the right to impose taxes.

• a clause in the Constitution which states that the federal government has the right to regulate interstate laws.

• a clause in the Constitution which states that the federal government has the right to regulate interstate commerce.

What are subpoenas?

• are legal papers that will find a person guilty

• are legal actions that require a person to be in court

• are legal documents that require a person to testify in a certain matter 

  
  

• are legal documents that deports a person out of the country