FCLE Competency 2 Quiz

The judicial power shall be vested in one Supreme Court and inferior federal court system Congress may ordain and establish.

• Article III - The Judicial Branch

• Article IV - The Full Faith and Credit Clause and the admittance of new States

• Article II - The Executive Branch

• Article I - The Legislative Branch

Lays out the procedures for electing and removing the POTUS, and establishes presidential powers and responsibilities.

• Article II - The Executive Branch

• Article I - The Legislative Branch

• Article IV - The Full Faith and Credit Clause and the admittance of new States

• Article III - The Judicial Branch

On the application of two-thirds of the legislatures of the States, Congress will call for a convention for proposing amendments.

• Article V - The Amendment Process

• Reserved Powers in the 10th Amendment

• Bill of Rights

• First Amendment Clauses

All powers not expressly delegated to the national government nor denied to the states are reserved for the states

• Reserved Powers in the 10th Amendment

• Article V - The Amendment Process

• First Amendment Clauses

• Bill of Rights

Sets the number of State ratifications necessary for the Constitution to take effect and prescribes the method through which the States may ratify it.

• Article VII - Ratification

• Federalists

• Amendment Process

• Full Faith and Credit Clause

Outlines the relationship between the various states, as well as the relationship between each state and the federal government.

• Article II - The Executive Branch

• Article I - The Legislative Branch

• Article IV - The Full Faith and Credit Clause and the admittance of new States

• Article III - The Judicial Branch

Powers specifically given to the federal government by the US Constitution, for example, the authority to print money.

• Enumerated or Expressed Powers

• Delegated Powers

• Implied Powers

• Reserved Powers

Article VI of the Constitution, which makes the Constitution, national laws, and treaties supreme over state laws when the national government is acting within its constitutional limits.

• Supremacy Clause

• Federal Courts

• Enumerated Powers

• Commerce Clause

Clause in the Fifth Amendment limiting the power of the national government; similar clause in the Fourteenth Amendment prohibiting state governments from depriving any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.

• Equal Protection Clause

• Due Process Clause

• Article VI - The Supremacy Clause

• How does the U.S. Constitution safeguards and limits individual rights?

A state must recognize the validity of the public acts, records, and court decisions of other states.

• Amendment Process

• Federalists

• Article VII - Ratification

• Full Faith and Credit Clause