GOVT 310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Direct Tax, Supremacy Clause, Jury Trial
18 Jun 2018
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The Constitution
ā¢We the People: double meaning
ā¢We the whole US (all Americans)
ā¢We the people of the several states that decided to unite
ā¢Article 1: Congress
ā¢if you can vote for the House, you can vote in all elections
ā¢direct tax: even the founders didnāt know what this means
ā¢3/5 Compromise for taxes and representation
ā¢3/5 of slave population counted in census
ā¢every state equal in Senate
ā¢not elected by people
ā¢each senator gets one vote
ā¢Federal government can get involved in elections
ā¢Congressmen get paid out of US treasury money
ā¢revenue bills must state in the House
ā¢gives people control of government money (House is most representative)
ā¢Congress. Can. Tax
ā¢Necessary and Proper Clause
ā¢Elastic Clause
ā¢Congress canāt do anything about slavery until 1808 when the slave trade is set to end
ā¢āignore it and it will go awayā
ā¢Habeas Corpus canāt be suspended
ā¢no taxing exports from states
ā¢Section 10: Restrictions on states
ā¢no entering treaties
ā¢no chartering war ships
ā¢no coining money
ā¢no Bills of Attainder
ā¢no ex Post Facto laws
ā¢no inhibiting contracts
ā¢no granting titles of nobility
