BLAW 3175 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Commerce Clause, Fourteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Enumerated Powers
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Shares power between national and state governments. National governments has limited, enumerated powers delegated from states. Enumerated powers: powers of federal government described in the. National government cannot exceed the authority it"s involved constitution. Each state gives some power to federal government to have uniform laws. 10th amendment: power not specifically given to the federal government by the to look over all the states. Constitution belongs to the states and the people. Capacity of the states to regulate behavior and enforce order within their territory. Everyone has equal rights and everyone has due process. Due process - a course of legal proceedings according to rules and principles that have been established in a system of jurisprudence for the enforcement and protection of private rights. Three branches that provide checks and balances. Power to regulate interstate commerce defined in gibbons v. ogden.
