PSC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Enumerated Powers
30 Mar 2017
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Article 1, section 8: listed powers that are vested to congress. Article 1, section 8: necessary and proper clause. Power to make laws that are necessary and proper to carry out. Fear of the tyranny of the majority. Bills of attainder (act of legislature declaring a person or group of persons guilty of some crime and punishing them) Senate: 6 years; every 2 years. Attempt of federal government to ban firearms in and. Localism in congressional affairs around public school. Also known as statistical representation, the degree to which the composition of a representative body reflects the demographic composition of the population as a whole. Yet, congress as a whole remains disproportionately white when compared to the u. s. population. But the racial and ethnic profile of newly elected members more closely resembles the increasingly diverse population. Yet, more women than ever will sever in the senate in the 115th congress: 21 total.
