MGMT 217 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Supremacy Clause, Commerce Clause, Patriot Act
Document Summary
Constitution: created in 1787; first u. s. congress in 1789; amendments immediately proposed and passed, a proposed amendment must be passed by 2/3 vote in the house and senate. In 1791, the first ten amendments were ratified by the states (bill of rights: then ratified by state legislatures. Articles of the constitution: federal supremacy: the supremacy clause= article vi, paragraph 2, the constitution, and the laws of the united states shall be the supreme law of the. Land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby : supremacy clause= provides that the constitution, laws, and treaties of the u. s. are. In such a case, federal government actions takes precedence over actions of other governments: necessary and proper clause= clause 18, article 1, section 8. Business and the bill of rights: bill of rights= first ten amendments in the constitution. Includes obscenity and child pornography, defamatory language, threatening conduct, or language likely to incite others to violence.
