BMGT 380 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Strict Scrutiny, Contract Clause, Intermediate Scrutiny

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Business and Management
• Course: BMGT 380
• Professor: William Mc Clenahan

Document Summary

Chapter 3: an overview of the us constitution. 23:18: separation of powers: the us constitution gives distinct powers to congress, the president, and the federal courts. Article i: congress composed of a senate and a house of representatives, gives it sole power to legislate at the federal level, and sets out rules for the enactment of legislation. Article i 8: states legislative powers- when congress can make law; the commerce, tax, and spending powers. Article ii: gives the president executive power; the power to execute or enforce the laws passed by congress. Congress, the president and the courts: federalism: recognized by the way it structures power relations between the federal government and the states. Article i: lists certain powers that congress cannot exercise. Tenth amendment: those powers the constitution neither gives to the federal government nor denies to the states are reserved to the states or the people.