Download How did the delegates distribute powers between national and state

Vocabulary
bill of attainder
ex post facto
secede
supremacy clause
tariff
What powers did the National
Government have over state
governments and people
 States conducting their own foreign affairs and
undermining the national government. Under A of C
they had no power
 Delegates addresses concerns in the Articles of the
Constitution
Congress can:
 Article I, Sec.4 states determine how legislators are
elected but Congress has the right to change this rule
 Article I, Sec.8 call national militia to duty for
enforcing laws, stopping rebellion, and to protect
nation
 Article IV, Sec. 3 power to create states
 Article IV, Sec.4 power to guarantee republican
government in the states (they can’t go to monarchy)
 Article IV, Sec. 4 protect states from invasion or
domestic violence
 Article VI, Sec. 2 Supremacy Clause makes
constitution SUPREME Law of the Land. Judges in
State courts must follow Constitution, federal laws and
treaties
What limits did the delegates place
on the national government?
 Could not suspend the writ of habeas corpus
 Could not pass ex post facto (changing the legality of an act
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after it has passed
Prohibited bill of attainder-a punishment in which the
legislature says someone is guilty of a crime, not the courts
Can not suspend the right of trial by jury
Congress can not alter the law (definition) of treason
Members can not be arrested while in session (unless
treason, Felony or breech of the peace
Can not impose a religious test
Impeachment right protects right to trial for offials
Can not make money with out appropriation bill and can’t
grant titles (like Sir John)
Limits on state governments
Article 1 sec 10 prohibits
 Coining their own money
 Passing laws that effect payment of debts
 Making ex post facto laws or bills of attainder
 Treaties of war declarations with foreign nations
 Granting titles of nobility
 Taxing import or export other than inspection cost
 Keeping troops or warships in peacetime
Article IV
 Unfair discrimination of citizens in other states
 Refusal to return fugitives of justice from place where
they fled
What was missing?
 Slavery
 National citizenship
 Voting rights mostly undetermined
 Rules about holding public office
 Blurry lines between state and national power
 Did states have the right to secede
How did slavery affect the
distribution of national and state
power?
Read the section on p.88 and
discuss the lead question
Then address the critical thinking
questions