C963 - Objective Assessment Superset Questions and Answers (100% Pass)
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Course
C963
Institution
C963
Major contributors to social contract theory
Hobbes, Locke, Reasseau
Social Contract Theory
We need food, clothing and shelter to survive and nothing should interfere with our
ability to obtain them. We may also choose to believe in a god. The belief gives
definition to our existance. Ther...
C963 - Objective Assessment Superset
Questions and Answers (100% Pass)
Major contributors to social contract theory
✓ Hobbes, Locke, Reasseau
Social Contract Theory
✓ We need food, clothing and shelter to survive and nothing should interfere with our
ability to obtain them. We may also choose to believe in a god. The belief gives
definition to our existance. Therefore it is important we define ourselves as
individuals.
Enlightenment Influence on Constitution
✓ Bill of Rights and the Second Amendment, Ninth Amendment
Bill of Rights (Enlightenment)
✓ The first eight Bill of Rights
Declaration of Independence (Enlightenment)
✓ people have rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Articles of Confederation weaknesses
✓ No executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade
✓ The proposal at the Constitutional Convention that called for equal representation
of each state in Congress regardless of the state's population.
Virginia Plan
✓ Proposal to create a strong national government
Constitutional Convention
✓ A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution
Three-Fifths compromise
✓ Agreement that each slave counted as three-fifths of a person in determining
representation in the House for representation and taxation purposes (negated by
the 13th amendment). Bicameral congress.
Checks and Balances
✓ A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other
branches in order to prevent abuse of power
Separation of Powers
✓ Constitutional division of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial
branches, with the legislative branch making law, the executive applying and enforcing
the law, and the judiciary interpreting the law
Judicial branch reviews laws for constitutionality
Executive branch enforces laws
system of checks and balances
✓ Constitutional system in which each branch of government places limits on the
power of other branches
Several checks the judicial branch has on the legislative and executive branches
✓ Executive:
Can overturn actions of the president with judicial review if the actions violate the
Constitution
Serve during good behavior to maintain independence of judiciary
Legislative:
Can overturn acts of Congress as unconstitutional if they violate the law
Can influence laws by interpretation
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