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Constitutional Law - Coggle Diagram

- - - - nominate and appoint Supreme Court Justices
      - nominate and appoint other officers of the U.S.
      - nominate and appoint ambassadors
    - - President has 10 days in which to act
      - Pocket veto-not signing a bill passed within 10 days of the end of the congressional term
      - Congress can override veto with 2/3 vote
  - - - Eminent Domain
      - Investigatory
      - Admiralty
      - War and Defense
      - Bankruptcy
      - Spending
      - Postal
      - Taxing
      - Copyright and patent
      - Speech and debate
      - Civil War amendments
      - Commerce
        
        Commerce Clause
        
        instrumentalities of interstate commerce, such as cars, trucks, ships, and airplanes
        
        activities that have a substantial economic effect upon interstate commerce
        
        channels of interstate commerce, such as highways, waterways, and air traffic
      - Legislative
      - Property
  - - - The judiciary's province and duty was to declare what the law is
        
        Limitations
        
        Ripeness
        
        bars considerations of claims before they have fully developed
        
        Abstention
        
        The court may abstain or refuse to hear a particular case when there are undecided issues of state law present
        
        Mootness
        
        If the matter has already been resolved
        
        Standing
        
        injury-in-fact
        
        causation
        
        redressability
        
        Case or controversy
        
        a real and substantial dispute that touches the legal relations of parties with adverse interests that can be resolved by a judicial decree of a conclusive character--no advisory opinions
        
        Political questions
- - - - regulation must be substantially related to an important government interest
      - Applies to quasi-suspect classifications
        
        gender
        
        illegitimacy
- - - - Strict Scrutiny
        
        regulation must be narrowly tailored to achieve a compelling governmental interest through the least restrictive means
        
        Applies when governmental regulations affect fundamental rights of personhood
        
        Fundamental rights
        
        Abortion
        
        Marriage
        
        Contraceptives
        
        Procreation
        
        right to privacy
        
        Private Education
        
        right to vote
        
        Family Relations
        
        right to travel
        
        Sexual relations (private adult consensual activity)