Match the rule to what it does
Exercise and reference answers
- Matching pairs
- Left
- Supremacy clause
- Right
- Federal law beats clashing state law
- Left
- Elastic clause
- Right
- Make laws needed to do its duties
- Left
- Full faith/credit
- Right
- States honor other states' records
- Left
- Tenth Amendment
- Right
- Reserves powers to the states
- Left
- Habeas corpus
- Right
- Judge checks if detention is legal
- Instructions
- Tap a constitutional rule, then tap the job it performs.
Explanation
_Source: OpenStax American Government 3e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 3 "American Federalism", section 3.1 The Division of Powers_
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