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Supreme Court Cases Terms Class: PSCI - American Government; Subject: Political Science; University: College of Charleston; Term: Forever 1989;
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aka The Connecticut Compromise - the agreement reached at the Constituional Convention of 1787 that gave each state an equal number of senators regardless of population, but the House of Representatives would be based on population - Compromise between the Virginia Plan (biased toward largely populated states) and the New Jersey plan (biased toward sparsely populated states) TERM 2
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DEFINITION 5 consists of 4 acts; Congress had the power to pass the first 3 acts, but NOT the 4th one. Alien Act: permits the president to jail or exile the immigrants Alien Enemies Act: jail the enemies during war Naturalization Act: have to be a resident alien of 13 years to become a citizen Sedition Act: fines and ajil time for people who trash talked the government --> death penalty. This VIOLATES the 1st amendment. Jefferson and Madison: say that people in states are parties to the contract. Therefore, the states can nullify the act.
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