CLEP American Government
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Federal Election Commission
A statement in the First Amendment that "Congress may not found an official religion"
The flexible part of the Constitution that states that Congress has the power to "make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing powers..."
A government agency that oversees campaign financing.
The Fourteenth Amendment principle requires state government to respect all civil liberties guaranteed to a person under the Constitution and US law, such as protection of citizens from being sent to prison without a trial. In addition to respecting all legal rights given to a citizen under the law, due process also means that the government cannot take away people's rights until due process has been applied.