Federalism

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Popular Sovereignty

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basic principal of American system of government which asserts that the people are the source of any and all government power, and government can exist only with the consent of the governed

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Limited Government

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Government is restricted in what it may do, and each individual has rights that government cannot take away

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Federalism

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a written constitution divides power between a central, of national, government and several regional governments

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Divison of Powers

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the constitution provisions by which the governmental powers are divided on geographic basis

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Delegated Powers

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those powers, expressed, implied, or inherent, granted to the National government alone by the constitution

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Exclusive Powers

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those powers that can be exercised by the National government alone

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Reserved Powers

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thsoe powers that the constitution does not grant to the National Government and does not, at the same time, deny to the states

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Concurret Powers

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those powers that both the National Government and the states posses and exercise

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Interstate Compacts

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formal agreement entered into with the consent of Congress, between or among states, or between a state and a foreign state

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Full Faith and Credit

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Constitution's requirement that each state accept the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state

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Extradition

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the legal process by which a loss of citizenship occurs

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Privileges and Immunities

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(Article 8, Section 2)constitutions stipulation that all citizens are entitled to certain rights, regardless of their state of residence; no state can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own redients and those persons who happen to live on other states

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Judicial Review

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the power to interpret laws, to determine their meaning, and to settle disputes within the society

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Separation of Powers

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the executive, legislative, and judicial powers are divided among three independent and coequal branches of government

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Checks and Balances

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system of overlapping the pwers of legislative, executive, and judicial branches to permit each branch to check the actions of the others

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Formal Amendment

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change or addition that becomes part of the written language of the constitution itself through one of four methoods set forth in the Constitution

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Informal Amendment

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an change as the result of judicial decisions usually by the US supreme court

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Supremacy Clause

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the constitution stands above all other forms of law in the us (the supreme law of the land)