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29 Cards in this Set
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Act of accusing or formally charging with misconduct
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Impeachment
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Power of the courts to determine whether legislative and executive actions are in accordance with the Constitution. The court has the power to determine the constitutionality of the government's actions.
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Judicial Review
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Constitutional power that gives congress the authority to make the laws needed to carry out its other responsibilities
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Elastic Clause
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System of government in which power is divided between the national and state governments.
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Federalism
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The principle that government and its officials are bound by fundamental law
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Constitutionalism
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A way that people take part in the government
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Voting
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The principle that government is bound by fundamental law
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Rule of Law
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To reject or prevent a bill from becoming law.
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Veto
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The opening statement of the constitution that defines the purpose of the government
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Preamble
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A law of decision that is in violation of the constitution
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Unconstitutional
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Each branch is subject to a number of constitutional checks or restraints, by the other branches.
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Checks and Balances
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Distribution of power among legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
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Separation of Powers
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Government is not all-powerful: it may do only what the people empower it to do.
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Limited Government
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Government by the consent of the governed.
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Popular Sovereignty
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With the words, "We the people", the Constitution establishes its authority on the basis of what?
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Popular Sovereignty
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What best describes the concept of limited govenment?
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Govenment must operate within certain bounds set by the people.
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The legislative branch can check the judicial branch by it power of what?
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To remove judges through impeachment
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The President's power to veto an act of Congress is an example of
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Checks and Balances
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This is not true of the Constitution
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It has not been changed in 50 years.
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The branch that makes the laws of our country
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Legislative
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In Marbury vs. Madison the Supreme Court found what?
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The Judicial Act of 1789 unconstitutional
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The Supreme Court's decision in Marbury vs. Madison
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Established the Court's power of judicial review
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Branch of government that can declare an act of Congress to be unconstitutional
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Judicial
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Has the power to appoint justices
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The President
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Has the power to appoint members to the President's cabinent
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The Congress
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Branch that can override a presidential veto
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Legislative
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Congress can chaeck a presidential veto by
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overriding the veto with a two-thirds vote.
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The judicial branch can check executive actions by
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declaring the executive action unconstitutional
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When there is a separation of powers
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power is distributed among three independent branches of government
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