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42 Cards in this Set
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Popular Sovereignty
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All political power resides in the people.
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Limited Government
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No gov't is all powerful, the gov't may only do what the people have given it the power to do.
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Separation of Powers
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Powers are distrubuted among 3 branches, giving them equal powers.
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Checks and Balances
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Each branch is subject to a number of constitutional checks by the other branches.
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Judicial Review
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The power of courts to determine whether what gov't does in accord with the con't.
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Federalism
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The division of power among a central gov't and several regional gov'ts.
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Most used method of ratification
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Proposed by 2/3 of the house and the senate and ratified by 3/4 of state legislatures.
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5 ways to informally change the cons't
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1. The passage of basic legislation
2. Action taken by president 3. Key decisions of the supreme court 4. The activities of political parties 5. Custom |
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Informal Amendment
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The process by which have not involved any changes in it's written words.
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Executive Agreement
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A pact made by the president directly with the head of a foreign state.
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Treaty
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A formal agreement between 2 or more sovereign states.
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Electoral college
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The group that makes the formal selection of the nations president.
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Cabinet
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An advisory body to the president traditionally made up of the heads of the executive departments and other officers
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Senatorial Courtesy
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A custom that the senate will only approve those presidental appointees that are acceptable to the senator of the president's party from the senate involved.
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Delegated Powers
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The national gov't has only those powers granted to it in the cons't.
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Expressed Powers
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Delegated to the national gov't--->Spelled out expressly in the cons't. (Article 1, Section 8)
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Implied Powers
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Not expressly stated in the cons't but are reasonably suggested--->Implied by the expressed powers.
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Inherent Powers
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Belong to the national gov't because it is the gov't of a sovereign state within one world community.
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Reserved Powers
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The powers that the cons't does not grant to the national gov't and does not at the same time deny to the states.
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Concurrent Powers
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Powers delegated to the national gov't.
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Supremacy Powers
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Joins the national gov't and the states into a single gov't unit, a federal gov't.
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Revenue Sharing
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One form of federal monetary.
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Categorical Sharing
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Made for some specific, closely defined purpose for school lunches or for construction or airports.
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Interstate Compacts
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Agreements among themselves and with foreign states.
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Extradition
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The legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one state is returned to that state.
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1st Amendment
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Freedom of Speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
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2nd Amendment
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Right to bear arms.
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3rd Amendment
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Quartering of troops.
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4th Amendment
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Search and seizure
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5th Amendment
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Due process, Right to plead the 5th, right to remain silent.
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6th Amendment
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Right to be tried, right to an attorney.
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7th Amendment
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Right to be tried by jury
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8th Amendment
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Right to bail, Cruel and unusual punishment.
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9th Amendment
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Unenumerated rights
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10th Amendment
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Powers reserved to the states.
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Article I
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Legislative
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Article II
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Executive
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Article III
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Judicial
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Article IV
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Relations among the states
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Article V
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Provisions for amendment
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Article VI
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Supremacy of national law
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Article VII
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Ratification of Cons't
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