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15 Cards in this Set
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Six Principles of Government |
Limited Government, Popular Sovereignty, Judicial Review, Federalism, Checks & Balances, and Separation of Powers |
Little Penguins Jump For Cooked Sardines |
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7 main divisions of the Constitution |
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Jurisdiction |
The authority of a court to rule on certain cases |
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Supremacy Clause |
Statement in Article 6 that says: laws passed by congress, the Constitution , and US treaties will be the supreme law of the land |
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Amendment |
Change, or addition to the Constitution |
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Popular Sovereignty |
Rule by the people |
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Federalism |
A government system where there are multiple layers of the government |
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Separation of Powers |
Division of power between the three branches of government |
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Checks and Balances |
Each branch of government can exercise some control over the others |
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Veto |
Rejection of a bill |
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Judicial Review |
The Supreme Court can determine if a law or action goes against the Constitution |
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Expressed Powers |
Specific laws, or powers, directly stayed in the Constitution |
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Enumerated Powers |
Expressed Powers of by Congress that are numbered 1-18 and are found in Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution |
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Elastic Clause |
Clause in Article 1, Section 8 that gives Congress the rights to make all laws that are necessary and proper to carry out other powers in that section |
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Federal Bureaucracy |
Department and agencies of the federal government in mostly the executive branch |
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