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20 Cards in this Set
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Judicial Review |
The power of a court to determine the constitutionality of a government action |
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Veto |
Chief executive's power to reject a bill passed by a legislative |
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Amnesty |
A blanket pardon offered to a group of law violators |
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Pardon |
Release from the punishment or legal consequences of a crime, by the president or a government |
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Reprieve |
An official postponement of the execution of a sentence |
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Expressed Powers |
Those delegated powers of the national government that are spelled out, expressly, in the constitution |
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Implied Powers |
Those delegated powers of the national government that are suggested by the expressed powers |
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Inherent Powers |
Powers delegated to the national government because it is the government of a sovereign state within the world community |
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Reserved Powers |
Those 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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Bill of Rights |
First 10 Amendments to the Constitution |
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Sovereignty |
Having supreme power within its own territory |
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Bicameral |
An adjective describing a legislative body composed of 2 chambers |
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Concurrent Powers |
Those powers that both the national government and the states possess and exercise |
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Extradition |
The legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one state is returned to that state |
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Full Faith and Credit Clause |
Constitution's requirement that each state accept the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state |
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Necessary and Proper Clause |
Constitutional clause that gives congress the power to make all laws "necessary and proper" for executing its power |
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Impeachment |
Bring formal charges against public officials; the house of reps. has sole power to impeach civil officers in the U.S. |
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Ex Post Facto Law |
Law applied to an act committed before its passage |
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Bill of Attainder |
A legislative act that inflicts punishment without a court trial |
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Writ of Habeas Corpus |
A court order which prevents unjust arrests and imprisionments |
