| A | B |
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| artical | one of seven made divisions of the body of the Constitution |
| jurisdition | the authority of the court to rule on certain cases |
| supremacy clause | statement in artical 6 of the constitution establishing that the constituition, laws passed by congress, and treaties of the US shall be the supreme law of the land. |
| amendment | A change to the constitution |
| popular sovereignty | rule by the people |
| federalism | a system in which power is divided between the national and state gov't. |
| Checks and balances | the system where each branch of gov't exercises some control over the others. |
| veto | the rejection of a bill |
| judicial review | power of the supreme court to declar laws and actions of local, states, or national gov't unconstitutional. |
| expressed powers | powers directly stated in the constitution. |
| enumerated powers | the expressed powers in congress that are idamized and numbered 1-18 in artical 1 section 8 of the constitution. |
| elastic clause | gives congress the rights to make all laws neccesary and proper to carry out the powers expressed in the other clauses of artical 1. It lets congress strech its power to meet FOunders could never had amticipatied |
| federal bureaucracy | departments and agencys of federal gov't mostly the exec. branch |
| petition | an appeal |
| blanced budget | plan requiring that what gov't spends will not exceed its income. |
| impeach | to accuse a public official of misconduct in office. |
| treaty | a formal agreement of two or more counrtys |
| exec. agreement | an agreement made between the president and a head of state. |
| judicial restrant | the philosophy that the supreme court should avoid taking the initiative on social and political questions |
| judicial activism | the philosphy that the supreme court should play an active role in shaping national policies by addressing social and political issues |
| prior restraint | gov't censorship of information before it is published or broadcast |
| probable clause | a reasonable basis to believe a person or premises is linked to a crime |
| search warrent | order signed by a judge discribing a specific place to be searched for a specific item |
| arrest warrent | an order signed by a judge naming an individule to be arrested for a certain crime |
| due proccess of law | principle in the 5th amendment stating that the gov't must follow proper constitutional procedures in trials and other actions it take against individuals |
| eminent domain | the power of the gov't to take private property for public use. |
| lam duck | an outgoing official surving out the remander of a term, after retiring or being defeated for relection |
| poll tax | money pain inorder to vote |
