| A | B |
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| amendment | any change in the Constitution |
| caucus | a meeting of political party members to conduct party business |
| citizen | community member who owes loyalty to the government and is entitled to its protection |
| checks and balances | a system in which each branch of government is able to check, or restrain, the power of the other branches |
| Marbury v. Madison | Supreme Court ruling that established judicial review |
| judicial review | the power of the Supreme Court to say whether a law is constitutional |
| Supremacy Clause | the clause in the Constitution that makes federal laws prevail over state and local laws when there is a conflict |
| Tenth Amendment | amendment that reserves powers to the states and the people |
| Elastic Clause | clause in Constitution that gives Congress the right to make laws 'necessary and proper' to carry out its expressed powers |
| municipal | relating to local city government |
| federalism | form of government in which power is divided between the federal and the state governments |
| concurrent powers | powers shared by the federal and state governments |
| reserved powers | powers reserved for the states and people by the Tenth Amendment |
| delegated powers | powers specifically given to the federal government by the Constitution |
