| A | B |
|---|
| limited government | the government does not have unlimited power |
| republic | a gov. in which the power is held by the people |
| popular sovereignty | the supreme governing power belongs to the people |
| elastic clause | the necessary and proper clause |
| John Marshall | Was chief justice of the supreme court. He was the first to use judicial review. |
| electoral college | the method by which we elect the President |
| supremacy clause | the part of the constitution in which it states that its laws are the greatest in the land |
| preamble | the introduction to the constitution |
| framers | the men who wrote the constitution |
| federalism | the division of power betweena central gov and a number of state governments |
| seperation of powers | a division of power between the federal and state levels of givernment |
| monarchy | government headed by a single person, usually a king or queen |
| checks and balances | a system in which each branch of government limits the powers of the other branches |
| judicial review | the court's power to decide if a law is constitutional or not |
| supremacy of national law | the concept that the national law is superior to state law |
| supremacy of civilian authority | the idea that military officials must be governed by a civilian |
| bicameral | two house legislature |
| revenue bills | legislative bills to raise money or spend money |
| impeach | bring charges against |
| executive orders | rules made by the President that have the power of law |
| jurisdiction | area of law or area of the country in which a court has authority to hear cases |
| delegated powers | powers given the federal government by the Constitution |
| expressed powers | powers named in the constitution |
| implied powers | powers not named in the constitution, but suggested by its wording |
| inherent powers | powers that belong to the federal gov. just because it is the national gov. |
| reserved powers | powers that belong to the states because they are not named to the federal gov and not denied to the states |
| "police powers" | reserved power, that they can use to protect the saftey and well-being of individual states |
| concurrent powers | powers that are shared between the states and the federal gov. |
| exclusive powers | powers that belong only to the federal gov. |
