chapter 3 and 4
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- Judiicial Review
- Power of teh U.S. Supreme Court to determine if a law passed by congress or a presidential action is in accord with the constitution
- Seperation of power
- distribution of political power among the branches of government, giving each branch a particular set of responsibilities
- Bill of Attainer
- Unconstituional, if someone is punish w/o the trial
- delegated power
- power given to the federal government by the constituion
- Checks and Balance
- system in which the powers of government are balanced among different branches so that each branch can check, or limit, the power of the other branch
- popular sovernty
- government by consent of teh governed
- veto
- reject proposed laws
- Mayflower Compact
- Citizens of the new colony gave up some of their individual power to teh government they had created
- reserved power
- power set aside by the constituion for the states or for teh people
- linits to free speech
- cannot use free speech rights in a way that could cause physical harm to others
- executive branch
- executing or carring out countrys law
- due process of law
- the fair application of the law to one's case
- legislative branch
- lawmaking arm
- concurrent power
- power shared bythe federal government and the states
- Eminent Domain
- the power of the government to take private property for public use
- Bill Of Rights
- The first 10 amendments to teh U.S. constitution which set forth basic rights guaranteed to all americans
- judicial branch
- interprets the meaning of the law passed by congress and set punishment for people who broke the law
- Writ of Habeas Corpus
- court order requiring the government to bring a prixoner to court and explain why he or she is being held
- Ex Post Facto
- make something against crime after the act has been committed