Constitution Vocabulary

a law with retro active force

• quorum

• impeachment

• ex post facto

branch of government that interprets the law

• judicial branch

• executive branch

• legislative branch

requires that a person under arrest be brought before a judge

• pardon

• quorum

• habeas corpus

to be admitted as a citizen of a country

• pardon

• naturalize

• insurrection

to charge with a crime

• insurrection

• pardon

• impeachment

payment on an imported good

• duties

• appellate

• foreign commerce

trade with a foreign country

• foreign commerce

• insurrection

• limited government

to divide power among the branches of government

• checks and balances

• separation of powers

• ex post facto

dealing with applications for decisions to be reversed

• insurrection

• appellate

• quorum

to be forgiven

• naturalize

• pardon

• constitution