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Bill of Rights

• the first ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution

• a principle of the federal government, according to the U.S. Constitution, that allows each branch of government to limit the power of the other branches

• the national legislative body of the U.S., consisting of the Senate, or upper house, and the House of Representatives, or lower house

• the head of the executive branch

checks and balances

• a principle of the federal government, according to the U.S. Constitution, that allows each branch of government to limit the power of the other branches

• the first ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution

• the national legislative body of the U.S., consisting of the Senate, or upper house, and the House of Representatives, or lower house

• a decision by an executive authority such as a president or governor to reject a law passed by the legislative branch

Congress

• the national legislative body of the U.S., consisting of the Senate, or upper house, and the House of Representatives, or lower house

• a principle of the federal government, according to the U.S. Constitution, that allows each branch of government to limit the power of the other branches

• the highest court of the United States; it sits at the top of the federal court system

• the head of the executive branch

executive branch

• the branch of government that enforces the laws made by the legislative branch

• the branch of government that interprets the laws made by the legislative branch

• the branch of government that creates laws

• the head of the executive branch

judicial branch

• the branch of government that interprets the laws made by the legislative branch

• the branch of government that creates laws

• the branch of government that enforces the laws made by the legislative branch

• the highest court of the United States; it sits at the top of the federal court system

legislative branch

• the branch of government that creates laws

• the branch of government that interprets the laws made by the legislative branch

• the branch of government that enforces the laws made by the legislative branch

• the national legislative body of the U.S., consisting of the Senate, or upper house, and the House of Representatives, or lower house

president

• the head of the executive branch

• not in agreement with the U.S Constitution

• the branch of government that creates laws

• the highest court of the United States; it sits at the top of the federal court system

unconstitutional

• not in agreement with the U.S Constitution

• the highest court of the United States; it sits at the top of the federal court system

• a decision by an executive authority such as a president or governor to reject a law passed by the legislative branch

• the first ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution

U.S. Supreme Court

• the highest court of the United States; it sits at the top of the federal court system

• the national legislative body of the U.S., consisting of the Senate, or upper house, and the House of Representatives, or lower house

• the first ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution

• a principle of the federal government, according to the U.S. Constitution, that allows each branch of government to limit the power of the other branches

veto

• a decision by an executive authority such as a president or governor to reject a law passed by the legislative branch

• not in agreement with the U.S Constitution

• the national legislative body of the U.S., consisting of the Senate, or upper house, and the House of Representatives, or lower house

• the head of the executive branch