AM GOV - UNIT 2 VOCABULARY REVIEW

POWER IS DIVIDED AMONG THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT & SEVERAL REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS

• JUDICIAL REVIEW

• LIMITED GOVERNMENT

• FEDERALISM

• SEPARATION OF POWERS

• CHECKS & BALANCES

ALLOWS THE COURTS TO EVALUATE THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF ACTIONS OR LEGISLATION

• JUDICIAL REVIEW

• LIMITED GOVERNMENT

• FEDERALISM

• SEPARATION OF POWERS

• CHECKS & BALANCES

DIVISION OF POWERS AMONG THE THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT

• JUDICIAL REVIEW

• LIMITED GOVERNMENT

• FEDERALISM

• SEPARATION OF POWERS

• CHECKS & BALANCES

RESTRICTIONS ARE PLACES ON THE GOVERNMENT & IT OFFERS TO SUPPORT THE RULE OF LAW

• JUDICIAL REVIEW

• LIMITED GOVERNMENT

• FEDERALISM

• SEPARATION OF POWERS

• CHECKS & BALANCES

EACH BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT HAS CERTAIN POWERS OVER THE OTHER TWO BRANCHES

• JUDICIAL REVIEW

• LIMITED GOVERNMENT

• FEDERALISM

• SEPARATION OF POWERS

• CHECKS & BALANCES

POWERS THAT ARE GRANTED TO THE GOVERNMENT FROM THE US CONSTITUTION

• DELEGATED POWERS

• POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY

• DUE PROCESS

• SUPREMACY CLAUSE

• FEDERALISTS PAPERS

ARTICLES & ESSAYS WRITTEN TO ENCOURAGE SUPPORT FOR THE RATIFICATION OF THE US CONSTITUTION

• DELEGATED POWERS

• POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY

• DUE PROCESS

• SUPREMACY CLAUSE

• FEDERALISTS PAPERS

PEOPLE ARE TEH SOURCE OF ANY & ALL GOVERNMENTAL POWER, & GOVERNMENT CAN EXIST ONLY WITH THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED

• DELEGATED POWERS

• POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY

• DUE PROCESS

• SUPREMACY CLAUSE

• FEDERALISTS PAPERS

PROVISIONS ADDED TO THE CONSTITUTION WHICH STATES THAT THE CONSTITUTION IS THE "SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND"

• DELEGATED POWERS

• POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY

• DUE PROCESS

• SUPREMACY CLAUSE

• FEDERALISTS PAPERS

FEDERAL & STATE GOVERNMENTS MUST NOT DEPRIVE AN INDIVIDUAL OF LIFE, LIBERTY, OR PROPERTY BY UNFAIR OR UNREASONABLE ACTIONS

• DELEGATED POWERS

• POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY

• DUE PROCESS

• SUPREMACY CLAUSE

• FEDERALISTS PAPERS