8th grade, Ch. 9 Constitution

the system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other two branches

• Congressional oversight

• federalism

• checks and balances

• judicial review

the part of government that carries out, or executes, the laws

• executive branch

• judicial branch

• legislative branch

• police

the constitutional system that shares power between the national and state governments

• ableism

• republicanism

• capitalism

• federalism

an organization that actively promotes the view of some part of the public on specific issues in order to influence government policy

• lobbyist

• interest group

• Congress

• public

trade and other business dealings between two or more states

• interstate commerce

• multi-state business

• domestic business

• inner-state commerce

the part of government, consisting of the Supreme Court and lower federal courts, that interprets the laws

• executive branch

• legislative branch

• judicial branch

• Court branch

the power of the Supreme Court to decide whether laws and acts made by the legislative and executive branches are unconstitutional

• judicial review

• judicial branch

• double jeopardy

• executive power

the lawmaking part of government, called the legislature. To legislate is to make a law.

• executive branch

• legislative branch

• Congress

• law writers

a basic principle of democracy that says laws are passed by majority vote and elections are decided by a majority of the voters

• communism

• majority wins

• majority rule

• federalism

the idea that the government’s authority comes from the people

• popular sovereignty

• majority rule

• Constitution

• federalism