VOCAB GOV

the power to make laws and to frame public policy

the principle that the majority of the people will be right more often than they will be wrong, and will be right more often than will any one person or small group.

the power of a court to determine the constitutionality of a government

doctrine that the government must at fairly and in accord with established rules in all that it does.

the power to interpret laws, to determine their meaning, and to settle disputes that arise within the society

the president of the senate

positive acts of government that seek to make constitutional guarantees a reality for all people.

system of overlapping the powers of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches to permit each branch to check the actions of the others.

member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to it by birth or natutalization and is entitled to full civil rights.

10. a system of government in which a written constitution divides power between a central, or national, government and several regional governments like States.