Constitution Vocab

Limited Government

• A government that is legally restricted in its power, a government without unlimited power
• the first ten amendments to the US Constitutionguaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship.
• Lawmaking branch, consists of Congress
• 2 representatives per state, part of the Legislative branch, helps make laws

Checks & Balances

• principle of government under which separate branches are empowered to prevent actions by other branches and are induced to share power.
• A government that is legally restricted in its power, a government without unlimited power
• A change to the US Constitution
• set of rules that are created and enforced by a government or social institution to regulate behavior

Legislative Branch

• Lawmaking branch, consists of Congress
• part of government which executes the law; in other words, directly makes decisions and holds power, includes the President
• A change to the US Constitution
• the highest federal court in the US, consisting of nine justices and having final say over all other courts in the nation.

Executive Branch

• part of government which executes the law; in other words, directly makes decisions and holds power, includes the President
• 2 representatives per state, part of the Legislative branch, helps make laws
• the first ten amendments to the US Constitutionguaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship.
• The elected head of a republic, the commander in chief of the military, the head of the Executive Branch

Judicial Branch

• system of courts that handles legal disputes/disagreements and interprets, defends, and applies the law in legal cases
• Representatives are based on the population of each state, also part of the Legislative branch, helps make laws
• A government that is legally restricted in its power, a government without unlimited power
• a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president.

Popular Sovereignty

• political theory that states that the people are the source of all political power and that the government is created by and needs to respond to the needs of the people
• A government that is legally restricted in its power, a government without unlimited power
• Lawmaking branch, consists of Congress
• Process of bringing charges against a government official for wrongdoing. A trial may be held, and the official may be removed from office

Senate

• 2 representatives per state, part of the Legislative branch, helps make laws
• A change to the US Constitution
• part of government which executes the law; in other words, directly makes decisions and holds power, includes the President
• a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president.

House of Representatives

• Representatives are based on the population of each state, also part of the Legislative branch, helps make laws
• Lawmaking branch, consists of Congress
• A government that is legally restricted in its power, a government without unlimited power
• The elected head of a republic, the commander in chief of the military, the head of the Executive Branch

Bill

• A draft of a law presented to Congress to be voted on before being sent to the President
• A government that is legally restricted in its power, a government without unlimited power
• set of rules that are created and enforced by a government or social institution to regulate behavior
• right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body

Veto

• right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body
• the first ten amendments to the US Constitutionguaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship.
• The elected head of a republic, the commander in chief of the military, the head of the Executive Branch
• the highest federal court in the US, consisting of nine justices and having final say over all other courts in the nation.