Judicial Review
Federalism
Bill of Rights
Government Study Cards Chapter 3-4
power of the courts to determine
whether what government does is in
accord with the constitution
the division of power among a central
government and several regional
governments
first ten amendments to the
constitution
Treaty
a formal agreement between two or
more sovereign states
electoral college
group that makes the formal selection
of the Nation’s President.
cabinet
advisory body to the President made up
of Heads of executive departments and
other officers
Document that assigns certain powers
to the National Government and certain
posers to the states
only those powers granted to it in the
Constitution (expressed, implied and
inherent)
Separation of Powers
delegated Powers
Implied powers
Inherent Powers
Concurrent Powers
not expressly stated in the Constitution
but reasonably suggested (implied) by
the expressed powers
powers that belong to the National
Government because it is a sovereign
state within the World Community they
historically possessed
powers that bothe the Natioanl
government and the states possesses
and exercise. (example levy and collect
taxes)
interstate compact
Full faith and Credit Clause
extradition
privileges and Immunities
executive agreement
unconstitutional
veto
popular sovereignty
limited government
informal amendment
How does the amendment process
illustrate the constitutional principle of
Federalism?
states may enter into agreement
among themselves wand with foreign
states
State courts would have to give full
faith and credit (recognize and respect
the validity of judgments made by other
state courts
legal process by which a fugitive from
justice in one state is returned to that
state
no state can draw unreasonable
distinctions between its own resident
and those persons who happen to live
in other states
a pact made by the president directly
with the head of a foreign state
to declare illegal null and void of no
force and effect a government action
found to violate some provision in the
Constitution
President may reject any act of
Congress, In turn Congress and override
the veto by a 2/3rds vote
government can only govern with the
constitution of the governed
no government is all powerful the
government may only do they that the
people have given it power to do
judicial review where the courts
decided if a law is constitutional or
when congress writes a law that
interprets the constitution
amending the Constitution represents
the expression of the people’s
sovereign will.
How may an amendment be proposed? 1-by two-thirds vote in each house of
Congress and ratified by three-fourths
of state legislatures
2- proposed by congress and ratified by
conventions in three-fourths of the
states
Know the rights guaranteed by the Bill
1. freedom of religion, speech, Press,
of Rights
Assembly and Petition
2.Bear Arms
3.Quartering of Troops
4.Searches and Seizures
5.Due Process
6.Criminal Proceedings
7. Civil Trials
8. Bail
9. Unremunerated Rights
10. Powers reserved to the states
Examples of checks and balances
how many amendments are there?
27
Examples of expressed powers
Powers for the National Government
coin money, levy taxes, regulate foreign
and interstate commerce
States…powers that are not specific for
the National Government
to whom do the reserved powers
belong?