| side 1 |
Answer |
| soveriegn power in democracy is held by |
the people |
| soveriegn power in a dictatorship is held by |
oligarchy/dictator |
| power in dictatorship is gained by |
force - the army/military |
| unitary gov't |
power all to a central agency |
| federal gov't |
power is btw a central and other local governments |
| confederation |
an alliance of independent states |
| presidential gov't |
executive/legislative branches are coequal and seperate |
| parliamentary gov't |
members of executive are in legislative and must take legislature commands |
| division of powers |
power is shared in central and local gov'ts |
| oligarchy |
small, self-appointed group rules |
| autocracy |
a single person has unlimited power |
| direct democracy |
1 man, 1 vote |
| representative democracy |
people elect reps and they are the government (US) |
| reserved powers |
powers of the state |
| delegated powers |
only has powers granted to them by the constitution |
| expressed powers |
powers given to the National Governent through the constitution |
| implied powers |
suggested by expressed powers - affect people directly |
| inherent powers |
foreign people, territory, rebellion, and granting diplomatic recognition |
| state powers |
protect/promote public health, the public morals, public safety, and general welfare, also alcohol, licenses, ages. |
| exclusive powers |
only for National Government |
| concurrent powers |
National and State Governments promote out |
| the supremecy clause |
states that all constitution orders is above all other forms of law. |
| legislative |
congress; makes the laws |
| judicial |
supreme court; interprets laws |
| executive |
president; enforces laws |
| judicial review |
declare legislation/executive acts unconstituuional |
| pardon |
to forgive a person for a crime |
| militia |
military to protect the state |
| eminent domain |
person's property can not be taken away if not for good of the general public or without being paid a fair price |
| ratify |
approval of an executive action |
| intergovernment |
between two governmental units |
| defendant |
person sued in court or charged with a crime |
| plaintiff |
person who sues for damages in court |
| revenue |
money generated to pay for government services |
| ambassador |
a representative of the united states in a foreign country |
| judicial review 2 |
measuring if a law is unconstitutional |
| indict |
to formally accuse a person of committing a crime |
| naturalization |
process of becoming a citizen |
| budget |
plan of raising revenue and spending |
| bail |
money used to guarentee a person's appearance in court |
| committee |
small group of people |
| impeach |
process of removing a public official from office |
| contract |
an agreement between two people |
| commerce |
trade; buying and selling |
| warrant |
official document demanding a person to appear in court |
| popular sovergienty |
government for people |
| limited governement |
preserves certian powers to the federal and state governements |
| seperation of powers |
the executive, legislative, and judicial powers divided equally to each branch |
| checks and balances |
to allow each branch to check eachothers actions |
| federalism |
the division of power among a central and several regional governments |
| preamble |
intro before constitution starts |
| denied power |
grant titles and nobility |
| delegated power |
federal only |
| rule of law |
people are all equal when with the law |
| social contract |
if government follows peoples orders,they can rule. |
| mcculloch vs. md |
national bank; no taxing it; supremecy clause |
| marbury vs. madison |
judicial review; madison won |
| EJL |
exec, judic, legis |
| plessy vs. ferguson |
equal protection clause; railroad |
| miranda vs. arizona |
rights of accused; fair trials; sex offender |
| gideon vs. wainwright |
right to council; movie |
| tinker vs, des moines board of education |
arm band; only bad if a disruption occurs in schools |
| new jersey vs. TLO |
drugs; illegal searces; reasonable suspicion |
| environmental protection agency |
big businesses/factories w/ environment |
| food and drug administration |
nutrition labels, cows, inspect perscriptions, etc. |
| federal trade commission |
trade - internation and state |
| federal communications commission |
monitored airways |
| federal aviation administration |
air travel monitors inspections, crashes, etc; black box |
| criminal law |
liable, crimes, reasonable doubt, felony, misdemeanor, presumption of innocence, probable clause, writ of habeas corpus, subpoena |
| civil law |
guilty, lawsuits, plaintiff, preponderance of evidence, petit jury, breach of contract, torts |
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