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2006 JAN 12

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soveriegn power in democracy is held by   the people  
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soveriegn power in a dictatorship is held by   oligarchy/dictator  
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power in dictatorship is gained by   force - the army/military  
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unitary gov't   power all to a central agency  
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federal gov't   power is btw a central and other local governments  
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confederation   an alliance of independent states  
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presidential gov't   executive/legislative branches are coequal and seperate  
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parliamentary gov't   members of executive are in legislative and must take legislature commands  
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division of powers   power is shared in central and local gov'ts  
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oligarchy   small, self-appointed group rules  
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autocracy   a single person has unlimited power  
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direct democracy   1 man, 1 vote  
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representative democracy   people elect reps and they are the government (US)  
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reserved powers   powers of the state  
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delegated powers   only has powers granted to them by the constitution  
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expressed powers   powers given to the National Governent through the constitution  
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implied powers   suggested by expressed powers - affect people directly  
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inherent powers   foreign people, territory, rebellion, and granting diplomatic recognition  
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state powers   protect/promote public health, the public morals, public safety, and general welfare, also alcohol, licenses, ages.  
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exclusive powers   only for National Government  
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concurrent powers   National and State Governments promote out  
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the supremecy clause   states that all constitution orders is above all other forms of law.  
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legislative   congress; makes the laws  
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judicial   supreme court; interprets laws  
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executive   president; enforces laws  
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judicial review   declare legislation/executive acts unconstituuional  
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pardon   to forgive a person for a crime  
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militia   military to protect the state  
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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  
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ratify   approval of an executive action  
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intergovernment   between two governmental units  
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defendant   person sued in court or charged with a crime  
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plaintiff   person who sues for damages in court  
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revenue   money generated to pay for government services  
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ambassador   a representative of the united states in a foreign country  
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judicial review 2   measuring if a law is unconstitutional  
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indict   to formally accuse a person of committing a crime  
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naturalization   process of becoming a citizen  
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budget   plan of raising revenue and spending  
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bail   money used to guarentee a person's appearance in court  
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committee   small group of people  
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impeach   process of removing a public official from office  
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contract   an agreement between two people  
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commerce   trade; buying and selling  
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warrant   official document demanding a person to appear in court  
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popular sovergienty   government for people  
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limited governement   preserves certian powers to the federal and state governements  
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seperation of powers   the executive, legislative, and judicial powers divided equally to each branch  
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checks and balances   to allow each branch to check eachothers actions  
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federalism   the division of power among a central and several regional governments  
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preamble   intro before constitution starts  
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denied power   grant titles and nobility  
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delegated power   federal only  
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rule of law   people are all equal when with the law  
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social contract   if government follows peoples orders,they can rule.  
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mcculloch vs. md   national bank; no taxing it; supremecy clause  
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marbury vs. madison   judicial review; madison won  
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EJL   exec, judic, legis  
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plessy vs. ferguson   equal protection clause; railroad  
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miranda vs. arizona   rights of accused; fair trials; sex offender  
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gideon vs. wainwright   right to council; movie  
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tinker vs, des moines board of education   arm band; only bad if a disruption occurs in schools  
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new jersey vs. TLO   drugs; illegal searces; reasonable suspicion  
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environmental protection agency   big businesses/factories w/ environment  
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food and drug administration   nutrition labels, cows, inspect perscriptions, etc.  
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federal trade commission   trade - internation and state  
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federal communications commission   monitored airways  
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federal aviation administration   air travel monitors inspections, crashes, etc; black box  
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criminal law   liable, crimes, reasonable doubt, felony, misdemeanor, presumption of innocence, probable clause, writ of habeas corpus, subpoena  
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civil law   guilty, lawsuits, plaintiff, preponderance of evidence, petit jury, breach of contract, torts  
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