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2006 JAN 12

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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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