The Constitution

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  1. 3. a system in which power is divided between the national and state governments.
  2. 6. an order signed by a judge describing a specifc place to be searched for specific items.
  3. 7. a plan that provides the rule for government.
  4. 9. the power of the government to take private property for public use.
  5. 10. powers directly stated in the Constitution.
  6. 14. a reasonable basis to believe a person or premises is linked to a crime.
  7. 16. to approve.
  8. 17. an order signed by a judge naming the individual to be arrested for a specific crime.
  9. 18. statement in in Article VI of the Constitution establishing that "shall be the supreme Law of the Land".
  10. 20. plan requiring that what the government spends will not exceed its income.
  11. 21. principle in the Fifth Amendment stating that the government must follow proper constitutional procedures.
  12. 24. an agreement made between the president and a head of state.
  13. 26. an appeal.
  14. 27. one of seven main divisions of the body of the Constitution.
  15. 28. the philosophy that the Supreme Court should avoid taking the initiative on social and political questions.
  16. 29. money paid in order to vote.
  17. 30. the system where each branch of government exercises some control over the others.
  18. 31. the philosophy that the Supreme Court should avoid taking the initiative on social and political questions.
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  1. 1. new trial location.
  2. 2. the authority of a court to rule on certain cases.
  3. 4. to accuse a public official of misconduct in office
  4. 5. an outgoing official serving out the remainder of a term.
  5. 6. the division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government.
  6. 8. the expressed powers of Congress that are itemized and numbered.
  7. 11. rule by the people
  8. 12. the power of the Supreme Court to declare laws and action of local, state, and national governments unconstitutional.
  9. 13. government censorship of information before it is published or broadcast.
  10. 15. a formal agreement between the governments of two or more countries.
  11. 19. gives Congress the right to make all laws "necessary and proper" to carry out the powers expressed in the other clauses in Article I.
  12. 22. department and agencies of the federal government.
  13. 23. a change to the Constitution.
  14. 25. rejection of a bill.