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  1. 5. the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship.
  2. 7. Powers denied to the national and/or state governments by the Constitution
  3. 9. the branch of federal and state government that is broadly responsible for implementing, supporting, and enforcing the laws made by the legislative branch and interpreted by the judicial branch
  4. 10. includes criminal and civil courts and helps interpret the United States Constitution
  5. 11. a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president
  6. 12. a grant from a central government that a local authority can allocate to a wide range of services
  7. 13. a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States under Article III of the Constitution
  8. 14. part of the United States government that creates laws
  9. 15. A law that makes illegal an act that was legal when committed, increases the penalties for an infraction after it has been committed, or changes the rules of evidence to make conviction easier
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  1. 1. a statement in the U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 8) granting Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the enumerated list of powers
  2. 2. review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act.
  3. 3. the clause in United States Constitution's Article VI, stating that all laws made furthering the Constitution and all treaties made under the authority of the United States are the “supreme law of the land.”
  4. 4. the right of a government or its agent to expropriate private property for public use, with payment of compensation
  5. 6. enjoyed by both the federal and state governments are: the power to tax, build roads, establish bankruptcy laws, and to create lower courts
  6. 8. counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups
  7. 16. the federal principle or system of government