Chapter 6

5. Process the legal rules and procedures established by law and guaranteed by the Constitution that the government must observe before depriving a person of life, liberty, or property
8. to include
9. the process of becoming a citizen of another country
10. to carry out
11. protection the equal application of the law regardless of a person’s race, religion, political beliefs, or other qualities
12. Review power of the Supreme Court to say whether any federal, state, or local law or government action goes against the Constitution
15. power power shared by the states and federal government
16. Powers power specifically given Congress in the Constitution

1. Powers authority not specifically mentioned in the Constitution but suggested in its language
2. Government idea that a government may only use the powers given to it by the people
3. of Powers the division of power among the branches of government; a government structure that has three distinct branches: legislative, executive, and judicial
4. power authority belonging only to the states
6. reduce, make smaller
7. to go against or state the opposite
13. prosecuted for a crime
14. sovereignty the belief that government is subject to the will of the people