Constitution Vocab

3. Powers that the national government may exercise simply because it is a governmenta government
5. A formal agreement between the government of two or more countries
6. The philosophy that the supreme court should avoid taking the initiative on social and political questions
8. The power of the supreme court to declare laws and actions of local,state,or national governments unconstitutional
9. Freedom of speech, freedom of religion, the right to privacy,and the right to own property
12. Plan requires that what the government spends will not exceed its income
15. Rule by the people.
17. Powers that both the national government and state have
18. The expressed powers of congress that are itemized and numbered 1-18 in article I section 8 of the constitution
19. Clause in article I, section 8 of the constitution that gives congress the right to make all laws “necessary and proper” to carry out the powers expressed in the other clauses of Article I
20. A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments

1. An agreement made between the president and the head of state
2. Departments and agencies of the federal government mostly the executive branch
4. The division of power among the legislative,executive, and judicial branches of government
7. The system where each branch of government exercises some control over the others
10. Statement in article VI of the constitution establishing that the constitution, laws passed by congress, and treaties of the united states.
11. A system in which the power of the government is limited, not absolute
13. To accuse a public official of misconduct in office
14. Principle in the fifth amendment stating that the government must follow proper constitutional procedures in trials and in other actions it takes against individuals
16. Powers that belong strictly to the states