Constitutional Vocab

2. Clause in Artical I, Section 8 of the constitution that fives Congress the right to make laws ¨necessary and proper¨ to carry out the powers expressed in the other clauses of artical I
4. rule by the people
5. government administrators
8. to return a criminal or fugitive who flees across states lines back to the original state
10. powers that belong strictly to the states
11. the tax levied on individual and corporate earnings
12. a change to the constitution
13. to accuse a public official of misconduct in office
17. principle in the fifth amendment states that the government must follow proper constitutional procedures in trials and in other actions it takes against individuals
18. are often associated with democracy, a government system where the power resides with the people.
19. money paid in order to vote
20. a system where each branch of government exercises some control over the others
21. the division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government

1. statement in artical VI of the constitution establishes that the constitution, law passed by congress, and treaties of the United States ¨Shall be the supreme law of the Land¨
3. The authority of a court tot rule on certain cases
6. one relating to disputes among two or more private individuals or orginizations
7. is the concept of a government limited in power. It is a key concept in the history of liberalism.
9. powers directly stated in the constitution
14. a law prohibiting public officals from holding meetings not open to the public
15. a system in which power is divided between the national and state government
16. the power of the Supreme Court to declare laws and actions of local, state, or national government unconstitutional