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- 2. Gives Congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, with Indian tribes, and among the various states (Article I, Section 8)
- 3. democracy Form of democracy in which political power is exercised directly by citizens
- 5. Form of government in which power derives from citizens, but public officials to make political decisions and formulate laws on their behalf
- 6. Those who opposed the new proposed Constitution during the ratification process
- 12. Meeting in 1787 at which twelve states intended to revise the Articles of Confederation but ended up proposing an entirely new Constitution
- 15. System of government in which ultimate authority rests with the regional (for example, state) governments
- 18. Compromise over slavery at the Constitutional Convention that granted states extra representation in the House of Representatives based on their number of slaves at the ratio of three-fifths
- 20. Powers expressly granted to Congress by the Constitution
- 22. Gives Congress the power to tax to provide for the general welfare
- 24. Powers held by both the national and state governments in a federal system
- 25. Process for selecting state judges whereby the original nomination is by appointment, and subsequent retention is by a retention election
- 26. System of government in which sovereignty is constitutionally divided between national and state governments
- 27. Doctrine holding the state governments and the federal government have almost completely separate functions
- 29. Government structure in which authority is divided among branches (executive, legislative, and judicial), with each holding separate and independent powers and areas of responsibility
- 30. System of government in which ultimate authority rests with the national government
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- 1. Rule by the people
- 4. President Franklin Roosevelt's proposal to add new justices to the Supreme Court so that the Court would uphold his policies
- 7. Formal process of changing the Constitution
- 8. Broad coalitions of interests organized to win elections in order to enact a commonly supported set of public policies
- 9. Right of states to invalidate acts of Congress they believe to be illegal
- 10. Act of seceding, or formally withdrawing, from a nation-state
- 11. Authority of courts to declare laws passed by Congress and acts of the executive branch to be unconstitutional
- 13. Gives Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper to the powers enumerated in Article I, Section 8
- 14. Powers not expressly granted to Congress but added through the necessary and proper clause
- 16. The presidential electors, selected to represent the votes of their respective states, who meet every four years to cast the electoral votes for president and vice president
- 17. Makes federal law supreme over state laws
- 19. 1819 Supreme Court decision upholding the right of Congress to create a bank
- 21. View that states have strong independent authority to resist federal rule under the Constitution
- 23. Powers retained by the state under the Constitution
- 28. Authority of the president to block legislation passed by Congress. Congress can override a it by two-thirds majority in each chamber