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- 3. the idea that certain restrictions should be placed on government to protect the natural rights of citizens.
- 5. citizens choose officials who make decisions on government policy
- 8. a government is said to be democratic if it's decisions will serve the "true interests" of the people wether or not the people affect the decision-making or select the decision-makers
- 9. the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
- 14. Article VI of the Constitution, which makes the Constitution, national laws, and treaties supreme over state laws when the national government is acting within its constitutional limits
- 18. groups such as parties or interest groups, which according to James Madison arose from the unequal distribution of property or wealth and had the potential to cause instability in government.
- 19. the provision of the Constitution according to citizens of each state the privileges of citizens of other states.
- 20. federal categorical grants given for specific purposes and awarded on the basis of the merits of applications
- 22. a way of organizing a nation so that two or more levels of government share formal authority over the same area and people
- 23. A centralized government in which all government powers belong to a single, central agency.
- 24. the course of action the government takes in response to an issue or problem
- 25. Federal grants that can be used only for specific purposes, or "categories," of state and local spending. They come with strings attached, such as nondiscrimination provisions.
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- 1. people who opposed the Constitution
- 2. citizen meet and vote directly on government decisions
- 4. Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution, which allows Congress to make all laws that are "necessary and proper" to carry out the powers of the Constitution.
- 6. The idea that government derives its authority by sanction of the people.
- 7. the Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State.
- 10. An 1819 Supreme Court decision that established the supremacy of the national government over state governments. In deciding this case, Chief Justice John Marshall and his colleagues held that Congress had certain implied powers in addition to the enumerated powers found in the Constitution.
- 11. federal grants are given more or less automatically to states or communities to support broad programs in areas such as community development and social services
- 12. the power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional
- 13. federal categorical grants distributed according to a formula specified in legislation or in administrative regulations.
- 15. supporters of the Constitution
- 16. powers Powers specifically given to Congress in the Constitution; including the power to collect taxes, coin money, regulate foreign and interstate commerce, and declare war.
- 17. v. Marbury the idea that the supreme court have the power of Judicial Review, which means the Supreme Court has the right to review a law to see if it was constitutional or not.
- 21. Powers that go beyond those that are enumerated in the Constitution, in accordance with the statement in the Constitution that Congress has the power to "make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution" the powers enumerated in Article I