Unit 1

2. rights that cannot be taken away
7. "states' righters" opponents of the Constitution
9. centralized in the national government
11. "nationalist" proponents of the Constitution
12. postfactolaw A law that makes illegal an act that was legal when committed, increases the penalties for an infraction after it has been committed, or changes the rules of evidence to make conviction easier.
14. a meeting to revise the articles
16. review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act.
17. Presidential power to strike, or remove, specific items from a spending bill without vetoing the entire package; declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

1. A law that declares a person, without a trial, guilty of a crime
3. A list of individual rights and liberties, such as freedom of speech, religion, and the press.
4. prevents illegal arrests and imprisonment
5. Daniel Shay
6. a series of eighty-five essays written by Alexander Hamilton
8. cabinet of a parliamentary government in which multiple political parties cooperate
10. also called the Connecticut Compromise
13. went into effect inc 1971
15. groups acting in pursuit of an interest (can be a subgroup) that often precede formation of political parties