US Constitution Vocab

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  1. 3. the legal process of returning a criminal from a state to which they have fled, to the state where the crime was committed in order to stand trial
  2. 4. the principle of judicial ___________ allows the courts to oversee laws passed and actions taken by the executive branch
  3. 5. the division of powers between national and state levels of government
  4. 8. the principle of ___________ of powers in the US Constitution defines the domain of each branch of government
  5. 9. one of the six foundational principles of the US Constitution is the concept of ______ government
  6. 11. the ___________ college consists of representatives from each state who cast the votes for US President and Vice President
  7. 15. formal approval of a previously completed action (such as adoption of an amendment)
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  1. 1. these constructionists follow the Constitution closely and believe want little interpretation
  2. 2. the principle of the US Constitution that recognizes that the people of the nation are the ultimate source of their government's authority
  3. 3. the branch of government responsible for enforcing the laws of the land
  4. 6. the process of bringing charges against a high government official for misconduct
  5. 7. the branch of government responsible for making the laws of the land
  6. 10. the principle of checks and _________ in the US Constitution helps keep branches of government from gaining too much power
  7. 12. the branch of government that interprets the laws of the land
  8. 13. a crime that consists of a US citizen going to war against the US or giving aid to an enemy of the country
  9. 14. these constructionists have a flexible approach to constitutional interpretation