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| 942036583 | Legislative Branch | Makes the laws | 0 | |
| 942036584 | Executive Branch | Enforces the laws | 1 | |
| 942036585 | Judicial Branch | Interprets the laws | 2 | |
| 942036586 | Impeachment | Two step process to remove a federal official: Impeachment by the House of Reps (did something wrong) Trial to Remove by the Senate | 3 | |
| 942036587 | Electoral College | Group that chooses the President and Vice-President | 4 | |
| 942036588 | Extradition | Requires states to help other states return a criminal that has committed a crime and fled the state (Article 4) | 5 | |
| 942036589 | Supremacy Clause | Declares the Constitution, laws of the US Congress and treaties of the federal government must be followed by the states (Article 6) | 6 | |
| 942036590 | Full Faith and Credit Clause | States must respect the laws, records and court decisions of other states (Article 4) | 7 | |
| 942036591 | Amendment Process | Two step process: National Proposal by 2/3 vote (Congress or Constitutional Convention) Ratification by 3/4 vote (state legislature or state ratifying convention) (Article 5) | 8 | |
| 942036592 | Ex post facto law | Prohibited; punishes an individual for an action that was legal when committed but that is currently illegal. | 9 | |
| 942036593 | Bill of Attainder | Prohibited; law that finds an individual or group guilty/inflicts a punishment without a trial | 10 | |
| 942036594 | Suspension of Habeas Corpus | Prohibited; ignoring an order to "produce the body"; telling why a person has been arrested for public record | 11 | |
| 942036595 | Checks and Balances | One branch has the power to influence/limit the power of another branch Example: President (exec) vetoes a law passed by Congress (legislative) | 12 | |
| 942036596 | Separation of Powers | Guarantees no one branch becomes to powerful by assigning specific roles to each branch of government | 13 | |
| 942036597 | Federal System | State governments and national governments both have the power to make rules for individuals at the same time | 14 | |
| 942036598 | Necessary and Proper Clause | aka Elastic Clause; grants implied powers to Congress; make laws that are needed, reasonable and tied to an enumerated power | 15 | |
| 942036599 | Elastic Clause | aka Necessary and Proper Clause; grants implied powers to Congress to make laws that are needed, reasonable and tied to an enumerated power | 16 | |
| 942036600 | Enumerated Powers | coining money, making naturalization rules, maintaining military, declaring war, regulating interstate commerce; creating post offices and roads, issuing copyrights and patents | 17 | |
| 942036601 | Reserved Powers | regulating marriage licenses, regulating divorce, running elections, regulating intrastate trade; regulating education; establishing local governments | 18 | |
| 942036602 | Concurrent Powers | collecting taxes; borrowing money; making laws, providing for the general welfare of citizens; establishing courts | 19 | |
| 942036603 | Reserved Powers | Powers held back for state control by the 10th Amendment (Powers not delegated to the US by the Constitution, nor prohibited to the states, are reserved to the states respectively or to the people) | 20 | |
| 942036604 | Bill of Rights | Amendments added to the Constitution to calm the fears of Anti-Federalists that individual rights be protected from the stronger national government | 21 | |
| 942036605 | Prohibited Powers | Bill of Attainder; suspension of habeas corpus; ex post facto laws; granting titles of nobility | 22 | |
| 942036606 | House of Representatives | 2 year term Population determines # per state 25 years old; 7 year citizen; resident of state | 23 | |
| 942036607 | Senate | 6 year term 2 per state 30 years old; 9 year citizen; resident of the state | 24 | |
| 942036608 | Marbury v. Madison | First case to define Judicial Review Declared an act of Congress unconstitutional and therefore null and void | 25 | |
| 942036609 | Judicial Review | Ability of the Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of a law or presidential action | 26 | |
| 942036610 | Speaker of the House | Leader of the House of Representatives | 27 | |
| 942036611 | Vice President | Leader of the Senate | 28 | |
| 942036612 | President | 4 year term 35 years old; natural born citizen; 14 year resident | 29 | |
| 942036613 | Supreme Court | 9 members Life term with good behavior | 30 |
