Constitutionalism and Federalism Vocabulary
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| introduction of the Constitution | ||
| power from the people | ||
| two part national legislature | ||
| count of the population | ||
| direct vote by the people | ||
| proposed law | ||
| reject | ||
| official representatives to other countries | ||
| national | ||
| formal group of advisors | ||
| formally accuse the president of the crimes specified in the Constitution | ||
| lower court | ||
| ask a higher court to review the case | ||
| power to decide whether laws and actions by the legislative and executive branches conflict with the Constitution | ||
| the system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches | ||
| powers best exercised by one authority | ||
| gives the national government the power to regulate interstate commerce | ||
| free zone | ||
| states power that are retained because they were not given to the national government | ||
| federal an state shared powers | ||
| sharing of power, distribution of power in an organization between a central authority and the constituent units | ||
| government according to an established law or custom principle | ||
| changes to the Constitution |