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| Basic functions of a constitution |
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.generates a degree of trust and cordination that is necessary for different kinds of people to live together.
.specifies how the government will be constituted, who will be |
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| Formal powers of each brach of government |
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Judicial
.none listed
Executive
. commander in chief
. grant pardons ammbassadors
. make treaties
Legislative
.make laws
.ower to print money |
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| amodel of government in which different parts of the government are responsible for different functions |
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| a means of trying to ensure that no one of those areas can operate completely on its own in the US |
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| Checks and balances each branch can impose on each other |
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Executive
.veto laws
Legislative
. approves presidential nomination and controls the budget.
.Can pass laws over the presidents
.The Senate confirms the presidnets nominations. Congress can Impeach judges and remove them from office
Judicial branch
none specified in the constituion |
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.house impeaches with majority vote with one vote
.Senate acts as jury with 2/3 vote
.Chief Justice determines innoncence |
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| Most common process by which the constituition can be changed |
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.Proposed by 2/3 of Congress
.3/4 of states legislatures |
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| a way of organizing a nation so that two or more levels of government have formal authority over the same area and people |
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| both national gov and the states remain supreme with in their own speheres |
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| a system of government in which powers and policy assignments are shared between states and the national government. |
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| makes invalid any law passed by a state or local government that is in contact with a federal law. |
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| Significance of McCulloch vs Maryland |
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| gave principle of implied power thorugh a broad interpretation of the US constituion giving congress an expanded role in governing the nation |
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| requires each state to recognize the offical documents and civil judgements |
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| enumerated/expressed powers |
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| addressed to the constituition |
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| go beyond the constituion |
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| a power set aside by the Constituion for the state or for the people |
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| powers sharred by the ferdeal and state governments. |
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| a stateue or requires a state or local gov to perform certain actions, yet provide no funding. |
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| federal grants given more or less automatically to state or communities development and social services |
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| distribution or part of the fedearl tax income to states and municipalities |
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| a formal process by which a criminal suspect held by one government handed over to antoher government for trial or if the suspect has already been tried and guilty, to serve his or her sentence |
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