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| principle that government is based on clear and fairlu enforced laws and that no one is above the law |
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| universal set of moral principles believed to come from humans' basic sense of right and wrong that can be applied to any culture or system of justuce |
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| ancient roman idea that citizens should serve their country |
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| political system in which the powers exercised by the government are restricted, usually by a written constitution |
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| rights and liberties that can be claimed by individuals by virtue of being human; also called natural rights or human rights |
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| rights that people have by virtue of being human |
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| idea that the powers of a government should be split between two or more strongly independent branches to prevent any one being too powerful |
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| principlie that people are ultimate authority of government |
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| written agreement between two or more parties or nations to perform some actions |
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| reserve army made up civilians who are trained to fight and can serve full time in an emergency |
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| belif governmetn should operate in accordance to a set of principles in the constitution |
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| formal approval of an agreement, treaty, or constitution |
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| no person can be deprived of life liberty and teh pursuit of happiness without fair legal procedures and safegaurds |
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| right of accused persons to be brought before a judge to hear the charges against them |
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| subject matter over which a court may exercise authority; also, a court's power to hear a case |
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| political system in which power is divided between a central government and small regional governments |
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| power of the courts to declare laws and executive acts unconstitutional |
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| Articel VI of Constitution stating that it is the supreme law of the land, federal law supersedes state and local |
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| framers of the US Constitution meant or were trying to achieve when they wrote the original document |
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| serves as an example for future court cases |
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| approach to interpretting the US Constitution that relies primarily on the original language of the document and the percieved intent of the framers also known as strict construction |
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| approach to interpretting the U.S. Constitution that makes modern values and cial consequences into account; also known as loose construction |
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| established key principals of judicial review. Supreme Court has power to declare acts of congress,executive branch, and the states unconstitutional. |
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| affirmed the supremacy of national government over the states and upheld implied powers of Congress |
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