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| basic principle of the american system government which asserts that the people are the source of any and all governmental power and government can exist only with consent of the governed. |
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| system of government in which a written constitution divides power between a central and regional government. |
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| power of court to determine the constitutionality of a governmental action. |
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| executive, legislative, and judicial powers are divided among three independent and coequal branches of government. |
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| overlapping the powers of the legislative, executive and judicial branches to permit each branch to checking the actions of others. |
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| government not all powerful. |
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| written change in constitution. |
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| changes made to constitution that are not written. |
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| first time courts used judicial review. |
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| upheld power of the implied powers. |
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| two parties that work together. |
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| general agreement among groups of people. |
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| the current office holder. |
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| all those qualified to vote. |
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| the drawing of electoral district lines to the advantage of a party or group. |
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| the process of candidate selection in and electoral system. |
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| all those things the government decieds to do. |
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| the yearly shortfall between revenue and spending. |
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| all of the money borrowed by the government. |
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| two chambers in the legislative body. |
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