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| A document stating the rules under which a government will operate |
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| An agreement stating rights of the INDIVIDUAL to prevent governemnt abuses; VIRGINIA was first to have one. |
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| Interprets the laws; system of courts (judges) |
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| An agreement where each side gives up part of what they want |
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| Voters chooose representatives to govern them; government protects states from foreign invasion and from domestic (internal) disorder |
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| Sharing of power between the states and National governments |
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| System of government in which power is divided among 3 branches |
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| Each branch of government has the power Each branch of government has the power Each branch has the power to check or limit the actions of the other two. |
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| Changing the Constitution |
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| Ask that a decision be reviewed by a higher court |
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| Power to review, change or prevent the publication of news (John Peter Zenger) |
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| Person entitled to all the rights & privileges of a particular nation |
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| A government in which one person or small group holds complete authority |
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| No person may be held in prison without being charged with a crime |
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| An organiztion that represents the concerns of a particular group |
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| Power to hear and decide cases |
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| Publishing false/malicious information damaging a person's reputation |
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| Government has only the powers that the Constitution gives it |
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| Official, legal process of becoming a citizen |
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| Pass a law despite the fact that the President has vetoed it |
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| Popular (people) sovereignity (rule) |
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| People are the primary source of the government's authority |
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| Not allowed under the constitution |
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