Checks And Balances
The three branches that have their own field of governmental authority
What is the legislative, executive, and judicial branch?
Among whom are the powers of the National Government distributed?
What is Congress, the President, and the Supreme and Federal Courts?
What is that the people are the only source of governmental power?
Define Judicial Review
What is the power to decide whether what the government does conforms with what the constitution provides?
The courts that have the power to declare acts of Congress and presidential actions as unconstitutional
What is the Supreme Court and other Federal Courts?
What is a presidential system?
The principle that states that government must be conducted according to constitutional principles
What is Constitutionalism?
True or False
The people have the right to do what they desire based on the principle of popular sovereignty
What is False?
The power of Judicial Review is held by these courts
What is the Supreme Court, Federal Courts, and most State Courts?
The vital part of democratic government made necessary by the check-and-balance system
What is Compromise?
The expected end result of the Separation of Powers system
What is to limit the powers of government?
The concept that the government and its officers are always subject to the law
The document(s) in which the principle of popular sovereignty is stated in
What is the Declaration of Independence?
(Also implied throughout the Constitution)
The Supreme Court established the power of Judicial Review in this landmark case
What is Marbury v. Madison?