Democratic Ideals
A democracy in which citizens vote directly on every matter of governance.
What is a direct democracy?
This document lists a series of grievances against the British monarchy precipitating the Revolutionary War.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The three branches of government.
What are the executive, legislative and judicial branch?
This house of Congress has term lengths of 6 years.
What is an executive order?
Rights which cannot be taken away by the government.
What are natural rights, or inalienable rights?
This document outlines the structure and details the authority of the branches of the U.S. Federal government.
What is the Constitution?
This branch of government has the authority to borrow money & establish post offices.
What is the legislative branch?
Congress holds this authority over the judicial branch.
What is the ability to appoint federal judges?
The term length of the President as specified in the Constitution before amendments.
What is, no specified term length?
A system which divides obligations and authority to prevent abuse or overreach by a single branch of government.
What is separation of powers and/or checks and balances?
This document contains the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This branch of government has no prescribed number of members, nor clear conditions for removal from office.
What is the Judiciary branch, or the supreme court?
The senate hold elections every ____ years.
What is every 2 years?
The Constitutionally stated responsibility of the Vice President.
What is to preside over the Senate and break 50-50 tie votes.
The theory which argues that governments and citizens owe some mutual debts to each other, which gives the government legitimacy.
What is Social Contract Theory?
This document argued that factions could paralyze the government.
What is Federalist No. 10?
This clause of the Constitution grants Congress a set of implied powers.
This clause delegates all non-congressional lawmaking duties to state-level government.
What is the Reserved Power clause?
Name two implied powers of the executive branch.
What are: declarations of neutrality, executive agreements with other countries, executive privilege, sending troops into combat without Congressional approval and crisis response.
A right which is guaranteed by not interfering.
What is a negative right, or a liberty?
This document contains the quote: "Many instances can be produced in which the people voluntarily increased the powers of their rulers; but few, if any, in which rulers willingly abridged their power.
What is Brutus No. 1
Name two powers which are explicitly denied to Congress.
What are: The denial of the writ of habeas corpus, giving appeal protection to the accused, the passage of a bill of attainder laws, and the passage of ex post facto laws?
Congress these two primary powers over the executive branch.
What are impeachment powers and the ability to override a veto?
The significant areas in which the constitution remains silent have led to this constitutional theory.
What is "living constitution" theory.