The Three Branches
Article II of the Constitution establishes this branch, which contains executive departments.
What is the Executive Branch?
This philosopher argued that all individuals possess natural rights to life, liberty, and property.
Who is John Locke?
Powers not directly written in the Constitution, but carried out by the federal government under the Necessary and Proper Clause to help execute its national duties.
What are Implied Powers?
The legal principle that no person, including elected leaders, is above the law.
What is the Rule of Law?
There are this many members of Congress.
What is 535 Members?
The constitutional action taken by the President to reject a bill passed by Congress.
What is a Veto?
Philosophers defined this hypothetical condition as a society where no government, rules, or laws exist.
What is the State of Nature?
Also known as the Elastic Clause, this gives Congress authority to pass laws required to carry out its listed duties.
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause?
A key requirement of limited government that protects smaller or non-majority groups from tyrannical rule.
What are Rights of the Minority?
A person must be of this age to run for the House of Representatives.
What is 25 years old?
The structure in the U.S. where state courts and federal courts operate alongside each other.
What is a Dual Court System?
The principle that protects the rights of small or unpopular groups, regardless of majority opinion.
What are the Rights of the Minority?
Powers shared simultaneously by both national and state governments, such as taxation.
What are Concurrent Powers?
The constitutional arrangement that separates government responsibilities into legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
What is Separation of Powers?
Court of Appeals cases are normally heard and decided by panels of this many judges.
What are three?
The power of courts to review laws or executive actions and declare them unconstitutional.
What is Judicial Review?
The political idea that government derives its legitimacy only from the approval and agreement of its citizens.
What is Consent of the Governed (or Social Contract)?
Powers that are kept exclusively by state governments under the federal system.
What are Reserved Powers?
Provisions that empower each government branch to limit or block the actions of the other branches.
What is Separation of Powers?
A Simple Majority is this percentage of Congress; while a Super Majority is this fraction/percentage of Congress.
What is 51% and 2/3 or 66.67?
Powers explicitly written out in the Constitution for Congress are called this, unlike implied powers.
What are Expressed Powers?
This Enlightenment thinker proposed dividing government power into separate branches.
Who is Montesquieu?
A city or town government that manages local services and collects municipal revenue.
What is a Municipality?
This Peruvian leader dissolved parliament and seized absolute executive authority, serving as a historical example of unconstrained government power.
Who is (Alberto) Fujimori?
Name as many executive cabinet departments as possible, with a brief description.
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Name all 8 types of governments with an example for each.
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