Constitutional Principals
Name of the original governing document of the US before the Constitution.
Articles of Confederation
Term that describes the setup of Congress into two houses.
Bicameral
.The official title of the chief executive of the US.
Shape of the court system. Similar to the executive branch hierarchy.
Pyramid
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The idea that the legislative, executive, and judicial functions of government are divided among separate and independent branches.
Separation of Powers
The requirements to be a senator.
30, 9 year citizen, resident of state
The President's ability to choose not to sign a bill into law.
Veto
Power of the court to strike down laws that are deemed unconstitutional
Judicial Review
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The group that fought to implement the Bill of Rights in order to reduce the power of the federal government.
Anti-Federalists
Term that describes powers of Congress that are written directly in the Constitution.
Expressed Powers
This amendment changed how the electoral college picks the Vice President.
12th Amendment
Judicial theory that believes in closely following the original intent of the Constitution.
Judicial Restraint
Amendment that began the direct election of senators.
The system of dividing powers between two separate levels of government (state and national).
Federalism
The political process of reassigning seats of representation in the House every 10 years according to census data.
Reapportionment
This occurs in Winter/Spring of the election year and is when the party members vote or caucus for the candidate they want to represent their party.
Primary
Idea that many of the decisions and powers held by the courts exist because of prior decisions.
Precedent
This amendment prohibits unreasonable search and seizure.
4th Amendment
The idea that the government gets its power to rule from the consent of the governed
Popular Sovereignty
Congress uses this part of the Constitution to pass laws that regulate business between states.
Commerce Clause
This group chooses the President in an event of a tie in the electoral college.
House of Representatives
The document that the Supreme Court issues to tell lower courts to send over their records on a case.
Writ of Certiorari
Year of Ohio's second Constitution.
1851