lesson 3
Adding the Bill of Rights
what was put in place to satisfy the critics of the constitution?
civil case
What is a legal case that does not involve criminal conduct, such as a lawsuit?
civil rights
What guarantees of equal rights and equal treatment under the law, such as trial by jury and voting rights?
dual federalism
What is a federal system with a fairly strict division of powers between the national and state governments?
majority rule
What is the idea that decisions approved by more than half of the people in a group or society will be accepted and observed by all of the people?
natural law
What is a universal set of moral principles believed to come from humans?
republicanism
what is the idea that people elect leaders to a governing body of citizens?
obscenity
What is a speech or other forms of expression considered offensive to conventional standards of decency?
quorum
What is a fixed number of people, often a majority, who must be present for an organization to conduct business?
precedent
What is a decision by a court that serves as an example or guide for future decisions?
representative government
What is a political system in which power is exercised by elected leaders who work in the interests of the people?
precedent
What is a decision by a court that serves as an example or guide for future decisions?
Warrant
What is a document issued by a judge that authorizes law enforcement officers to carry out a search, seizure of evidence, or arrest?
Expressed powers
What is the powers given specifically to the national government by the U.S. Constitution; also known as enumerated or delegated powers?
interpretivism
What is an approach to interpreting the U.S. Constitution that takes modern values and social consequences into account; also known as loose construction?
charter
What is a written grant of authority?
strict construction
What is a literal approach to interpreting the U.S. Constitution?
self-incrimination
What is statements, usually made under oath, suggesting that the person speaking is guilty of a crime?
apportionment
What is the distribution of seats in a legislature according to law?
Takings Clause
What is a clause in the Fifth Amendment that prohibits the government from taking private property for public use?
rule of law
What is the principle that government is based on clear and fairly enforced laws and that no one is above the law?
republican government
What is a representative political system in which authority comes from the people and is exercised by elected officials?
unenumerated rights
What is rights not specifically listed in the Bill of Rights but given general protection under the Ninth Amendment?
council-manager system
What is a system of city government in which an elected city council makes policy decisions but leaves the daily task of running the government to a hired city manager?
capital punishment
What is the imposition of the death penalty on a person by the state?