General Legislative
The people agree to be ruled as long as they elect the ruler.?
What is Consent of the Governed?
A constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body.
What is Veto?
An advisory, deliberative, or legislative body of people formally constituted and meeting regularly.
What is a Council?
To sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid.
What is Ratify?
An official or executive ranking below and deputizing for a president.
What is a Vice President?
A large gathering of people for a specific purpose, often with a deliberative or legislative function.
What is a General Assembly?
Proposed laws in the United States that authorize government agencies to spend money.
What is Appropriations Bills?
Those powers that are shared by both the federal and state governments in a federal system like the United States.
What is Concurrent Powers?
A group of elected officials who govern a county or other local jurisdiction, acting as the legislative and policy-making body.
What is Board of Commissioners?
A system of government where power is divided between a national (federal) government and regional (state) governments.
What is Federalism?
A government's detailed financial plan outlining its expected revenues (income) and proposed expenditures (spending) for a specific period.
What is a National Budget?
Those powers that the U.S. Constitution neither delegates to the federal government nor prohibits to the states, thus reserving them for the states (or the people).
What is Reserved Powers?
A government with two houses.
What is Bicameral?
Establishes that the Constitution, federal laws, and treaties are the supreme law of the land, taking precedence over any conflicting state laws.
What is Supremacy Clause?
Anything not stated in the Bill of Rights is automatically given to the people.
What is the 9th Amendment?