General Government
The crime of making war against the United States or giving “aid and comfort” to its enemies
What is treason?
Most of these, which are submitted to Congress die in committee and never receive the attention of Congress as a whole
What is a bill?
These types of powers are shared by both the state and national government.
What are shared powers?
Private disputes between people or property fall under this type of law.
What is civil law?
This is a legal agreement between two or more parties that specifies what each party must do and when they must do it
What is a contract?
In this type of government, people elect representative to make decisions for them.
What is a republic?
In this section of the Constitution, it is written, Congress shall make no law . . . prohibiting the free exercise thereof.
What is the Free Exercise Clause?
One criticism of the U.S. Constitution is that the system of checks and balances it created promotes this.
What is gridlock?
This test is required for banning a religious practice.
What is the compelling interest test?
These are basic freedoms to think and to act that are protected, and that all people have.
What are civil liberties?
This is the process by which the government makes and carries out decisions.
What is politics?
This person is the president of the Senate.
Who is the Vice President of the United States?
This is a legal process by which people who cannot pay money they owe others can receive court protection and assistance in settling their financial obligations.
What is bankruptcy?
These are rights involving equal status and treatment, including the right to participate in government
What are civil rights?
Ensuring national security, maintaining order, resolving conflicts, providing services, and providing for the public good are all functions of this.
What is government?
In this system of government power is divided between a national government and smaller, regional levels of government
What is federalism (federal system)?
The tactic of preventing a bill from coming to a vote in the Senate by refusing to stop talking.
What is a filibuster?
These types of grants are given by congress to the states for very specific purposes.
What are categorical grants?
This type of court system was created by the Constitution.
What is a dual-court system?
This panel of citizens determines whether enough evidence exists to file criminal charges.
What is a grand jury?
This is a philosophy that ensures no one branch of the government is too powerful, by dividing power up among each branch.
What is the separation of powers?
This type of House committee is a permanent committee that addresses the major areas in which most proposed laws fall.
What is a standing committee?
These types of grants are given by congress to the states for very broad purposes.
What are block grants?
This principal gives courts the power to strike down laws and other government actions as invalid under the Constitution.
What is judicial review?
These are the three tiers of the federal judiciary system.
What are the US Supreme Court, US Court of Appeals (circuit court of appeals), and the US District Courts.