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American government vocab
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Social Studies
9th Grade
02/04/2016

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Popular Sovereignty
Definition
People are the source of government power
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judicial review
Definition
Power of courts to declare laws and actions of local, state, or national government invalid if they violate the constitution
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Expressed powers
Definition
powers givin to congress.
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Enumerated powwrs
Definition
Deals with economic legislation
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Elastic clause
Definition
gives congress right to make all laws
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Executive agreement
Definition
Made directly between the president and the head of state of another country.
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Judicial restraint
Definition
says that court should avoid taking the initiative on social and political questions.
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Judicial activism
Definition
says that court should play a role in national policies.
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Due process of law
Definition
says government must fallow proper constitutional procedures in trials
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Eminent domain
Definition
power of government to take private property for public use
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Lame duck
Definition
officials with little influence.
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