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| GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, WHITH FREE AND FREQUENT ELECTIONS. |
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| THE CANDIDATE OR PARTY THAT WINS MORE THAN HALF THE VOTES CAST IN AN ELECTION |
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| CANDIDATE OR PARTY WITH THE MOST VOTES CAST IN AN ELECTION, NOT NECESSARILY MORE THAN HALF. |
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| ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION |
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| THE FIRST GOVERNING DOCUMENT OF THE US WHICH PROVIDED FOR A WEAK CENTRAL GOV. |
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| CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION |
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| CONVENTION IN PHILADELPHIA THAT FRAMED THE CONSTITUTION OF THE US. |
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| THE PRINCIPLE OF A TWO-HOUSE LEGISLATURE |
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| INITIAL PROPOSAL AT THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION FOR A STRONG CENTRAL GOV WITH A BICAMERAL LEGISLATURE, THE LOWER HOUSE TO BE ELECTED BY THE VOTERS AND THE UPPER CHOSEN BY THE LOWER. |
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| PROPOSAL AT THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION MADE BY WILLIAM PATERSON FOR A CENTRAL GOV WITH A SINGLE HOUSE LEGISLATURE IN WHICH EACH STATE WOULD BE REPRESENTED EQUALLY. |
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| THE CONNECTICUT COMPROMISE |
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| COMPROMISE AGREEMENT BY THE STATES AT THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION FOR A BICAMERAL LEGISLATURE WITH A LOWER HOUSE IN WHICH REPRESENTATION WOULD BE BASED ON POPULATION AND AN UPPER HOUSE IN WHICH EACH STATE WOULD HAVE 2 SENATORS |
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| COMPROMISE AGREEMENT BETWEEN NORHTERN AND SOUTHERN STATES AT THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION THAT 3/5 OF THE SLAVE POPULATION WOULD BE COUNTED FOR DETERMINING DIRECT TAXATION AND REPRESENTATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTTIVES. |
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| SUPPORETES OF RATIFICATION OF THE CONSTITUTION WHOSE POSITION PROMOTED A STRONG CENTRAL GOV. |
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| OPPONENTS OF RATIFICATION OF THE CONSTITUTION AND OF A STRONG CENTRAL GOV. |
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| CONSTITUTIONAL DIVISION OF POWERS AMONG THE LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE, AND JUDICIAL BRANCHES |
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| APPLYING AND ENFORCING THE LAW. |
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| CONSTITUTIONAL GRANT OF POWERS THAT ENABLES EACH OF THE 3 BRANCHES OF GOV TO CHECK SOME ACTS OF THE OTHERS AND THEREFORE ENSURE THAT NO BRANCH CAN DOMINATE. |
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| GOVERNANCE DIVIDED BETWEEN THE PARTIES, ESPECIALLY WHEN ONE HOLDS THE PRESIDENCY AND THE OTHER CONTROLS ONE OR BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS. |
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| THE POWER OF A COURT TO REFUSE TO ENFORCE A LAW OR A GOV REGULATION THAT IN THE OPINION OF THE JUDGES CONFLICTS WITH THE US CONSTITUTION OR, IN A STATE COURT, THE STAT CONSTITUTION. |
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| FORMAL ACCUSATION AGAINST A PUBLIC OFFICIAL, THE FIRST STEP IN THE REMOVAL FROM OFFICE. |
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| CHANGES MADE IN THE TEXT OF THE CONSTITUTION |
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| THE EFFORT TO SLOW THE GROWTH OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BY RETURNING MANY FUNCTIONS TO THE STATES. |
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| CONSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT WHERE BY POWER IS DISTRIBUTED BETWEEN A CENTRAL GOV AND SUBDIVISIONAL GOVERNMENTS, CALLED STATES IN THE US. |
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| THE NATIONAL AND THE SUBDIVISIONAL GOVERNMENTS BOTH EXERCISE DIRECT AUTHORITY OVER INDIVIDUALS. |
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| Constitutuional arrangement in which power is concentrated in a central gov. |
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| Constitutional arrangement in which sovereign nations or states, by compact, create a central gov but carefully limit its power and do not give it direct authority over individuals |
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| POWERS SPECIFICALLY GRANTED TO ONE OF THE BRANCHES OF THE NATIONAL GOV BY THE CONSTITUTION. |
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| POWERS INFERRED FROM THE EXPRESS POWERS THAT ALLOW CONGRESS TO CARRY OUT ITS FUNCTIONS. |
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| NECESSARY AND PROPER CLAUSE |
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| CLAUSE OF THE CONSTITUTION SETTING FORTH THE IMPLIED POWERS OF CONGRESS. |
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| NECESSARY AND PROPER CLAUSE |
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| STATES THAT CONGRESS, IN ADDITION TO ITS EXPRESS POWERS, HAS THE RIGHT TO MAKE ALL LAWS NECESSARY AND PROPER FOR CARRYING OUT ALL POWERS VESTED BY THE CONSTITUTION IN THE NATIONAL GOV. |
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| THE POWERS OF THE NATIONAL GOV IN THE FIELD OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS THAT TH SUPREME COURT HAS DECLARED DO NOT DEPOND ON CONSTITUTIONAL GRANTS BUT RATHER GROW OUT OF THE VERY EXISTENCE OF THE NATIONAL GOV. |
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| THE CLAUSE IN TH CONSTITUTION THAT GIVES CONGRESS THE POWER TO REGULATE ALL BUSINESS ACTIVITIES THAT CROSS STATE LINES OR AFFECT MORE THAN ONE STATE OR OTHER NATIONS. |
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| THE CLAUSE IN TH CONSTITUTION THAT GIVES CONGRESS THE POWER TO REGULATE ALL BUSINESS ACTIVITIES THAT CROSS STATE LINES OR AFFECT MORE THAN ONE STATE OR OTHER NATIONS. |
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| ARTICLE I, SECTION 8, CLAUSE I |
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| NECESSARY AND PROPER CLAUSE |
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| ARTICLE 1, SECTION 8, CLAUSE 3 |
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| POWERS THAT THE CONSTITUTION GIVES TO BOTH THE NATIONAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS, SUCH AS THE POWER TO LEVY TAXES |
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| FULL FATIH AND CREDIT CLAUSE |
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| CLAUSE IN CONSTITUTION REQUIRING EACH STATE TO RECOGNIZE THE CIVIL JUDGMENTS RENDERED BY THE COURTS OF THE OTHER STATES AND TO ACCEPT THEIR PUBLIC RECORDS AND ACTS AS VALID |
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| FULL FATIH AND CREDIT CLAUSE |
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| CLAUSE IN CONSTITUTION REQUIRING EACH STATE TO RECOGNIZE THE CIVIL JUDGMENTS RENDERED BY THE COURTS OF THE OTHER STATES AND TO ACCEPT THEIR PUBLIC RECORDS AND ACTS AS VALID |
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| FULL FAITH AND CREDIT CLAUSE |
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| CONSTITUTIONAL DOCTRINE THAT WHENEVER CONFLICT OCCURS BETWEEN THE CONSTITUTIONALLY AUTHORIZED ACTIONS OF THE NATIONAL GOV AND THOSE OF A STATE OR LOCAL GOV, THE ACTIONS OF THE FEDERAL GOV PREVAIL |
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| THE RIGHT OF A FEDERAL LAW OR REGULATION TO PRECLUDE ENFORCEMENT OF A STATE OR LOCAL LAW OR REGULATION |
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| CONGRESS LEGISLATIVE BRANCH |
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| CONGRESS LEGISLATIVE BRANCH |
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| CAN OVERRIDE PRESIDENTIAL VETO BY 2/3 VOTE OF BOTH HOUSES AND CAN PROPOSE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS TO COUNTER SUPREME COURT RULINGS |
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| CONGRESS LEGISLATIVE BRANCH |
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| HOUSE CAN IMPEACH PRESIDENT, OTHER FEDERAL OFFICIALS INCLUDING FEDERAL JUDGES |
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| CONGRESS LEGISLATIVE BRANCH |
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| SENATE APPROVES SENIOR FEDERAL APPOINTMENTS AND TREATIES |
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| CONGRESS LEGISLATIVE BRANCH |
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| SENATE TRIES ALL IMPEACHMENTS |
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| CONGRESS LEGISLATIVE BRANCH |
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| DETERMINES NUMBER, LOCATION, AND JURISDICTION OF FEDERAL COURTS |
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| CONGRESS LEGISLATIVE BRANCH |
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| SENATE CONFIMS SENIOR FEDERAL APPOINTMENTS, INCLUDING FEDERAL JUDGES |
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| PRESIDENT THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH |
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| PRESIDENT THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH |
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| PRESIDENT THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH |
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| CAN CALL SPECIAL SESSIONS OF CONGRESS |
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| PRESIDENT THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH |
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| CAN APPEAL DIRECTLY TO PUBLIC |
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| PRESIDENT THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH |
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| CAN PARDON PEOPLE CONVICTED OF FEDERAL CRIMES (EXCLUDES IMPEACHMENTS) |
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| PRESIDENT THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH |
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| NOMINATES OFFICERS OF THE US GOV AND FEDERAL JUDGES |
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| SUPREME COURT AND LOWER COURTS THE JUDICIAL BRANCH |
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| CAN DECLARE EXECUTIVE ACTIONS AND LAWS UNCONSTITUTIONAL |
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| one of congress's most potent tools for influencing policy at the state and local levels |
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| STANDARDS IMPOSED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT STATES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE REQUIRED TO ABIDE BY |
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