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| a document stating the rules under which a government will operate. |
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| the person who runs the government and sees that the laws are carried out. |
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| a period when business activity slows, pricesand wages drop, and unemployment rises. |
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| an agreement in which each side gives up part of what it wants to end a disagreement. |
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| A change to the constitution. |
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| to ask that a court desicion be reviewed by a higher court. |
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| to power to review, change, or prevent the publication of news. |
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| a principle of the U.S. Constitustion that gives each branch of government the power to check, or limit, the actions of the other branches. |
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| principle of the US Constitution that establishes the division of power between the federal government and the states. |
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| organization that represents the concerns of a particular group. |
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| power of a court to hear and decide cases. |
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| legal process guaranteeing citizenship |
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| the idea that the people are the key source of governments authority; right of people in a territory or state to vote directly on issues rather that have their elected representatives decide. |
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| property owned by an individual |
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| principle by which the powers of overnment are divided among seperate branches. |
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| Conrary to what is permitted by the US Constitution |
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| to reject, as when the President rejects a law passed by Congress. |
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