Popular Sovereignty
- The principle that the authority of the government is created and sustained by the consent of its people.
- The principle that the authority of the government is created and sustained by the consent of its people.
Federalism
- The federal principle or system of government.
- The federal principle or system of government.
Separation of Powers
- A model for the governance of a state.
- A model for the governance of a state.
Checks and Balances
- Counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated.
- Counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated.
Judicial Review
- Review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act.
- Review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act.
Limited Government
- The power of government to intervene in the exercise of civil liberties is restricted by law.
- The power of government to intervene in the exercise of civil liberties is restricted by law.
Bill of Attainder
- The forfeiture of land and civil rights suffered as a consequence of a sentence of death for treason or felony.
- The forfeiture of land and civil rights suffered as a consequence of a sentence of death for treason or felony.
Elastic Clause
- The congress has the right and the ability to stretch laws based on the validity in time.
- The congress has the right and the ability to stretch laws based on the validity in time.
Supremacy Clause
- A clause from the Untied States constitution in Article VI which states that federal laws have a jurisdiction right over the state laws in.
- A clause from the Untied States constitution in Article VI which states that federal laws have a jurisdiction right over the state laws in.
Writ of Habeas Corpus
- A writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge.
- A writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge.
Ex Post Facto
- Laws adopted after an act is committed making it illegal although it was legal when done.
- Laws adopted after an act is committed making it illegal although it was legal when done.
Due Process
- Fair treatment through the normal judicial system as a citizen's entitlement.
- Fair treatment through the normal judicial system as a citizen's entitlement.
Expressed Powers
- Congress's power to make law.
- Congress's power to make law.
