Government Vocabulary
-Bill of Attainder: This is an act of legislature that declares a person or group of persons guilty without a trial.
-Checks and Balances: The counterbalancing influences so that no one branch of government has too much power.
-Due Process: The fair treatment through the judicial system, especially as a citizen.
-Elastic Clause: A clause in the Constitution that states congress can pass any laws they see as necessary and proper to run the country.
-Ex Post Facto: This can change the status of an action from being legal to illegal.
-Expressed Powers: These are powers given to the government listed in the United States Constitution.
-Extradition: The act of giving jurisdiction of a crime to another power.
-Federalism: A political concept where a group of people are bound together for some reason, and have a representative head.
-Full Faith and Credit: This is a clause that states the duties of the states of the United States and their law making capabilities.
-Implied Powers: The powers given to the government that are not stated in the United States Constitution, but have been implied from it.
-Judicial Review: The ability of the Supreme Court to say if an action or law is constitutional or unconstitutional.
-Limited Government: A governmental system that limits the amount of interference that the government is allowed to take place in.
-Popular Sovereignty: The authority of the government is created and continued through the approval of its people.
-Privileges and Immunities: Prevents the states from treating a citizen or another state in a discriminatory manner.
-Republic: When a supreme power is elected of the people and by the people.
-Separation of Powers: This is the separation of branches of government to ensure that not one branch has all the power.
-Supremacy Clause: Federal laws have authority over all the states in the United States.
-Writ of Habeas Corpus: A prisoner or accused has the right to be seen in front of a judge.
-Checks and Balances: The counterbalancing influences so that no one branch of government has too much power.
-Due Process: The fair treatment through the judicial system, especially as a citizen.
-Elastic Clause: A clause in the Constitution that states congress can pass any laws they see as necessary and proper to run the country.
-Ex Post Facto: This can change the status of an action from being legal to illegal.
-Expressed Powers: These are powers given to the government listed in the United States Constitution.
-Extradition: The act of giving jurisdiction of a crime to another power.
-Federalism: A political concept where a group of people are bound together for some reason, and have a representative head.
-Full Faith and Credit: This is a clause that states the duties of the states of the United States and their law making capabilities.
-Implied Powers: The powers given to the government that are not stated in the United States Constitution, but have been implied from it.
-Judicial Review: The ability of the Supreme Court to say if an action or law is constitutional or unconstitutional.
-Limited Government: A governmental system that limits the amount of interference that the government is allowed to take place in.
-Popular Sovereignty: The authority of the government is created and continued through the approval of its people.
-Privileges and Immunities: Prevents the states from treating a citizen or another state in a discriminatory manner.
-Republic: When a supreme power is elected of the people and by the people.
-Separation of Powers: This is the separation of branches of government to ensure that not one branch has all the power.
-Supremacy Clause: Federal laws have authority over all the states in the United States.
-Writ of Habeas Corpus: A prisoner or accused has the right to be seen in front of a judge.