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- The Virginia Plan
- representation according to population of the state
- "Rule of Law"
- a political-legal system which attempts to protect the rights of citizens from arbitrary and abusive use of government power
- Under rule of law, those who make the laws are...
- subject to those laws, but they can create exemptions for themselves under the law.
- The authority of the government has ___________ over time.
- increased
- The powers of Congress under the Articles of Confederation were ______ than they are now in the Constitution.
- weaker
- Vertical Separation of Powers
- between federal, state, county, and local governments
- Horizontal Separation of Powers
- relationship between the legislative, executive, and judicial branches
- The constitutional Articles allocating power to the different branches of government is the least detailed regarding ________.
- judicial powers (Article III)
- Under the Articles of Confederation, there were several currencies because...
- Congress and the states both had the power to coin money
- 1/3 of the Senate goes up for election every...
- 2 years
- Under the Articles of Confederation, there was a ____ central government.
- weak
- Amending the Constitution
- need passage by a two-thirds margin in both the House and the Senate
- Texas originally operated under the _______ Constitution.
- Mexican
- The power to declare war was given to _____ because it was enumerated in the Constitution.
- Congress
- The Necessary and Proper Clause and the Supremacy Clause...
- expand the power of the national government.
- The Bill of Rights
- applies to the states through the due process clause of the 14th amendment.
- Gibbons vs. Ogden
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- involved a dispute between about who should get a license for waterways between the states
- addressed the scope of congressional authority under the Commerce Clause - State and local laws are the primary source of legal authority except in the area of...
- patent and trademark law.
- Confederal forms of government...
- retain all of their sovereignty and only delegate specific tasks to a central government.
- Article One...
- covers the legislative branch.
- Article two...
- is the executive branch.
- Article three...
- covers the judicial branch.
- Alexis de Tocqueville
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- political theorist
- believed the Puritans were the people who would decisively affect political culture in the United States - Tyranny to the Anti-Federalists was...
- fear of an aristocracy
- Tyranny to the Federalists was...
- rule by the passions of the majority.
- Contestation and Participation are...
- dimensions of democracy according to Huntington
- public good
- a service or thing which benefits society, but which individuals do not or cannot provide
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Interest groups pursue:
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______
______
______
when they are frustrated with the action or lack of action in Congress -
1) litigation strategies
2) class action suits
3) legal remedies
4) civil suits