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- The Supreme Court is
- the final authority on the constitution
- ARTs
- Popular sovereignty Federalism Separation of powers Checks and balances limited government judicial review addresses ratification and declares that the constitution will take affect after it was ratified by the nine states The legislative branch spells out the ways of the constitution can be amended or changed national supremacy establishes relations among states Creates executive branch Establishes a supreme court
- Article I
- legislative branch
- The first three articles of the constitution establish
- the three branches of government
- Power divided between nation and state
- federalism
- A presidential veto
- can be overridden by a two thirds vote of each house
- In the preamble,
- the founders listed six goals for American government
- In the articles
- the three branches of government are named
- Each pair of powers below belong to
- a single branch of government except the power to declare war and command military forces
- Popular sovereignty
- rule of for and by the people
- Rule by the people
- popular sovereignty
- POCs
- Popular sovereignty Federalism Separation of powers Checks and balances limited government judicial review
- Article VI contains the supremacy clause declaring
- the constitution the supreme law of the land
- Judicial review
- the power of the courts to declare invalid any laws and actions found unconstitutional
- Veto override
- two thirds vote of each house
- Checks and balances
- a system in which each branch of government exercises some control over the others
- Article III
- Supreme Court
- The amendments are responsive to
- the needs of a changing nation
- GAGs
- secure the blessing of liberty to ourselves and our prosperity promote general welfare Common defense Insure domestic tranquility Provide stability Provide stability form a more perfect union
- The constitution
- limits the power of government by including a bill of rights
- The president can check congress by
- vetoing
- Separation of powers
- a system in which each branch of government has different powers