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| a clause in Article VI that declares the Constitution, Acts of Congress, and treaties are the “supreme Law of the Land” |
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| additions to the U.S. Constitution |
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| writers of the Constitution |
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| source of the national government’s power comes from the people of the nation |
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| system in which power is divided between the states and the national government |
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| each branch of government is given its own duties and responsibilities |
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| each branch of government has duties that restrain the power of the other two branches |
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| a principle that gives the courts the power to rule on the constitutionality of a law or action of a local, state, or national government |
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| to reject a bill by refusing to sign it |
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| powers that are stated directly to the Constitution |
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| a characteristic of socialism in which the central government takes over certain industries, such as transportation and steel |
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| a clause that allows Congress to stretch the use of its powers |
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| area of law that a court may hear cases about |
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| when one party to a lawsuit request further hearing |
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| informal documents made with other nations |
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| to refrain from reading into the Constitution things that the Framers never meant |
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