Constitution terms for quiz #3

1. Supremacy Clause

• 1. it establishes that the federal constitution, and federal law generally, take precedence over state laws, and even state constitutions.

• 1. a charge of misconduct made against the holder of a public office

• 1. the reassignment of representatives proportionally among the states in accordance with changes in population distribution

• a form or draft of a proposed statute presented to a legislature, but not yet enacted or passed and made law

1. Popular Sovereignty

• 1. a minor change or addition designed to improve a text. piece of legislation. etc.

• a form or draft of a proposed statute presented to a legislature, but not yet enacted or passed and made law

• 1. the belief that the authority, legality and legitimacy of the government is created by the will or consent of its people.

• 1. political powers granted to the United States government that aren't explicitly stated in the Constitution

1. Checks and balances

• 1. the belief that the authority, legality and legitimacy of the government is created by the will or consent of its people.

• 1. a system that allows each branch of a government to amend or veto acts

• the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality

  8 Suffrage - the right to vote in political elections

• to manipulate the boundaries of an electoral constituency so as to favor one party or class

Veto

• an act of a legislature authorizing money to be paid from the treasury for a

  shecified use

• a constitutional right to reiect a decision or proposal made

  •ov a law-making bodv

•  the reassignment of representatives proportionally among the states in accordance with changes in population distribution

• the belief that the authority, legality and legitimacy of the government is created by the will or consent of its people.

 Impeachment

• political powers granted to the United States government that aren't explicitly stated in the Constitution

•  to manipulate the boundaries of an electoral constituency so as to favor one party or class

•  it establishes that the federal constitution, and federal law generally, take precedence over state laws, and even state constitutions.

• a charge of misconduct made against the holder of a public office

Amendment

• to manipulate the boundaries of an electoral constituency so as to favor one party or class

• a form or draft of a proposed statute presented to a legislature, but not yet enacted or passed and made law

• a minor change or addition designed to improve a text. piece of legislation. etc.

• political powers granted to the United States government that aren't explicitly stated in the Constitution

 Civil Rights

• the reassignment of representatives proportionally among the states in accordance with changes in population distribution

• the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality

  8 Suffrage - the right to vote in political elections

•  a form or draft of a proposed statute presented to a legislature, but not yet enacted or passed and made law

• an action such as a prolonged speech that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly while not technically contravening the required procedures

Suffrage

• the right to vote in political elections

•  an act of a legislature authorizing money to be paid from the treasury for a

  shecified use

• the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality

  8 Suffrage - the right to vote in political elections

• political powers granted to the United States government that aren't explicitly stated in the Constitution

 Reapportionment

•  a constitutional right to reiect a decision or proposal made

  •ov a law-making bodv

• an action such as a prolonged speech that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly while not technically contravening the required procedures

• a system that allows each branch of a government to amend or veto acts of another branch so as to prevent any one branch from exerting too much power

• the reassignment of representatives proportionally among the states in accordance with changes in population distribution

Gerrymandering

• to manipulate the boundaries of an electoral constituency so as to favor one party or class

• a minor change or addition designed to improve a text. piece of legislation. etc.

• the reassignment of representatives proportionally among the states in accordance with changes in population distribution

• the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality

  8 Suffrage - the right to vote in political elections