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Terms and Deifiniton

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Definition
show the power to pass all laws necessary and proper  
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show a system of democratic governance of a state in which the executive branch derives its democratic legitimacy from the parliament  
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show the consent of the people  
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show reasonable grounds  
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Separation of Powers   show
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Impeach   show
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Laissez-faire   show
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show the principle that the greater number should exercise greater power  
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Caucus   show
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show a court order to a person or agency holding someone in custody to deliver the imprisoned individual to the court issuing the order  
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Social Contract Theory   show
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show series of eighty-five essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay in the late 1780s to persuade the voters of New York to adopt the Constitution.  
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show the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.  
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Civic Duty   show
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show counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated  
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show actions and attitudes associated with democratic governance and social participation  
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Common Good   show
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show adopted at the Second Continental Congress on July 4th, 1776  
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Due Process of Law   show
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show United States Constitution requiring that states guarantee the same rights, privileges, and protections to all citizens  
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Establishment Clause   show
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Federalism   show
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show review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act  
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show political system in which legalized force is restricted through delegated and enumerated powers  
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Natural Rights Philosophy   show
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