February 16
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each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Concurrent Powers | Powers shared by the state and federal gov'ts
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| Due Process | Procedures established by law and guarenteed by the constitution
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| Double Jeopardy | Putting someone on trial for a crime of which he/she was previously aquitted
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| Elastic Clause | Clause in Artical I, Section 8 of the constitution that gives congress the right to make all laws "necessary and proper" to carry out its expressed powers
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| Expressed Powers | Powers that congress has that are specifically listed in the constitution
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| Filibuster | A tactic for defeating a bill in the senate by talking until the bills sponsor withdrawls it
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| Legislative Branch | the lawmaking branch of gov't
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| Preamble | The opening section of the constitution
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| Reserved Powers | Powers that the Constitution does not give to the national gov't that are kept by the states
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| Self Incrimination | When under arrest you do not have to answer questions you are asked until you are in the presence of a lawyer
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| Enumerated Powers | Powers given to the Federal gov't
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| Supremacy Clause | Laws and rules made by the national gov't should be the supreme law of the land
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| Speaker of the House | Most powerful leader in the House of Representatives
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| President Pro Tempore | The person who usually acts as chairperson of the Senate
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| Party Whips | Help the leaders on the floor-in the senate- keep track of where party members stand on proposed legislation
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| Senate | A governing body that is the upper house of legislature
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| House of Representatives | A governing body that is the lower house of legislature
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| Anarchy | A state or society w/o gov't or law
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| Bill | a form or draft of a proposed statute presented to a legislature, but not yet enacted or passed and made law
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| Law | the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision
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| President of the Senate | chairman or head of the senate
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| Immunity | Exemption from criminal prosecution or legal liability or punishment on certain conditions
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| majority leader | the leader of the majority party in each house of Congress
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| minority leader | the leader of the minority party in each house of Congress
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