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The distribution of power and authority among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of gevernment
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A system in which the power of the government is limited; not absolute
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A form of government where citizens elect officials who will carry out government for them
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Those rights which are guaranteed or ensured to an individual, as opposed to a group
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Group of delegates who drafted the United States Constitution at Philadelphia Convention in 1787
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The right of every citizen to be protected against arbitrary action by the government; fair legal treatment to be guaranteed to the accused
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More than half of the people, the majority, make the decisions but the rights of the minority are still protected
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The idea that no individual or group may receive special privileges from nor be unjustly discriminated against by the law; guaranteed by the 14th amendment
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The power of the courts to determine the constitutionality of legislative and executive branch actions. The precedent for judicial review was established in the 1803 case of Marbury v. Madison
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The fundamental, underlying document which establishes the government of the United States and was adopted in 1787
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