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6
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Power is distributed and given to different branches.
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8
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The actions of each branch is tied together and each is held accountable.
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9
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The people have supreme or independent power.
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10
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Government must answer to the people and is not all powerful.
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12
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Allows courts to make sure that government acts in accordance with the Constitution.
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13
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Gives us the right of freedom of speech, press, assembly, petition, and religion.
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14
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Power is divided between central government and regional governments.
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16
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To declare illegal or null and void. An action found to violate some provision of the Constitution.
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1
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The first ten amendments to the Constitution.
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2
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A change in the written word.
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3
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The introduction to the Constitution.
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4
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The Constitution is broken down into seven sections called...
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5
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The President's power to reject an act of Congress.
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7
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A pact made by the President directly with a head of a foreign state.
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11
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Formal agreement between two or more sovereign states.
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15
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An advisory body to the President. (Example of governmental custom.)
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