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Section 1

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Senate

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6 years , elected by state legislator

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Legislative branch can...

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Impeach president/judges

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Impeachment Process

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1. House passes articles of impeachment by majority 2. Senate tries and 2/3 must convict

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Machiavelli

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Renaissance writer; formerly a politician, wrote The Prince, a work on ethics and government, describing how rulers maintain power by methods that ignore right or wrong; accepted the philosophy that "the end justifies the means."

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Who chooses judiciary?

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President, but senate must approve

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Federalism

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A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments

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Necessary and Proper Clause

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Clause of the Constitution (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3) setting forth the implied powers of Congress. It states that Congress, in addition to its express powers, has the right to make all laws necessary and proper to carry out all powers the Constitution vests in the national government

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Judicial Branch

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Interprets the laws

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Seperstion of powers

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To make sure the government can control environment (executive, legislative, judicial)

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Executive Branch can...

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Veto legislation from congress and nominate judges

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checks an balances

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a way each branch can check or control the other two. another way the constitution limits the governments powers

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Amendment Process

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2/3 vote of both houses and ratified by legislators in 3/4 states

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Legislative Branch

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Makes laws

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Executive Branch

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Enforces laws

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Fed 51 (Madison)

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Can't have total freedom bc that would end in chaos but can't have total control because we need some freedom

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Judicial Review

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Allows the court to determine the constitutionality of laws

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Marbury v. Madison

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Established judicial review

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Locke

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Human nature is characterized by reason and tolerance

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22nd Amendment

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Limits the president to two terms.

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McCulloch v. Maryland

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Maryland was trying to tax the national bank and Supreme Court ruled that federal law was stronger than the state law

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Federalist Papers

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Written by Hamilton, Jay, & Madison to support ratification of the U.S. Constituiton

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The great compromise

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Defined legislative structure and representation each state would have

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Judicial branch can...

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Declare president/judges acts unconstitutional

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Hobbes

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Life is nasty, brutish, and short

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Social Contract

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An agreement between the people and their government signifying their consent to be governed

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