| Term | Definition |
|---|
| article | divisions covering a general topic |
| jurisdiction | authority of the supreme law |
| supremacy clause | establishes that constitution, laws and treaties by congress as supreme law |
| amendment | changes |
| popular sovereignty | rule by the people |
| federalism | power is divided under national and state gov. |
| separation of powers | system preventing branches from gaining too much power. slpitting up the power by the executive, legislative, and judicial branches |
| checks and balances | each branch has some control over the others |
| judicial review | courts have the power to declare laws and actions by congress and president as unconstitutional |
| veto | presidents power to send a law back into debate before becoming a law |
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