American Government and Politics Today, Brief Edition, 2014-2015

36 PART oNE • THE AmERiCAN sYsTEm Federalist An individual who was in favor of the adoption of the U.S. Constitution and the cre ...

CHAPTER TWo • FoRGiNG A NEW GovERNmENT: THE CoNsTiTuTioN 37 that the Constitution would cre- ate an overbearing and over- burden ...

38 PART oNE • THE AmERiCAN sYsTEm of the recommendations of the state ratifying conventions included specific rights that were c ...

CHAPTER TWo • FoRGiNG A NEW GovERNmENT: THE CoNsTiTuTioN 39 After an amendment has been approved by Congress, the process become ...

40 PART oNE • THE AmERiCAN sYsTEm Judicial Review The power of the Supreme Court or any court to examine and possibly declare un ...

CHAPTER TWo • FoRGiNG A NEW GovERNmENT: THE CoNsTiTuTioN 41 consisting of personal secretaries and a few others. Four small depa ...

42 PART oNE • THE AmERiCAN sYsTEm A leader of the so-called Coffee Party speaks during a protest in front of the U.S. Supreme Co ...

CHAPTER TWo • FoRGiNG A NEW GovERNmENT: THE CoNsTiTuTioN 43 Anti-Federalist 36 bicameral legislature 31 checks and balances 34 c ...

44 PART oNE • THE AmERiCAN sYsTEm Answers to multiple-choice questions: 1. c, 2. a, 3. c, 4. c, 5. a. testyourself LO1 Explain h ...

45 A cultivator in Denver, Colorado, harvests marijuana plants. In 2012, citizens of Colorado and Washington voted to legalize a ...

46 PART ONE • THE AMERICAN SYSTEM Unitary System A centralized governmental system in which ultimate governmental authority rest ...

CHAPTER THREE • FEdERAlISM 47 A Federal System The federal system lies between the unitary and confederal forms of government. A ...

48 PART ONE • THE AMERICAN SYSTEM geographic spread, contributed to the isolation of many regions within the states. It could ta ...

CHAPTER THREE • FEdERAlISM 49 Enumerated Powers Powers specifically granted to the national government by the Constitution. The ...

50 PART ONE • THE AMERICAN SYSTEM Police Power The authority to legislate for the protection of the health, morals, safety, and ...

CHAPTER THREE • FEdERAlISM 51 Concurrent Powers Powers held jointly by the national and state governments. Supremacy Clause The ...

52 PART ONE • THE AMERICAN SYSTEM at issue In November 2003, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that same-sex couple ...

CHAPTER THREE • FEdERAlISM 53 support the Constitution. Hence, any legitimate exercise of national governmental power supersedes ...

54 PART ONE • THE AMERICAN SYSTEM Commerce Clause The section of the Constitution in which Congress is given the power to regula ...

CHAPTER THREE • FEdERAlISM 55 not navigation or the transport of people. The second issue was whether the national gov­ ernment’ ...