Poli Sci Study Sheet 2 Flashcards
An international agreement between chiefs a state that does not require a legislative sanction
Executive agreement
The power of the US Supreme Court or any other federal court to declare a federal or any state law unconstitutional
Judicial review
Formal approval
Ratification
The people who were in favor of the creation of a new constitution in 1787
Federalist
The principle of dividing powers among the three branches of government: executive, judiciary, and legislative
Separation of power
Group of people occupying a specific area and organized under one government; May either a nation or submit a nation
State
Rights to inherit natural law
Natural rights
An individual who oppose the ratification of the new constitution in 1787
Anti-Federalist
Legislature only with one chamber
Unicameral
A system of government with ultimate power vested in state or regional government except those powers delegated to the national government
Confederation
A legislature with 2 executive bodies
Bicameral
Doctrine that asserts the superiority of national law over state or regional law
Supremacy doctrine
A combination of the New Jersey and Virginia plans…and called the Connecticut plan
The Great Compromise
A model of government devised by James Madison and which the powers of government are divided between the judiciary, executive and legislative branches of government
Madison Model
A major principle of American system whereby each branch of government exercises a check on the actions of others
Checks and balances
