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Govt Vocab

Across
as fixed rights given to us by our Creator rather than by government.
Fifth Amendment to the Constitution states
a system of political organization in which most or all of the governing power resides in a centralized government
empowered to make, change, or repeal the laws of a country or state
A system of government in which one person reigns, usually a king or queen.
"a complex of ideas, attitudes, and patterns of behavior elaborating the principle that the authority of government derives from and is limited by a body of fundamental law"
legal principle that law should govern a nation, as opposed to being governed by decisions of individual government officials.
A group of nations or states, or a government encompassing several states or political divisions, in which the component states retain considerable independence.
consisting of the Senate, or upper house, and the House of Representatives, or lower house, as a continuous institution
system of government in which entities such as states or provinces share power with a national government.
an ideology of being a citizen in a state as a republic under which the people hold popular sovereignty.
government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided
Down
The branch of federal and state government that is broadly responsible for implementing, supporting, and enforcing the laws
right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
belief that the state exists only to serve the will of the people, who are the source of all political power enjoyed by the state.
a system of government having the real executive power vested in a cabinet composed of members of the legislature
a system that allows each branch of a government to amend or veto acts of another branch so as to prevent any one branch from exerting too much power.
government gets its power from its citizens.
Change in a legal document made by adding, altering, or omitting a certain part or term.
a form of government in which all laws are created by a general vote of society
ruling authority, such as a monarch, derives power directly from God