Unit 2 Sect 1 Part 3

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an assembly elected by the voters that meets every four years to formally elect the President of the United States

gathering information on the nation's population; required by the U.S. Constitution every ten years to determine the number of votes a state has in the House of Representatives and the Electoral College

part of the government that decides if laws are carried out fairly (Supreme Court)

part of a government that carries out its laws (President)

the system set up by the U.S. Constitution in which each branch of the federal government has the power to limit the actions of the other branches

powers given by the Constitution to the national government and denied to state governments

the principle that gives the powers of making, enforcing, and interpreting laws to separate legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government

another name for the elastic clause, which is the basis of the implied powers of Congress