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Branches Flashcards

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Legislative Branch

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-Congress: Writes, proposes & PASSES laws

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Electoral College

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-Elects the PRESIDENT and VICE President

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Executive Branch

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-President, vice President, cabinet: ENFORCES laws

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Judicial Branch

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-National court system
-FEDERAL COURTS & SUPREME COURT

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Checks and Balances

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-System to ensure NO branch has MORE power than OTHERS

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Federalists

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-SUPPORTERS of the U.S. Constitution

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ANTI-Federalists

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-OPPOSED the U.S. Constitution
-Worried about INDIVIDUAL rights

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Popular Sovereignty

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-The POWER of the government belongs to its CITIZENS

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