AP Gov. Terms

Election in which voters choose party nominees

Procedure where a certain number of voters may, by petition, propose a law submitted to voters

Procedure for submitting to popular vote the removal of officials from office before the scheduled end of their term

1803 Supreme Court precedent establishing judicial review

The power of the court to declare federal law or government regulation to be in conflict with the Constitution

A court order directing an official to perform an official duty

Directive issued by President or Governer that has the force of law

Formal accusation by lower house of legislature against a public official, the first step in removal from office

Power to keep executive communications confidential, especially those related to national security

Presidential refusal to allow an agency to spend funds Congress appropriated and authorized

The effort to slow the growth of the federal government by returning many functions to the states

Views the Constitution as giving limited list of powers, primarily national defense and foreig policy to the national government, leaving the rest to the states

Stresses federalism as a system of intergovernmental relations in delivering governmental goods and services to the people, and call for cooperation amongst various levels of government

Conceives of federalism as a marble cake in which all levels of government are involved in a variety of issues and programs rather than a layer cake (dual federalism) with fixed divisions between layers of government

Views the national government, 50 states, and thousands of local governments as competing with each other over ways to put together packages of services and taxes. We have some choice concerning the state and city that we want to 'use'