1. Supreme Court Quiz (open book) What article is the Judicial Branch in the Constitution? The Congress makes the laws, the President enforces the laws, the Supreme Court _____________ the laws. Name the 3 levels of the Federal Court System. Define jurisdiction Define original jurisdiction Define appellate jurisdiction Name 1 type of case that the Federal Court System has jurisdiction in. Name 1 Supreme Court case and briefly describe it.

2. Principles of the National Government

3. NATIONAL GOVERNMENT BUT, what keeps one branch of government from taking over another?

4. Popular Sovereignty Popular Sovereignty: power lies with the people

5. Rule of Law The law applies to everyone, even the people in government http://ruleoflaw-vba.org/rolvideo.html "Ours is a government of liberty by, through and under the law. No man is above it, and no man is below it." - Theodore Roosevelt

6. Separation of Powers Separation of Powers: authority is split between legislative, executive, and judicial Montesquieu: government should be split into different parts

7. (Do Not Write!) How do we keep one branch from taking all the power?

8. Checks and Balances Checks and Balances: each branch of government able to check the other branches

9. Federalism Federalism: power is shared btwn the national and state gov’ts – Expressed Powers: powers specifically granted by the Constitution to the National Gov’t – Reserved Powers: powers not given to the National Gov’t and reserved to the states

10. Supremacy of the Constitution Article VI (6) Neither National or State Law can contradict the Constitution