2. Constitutional Government 3. Parliament - a legislative assembly in certain countries. 4.

Republic - a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of ci tizens who can elect people to represent them. 5. Inalienable Rights 6. Popular Sovereignty 7. Social Contract Theory 8. Rule of Law - a state of order in which events conform to the law. 9. Suffrage - a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitut ion; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment. 10. Checks and Balances 11. Confederation - the act of forming an alliance or confederation; a union of political organizations. 12. Proportional Representation - representation of all parties in proportion to their popular vote. 13. Necessary and Proper Clause 14. Supremacy Clause 15. Separated Powers 16. Judicial Review - review by a court of law of actions of a government offici al or entity or of some other legally appointed person or body or the review by an appellate court of the decision of a trial court. 17. Federalism - the idea of a federal organization of more or less self-governi ng units. 18. Due Process of Law - (law) the administration of justice according to establ ished rules and principles; based on the principle that a person cannot be depri ved of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safe guards. 19. Gerrymandering 20. Implied Powers 21. Bureaucracy - a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that ar e staffed with nonelective officials. 22. Referendum - a legislative act is referred for final approval to a popular v ote by the electorate. 23. Filibuster - (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by makin g long speeches. 24. Veto - a vote that blocks a decision.

25. Treaty - a written agreement between two states or sovereigns. 26. Establishment Clause 27. Free Exercise Clause 28. Exclusionary rule - a rule that provides that otherwise admissible evidence cannot be used in a criminal trial if it was the result of illegal police conduc t. 29. Probable Cause - (law) evidence sufficient to warrant an arrest or search an d seizure. 30. Double Jeopardy - the prosecution of a defendant for a criminal offense for which he has already been tried; prohibited in the fifth amendment to the United States Constitution. 31. Indictment 32. Eminent Domain - the right of the state to take private property for public use; the Fifth Amendment that was added to the Constitution of the United States requires that just compensation be made. 33. Globalization - growth to a global or worldwide scale. 34. Democracy - the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group c an make decisions binding on the whole group. 35.