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Majority party The political party The political party with In this picture, the
to which more than more voters than democratic party is the
half of the people not voting for Majority party.
members belong. them.
Minority Party The political party The political party with In this picture, the
to which less than more voters not voting democratic party is the
half of the for them than those minority party.
members belong. who are.
Expressed The powers The powers given to Congress shall have the
Powers delegated to the congress listed in power to do whatever is
congress clearly article 1 section 8 of necessary and proper
listed in article 1 the constitution. to carry out the
section 8 of the expressed powers.
Constitution.
Implied Powers that These are powers that Implied powers are
Powers congress has congress has even included in the elastic
because of Clause though they are not clause.
18 are called directly stated in the
implied powers Constitution.
because they are
not stated explicitly
in the Constitution.
Elastic Clause Clause 18 is called The elastic clause The elastic clause covers
the elastic clause allows congress to implied powers.
because it allows stretch powers to
congress to stretch meet needs.
its powers to meet
new needs.
Writ of An order that This is an order for The court just ordered a
Habeas requires police to police to present a writ of habeas corpus.
Corpus bring a prisoner to prisoner in court and
court to explain explain why they are
why they are being held.
holding the person.
Appeals Courts Courts above The courts that The decision was
the district come after district appealed in an
courts where courts where they Appeals court.
they review review earlier
decisions made decisions.
made in lower
courts.
Judicial Review Judicial review Judicial review The court can always
means that the means that the use judicial review.
court can court can review
review any any action to
federal, state, decide if it is
or local law constitutional.
action to see if
it is
constitutional,
or allowed by
the
constitution.