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A system of government in which the people are regulated by both federal and state governments is known as ______.

A) implied powers
B) divided government
C) federalism
D) concurrent jurisdiction

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The Supremacy Clause, making the Constitution and the laws of the United States the supreme law of the land, is found in Article I of the U.S. Constitution.

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In the federal system, statutory law adopted by Congress is normally included in which publication?

Article I, Section 10 of the U.S. Constitution prohibits states from enacting _____ laws that make a person criminally responsible for an act that was committed before the act was made a crime.

The system of government where both the federal and state governments regulate citizens is known as _____.

State constitutions as interpreted by the highest court of the state control within the state unless the state constitution conflicts with the U.S. Constitution.

The federal legislature consists of a bicameral structure.

The federal government consists of three branches-executive, legislative, and _____- with each branch having separate and distinct powers.

The power of government to regulate is sometimes referred to as:

Which type of powers means that means that states can make laws that provide for the general health, welfare, and safety of its citizens?

Who has the final say on the interpretation of the U.S. Constitution?

Where a conflict exists between federal and state laws, _____law controls.

States can grant more rights to criminal defendants and not be in conflict with federal law because the federal government has not preempted this area of law.

The Ninth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states that the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

The concept of stare decisis prevents one Supreme Court from overruling decisions of prior Supreme Courts.

Income tax is an example where the federal government has exclusive jurisdiction to pass laws.

The Supremacy Clause is found in which article of the U.S. Constitution?

The Supremacy Clause states that the U.S. Constitution is the _____law of the land.

What is the name for laws that impose criminal responsibility for acts that were not crimes at the time the acts occurred?