The+Constitution

__Constitution Terms__
**popular sovereignty**- or the sovereignty of the people is the belief that the legitimacy of the state is created by the will or consent of its people, who are the source of all political power.

**federalism**- The distribution of power in an organization (as a government) betweena central authority and the constituent units.

**enumerated powers**- are a list of items found in Article 1 Section 8 of the United States Constitution which set forth the authoritative capacity of the US congress.

**Reserved powers**- or Reserved Matters, are those subjects still dealt with by the United Kingdom Parliament, and not devolved to the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales or the Northern Ireland Assembly

**concurrent powers**- powers that are held by both the states and the federal government and may be exercised simultaneously within the same territory and in relation to the same body of citizens.

**override**- a procedure employed by the U.S. Congress

**appropriate**- a sense of behavioral conduct that differentiates intentions, decisions, and actions between those that are good (or right) and bad (or wrong).

**impeach**- call into question the integrity or validity of (a practice) constituent- being a part of a whole

**bill**- an amount of money owed for goods supplied or services rendered, set out in a printed or written statement of charges standing committee- permanent committee that meets regularly.

**select committee**- small legislative committee appointed for a special purpose

**joint committee**- a term in politics that is used to refer to a committee made up of members of both chambers of a bicamerallegislature

**conference committee**- an ad hoc joint committee of a bicameral legislature, which is appointed by, and consists of, members of both chambers to resolve disagreements on a particular bill.

**cabinet**- a body of advisers to the President, composed of the heads of the executive departments of the government judicial review- review by the U.S. Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of alegislative act.

**due process**- fair treatment through the normal judicial system, esp. as a citizen' sentitlement.

=__//** Supreme Court Case **//__=


 * //The U.S. Supreme Court has heard and ruled on many issues//**
 * //Select a case the Court ruled on in 2008, 200 or 20010.//**

__** Briefly describe the case. **__
 * The decision that upheld the Espionage Act of 1917 and concluded that a defendant did not have a First Amendment right to free speech against the draft during World War I. Charles Schenck was the Secretary of the Socialist party and was responsible for printing, distributing, and mailing 15,000 leaflets to men eligible for the draft that advocated opposition to the draft. These leaflets contained statements such as; "Do not submit to intimidation", "Assert your rights", "If you do not assert and support your rights, you are helping to deny or disparage rights which it is the solemn duty of all citizens and residents of the United States to retain." **

__** What was the verdict/decision? **__ //** The verdict/decision of the Court, is in a unanimous opinion written by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., held that Schenck's criminal conviction was constitutional. The First Amendment did not protect speech encouraging insubordination, since, "when a nation is at war many things that might be said in time of peace are such a hindrance to its effort that their utterance will not be endured so long as men fight, and that no Court could regard them as protected by any constitutional right." In other words, the court held, the circumstances of wartime permit greater restrictions on free speech than would be allowable during peacetime. **//


 * __ What was the vote in the decision? __**
 * the vote in the decision was 9-0 decision. **


 * __ Name the part of the Constitution that was involved in the case. __**
 * the part of the constitution that was involved was The first amendment. (the right of free speech)**

__** Do you agree or disagree with the Court's ruling? Support your opinion. **__
 * I see why the decision was made this way because of the circumstances. Im not saying i disagree, but I find a slight flaw with reading between the lines when it comes to the circumstances. I think that the law should clearly state the freedom thats allowed during times of war and times of peace.**