USA Law

Tag: Constitution

  • Unitary Government

    Unitary Government in the United States Concept of Unitary Government In the U.S., in the context of the U.S. Constitution and Federalism, Unitary Government has the following meaning: A system of governance with sovereignty held by one central government; subnational governments have only […]

  • Constitution

    Constitution in the United States Constitution Definition in the Legislative Process The following is a definition of Constitution, by the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL): A written instrument embodying the fundamental principles of the state that guarantees powers and […]

  • Constitution

    Constitution in the United States Constitution Definition in the Legislative Process The following is a definition of Constitution, by the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL): A written instrument embodying the fundamental principles of the state that guarantees powers and […]

  • Sovereignty

    Sovereignty in the United States Sovereignty Definition The union and exercise of all human power possessed in a state. It is a combination of all power; it is the power to do everything in a state without accountability, to make laws, to execute and to apply them, to impose and collect […]

  • Sovereignty

    Sovereignty in the United States Sovereignty Definition The union and exercise of all human power possessed in a state. It is a combination of all power; it is the power to do everything in a state without accountability, to make laws, to execute and to apply them, to impose and collect […]

  • Majoritarianism

    Majoritarianism in the United States Concept of Majoritarianism In the U.S., in the context of the U.S. Constitution and Federalism, Majoritarianism has the following meaning: The concept that the preferences of a majority in a group (such as a nation) should prevail in the decision-making […]

  • Majoritarianism

    Majoritarianism in the United States Concept of Majoritarianism In the U.S., in the context of the U.S. Constitution and Federalism, Majoritarianism has the following meaning: The concept that the preferences of a majority in a group (such as a nation) should prevail in the decision-making […]

  • States Rights

    States Rights in the United States States` Rights Introduction to States Rights States’ Rights, in United States history, political doctrine advocating the strict limitation of the prerogatives of the federal government to those powers explicitly assigned to it in the Constitution of the […]

  • Constitutionalism

    Constitutionalism in the United States United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled CONSTITUTIONALISMConstitutionalism is a term not altogether congenial to American lawyers. It seems to share the characteristics of other […]

  • Constitutionalism

    Constitutionalism in the United States United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled CONSTITUTIONALISMConstitutionalism is a term not altogether congenial to American lawyers. It seems to share the characteristics of other […]

  • Article III

    Article III in the United States Article III Explained References See Also Basic Principles of Law Constitution Leading Case Law Among the main judicial decisions on this topic: Bush v. Gore Information about this important court opinion is available in this American legal Encyclopedia. […]

  • Article III

    Article III in the United States Article III Explained References See Also Basic Principles of Law Constitution Leading Case Law Among the main judicial decisions on this topic: Bush v. Gore Information about this important court opinion is available in this American legal Encyclopedia. […]

  • Madisonianism

    Madisonianism in the United States Concept of Madisonianism In the U.S., in the context of the U.S. Constitution and Federalism, Madisonianism has the following meaning: James Madison’s constitutional structuring of the American political system to achieve limited government (and guard against […]

  • Block Grant

    Block Grant in the United States Concept of Block Grant In the U.S., in the context of the U.S. Constitution and Federalism, Block Grant has the following meaning: A grant of federal money by Congress to a state or local government to fund a general block of programs, with states deciding many […]

  • Block Grant

    Block Grant in the United States Concept of Block Grant In the U.S., in the context of the U.S. Constitution and Federalism, Block Grant has the following meaning: A grant of federal money by Congress to a state or local government to fund a general block of programs, with states deciding many […]