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40 Cards in this Set
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apportionment |
how populations or voting districts are divided up for representation in HoR |
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appropriations |
money bills proposed in the federal house of representatives |
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bill of attainder |
guarantee of a trial |
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cabinet |
the executive departments(federal agencies) of the president |
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cloture |
vote by senators to end a filibuster (long debate) in the Senate |
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committee system |
how congress gets its work done, dividing up jobs |
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congress |
bicameral legislature of the federal government of the US |
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senate |
the upper house (100 members) based on equality |
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House of Representatives |
lower house (435) based on population |
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Constitution |
US law book; 7 articles |
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ex post facto law |
congress cannot pass laws making past activities illegal |
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filibuster |
power of senators to "talk a bill to death" |
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impeachment |
bringing a president up on official charges of wrong-doing |
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judicial review |
power of supreme court to check congress and send back laws |
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law |
rule of order |
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party whip |
high ranking assistant floor leader for majority and minority leaders |
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head of state/chief diplomat |
directs foreign policy |
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chief executive |
carries out nation's laws |
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commander in chief |
armed forces of the US |
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economic leader |
helps economy prosper |
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legislative leader |
proposes the legislation it would like to see enacted |
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party leader |
the leader of his/her party |
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executive agreement/order |
agreement between US and a country without senate approval |
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executive privilege |
president can refuse to give up privileged info |
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clemency |
canceling or lessening punishment for offenders |
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pardon |
declaration of forgiveness |
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amnesty |
forgiveness to a whole group |
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reprieve |
to cancel someone's punishment |
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commute |
to lessen someone's punishment |
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veto |
decline a bill |
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president pro tempore |
when the VP is absent, this person is in charge of senate |
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presidential succession |
people in line to take over presidential position; 25th amendment |
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speaker of the house |
top position of the HoR |
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state of the union address |
annual address in January by president about state of union |
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supremacy clause |
in article five of constitution states federal government is above state government |
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jurisdiction |
area covered by law enforcement or cases heard by a certain court |
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US supreme court |
final court to which anyone can appeal a legal decision |
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chief justice |
leader of the supreme court hears and rules on cases |
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associate justices |
the time one obtains when not chief justice |
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writ of habeas corpus |
cant hold you without telling you why |
