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24 Cards in this Set
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Eminent Domain
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The right of the government to take private property for public use.
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Civil Rights
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The rights of full citizenship and equality under the law.
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Civil Liberties
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Freedoms to think and act without the government interfering or fear of unfair legal treatment.
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Rule of law
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Principle that the law applies to everyone, even those who govern.
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Discrimination
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Unfair treatment based on prejudice against a certain group.
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Racial Profiling
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Singling out an individual as a suspect due to appearance of ethnicity.
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Affirmative Action
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Programs intended to make up for past discrimination by helping minority groups and women gain access to jobs and opportunities.
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Override
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Use one's authority to reject or cancel a decision, view, or idea.
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Federalism
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A form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national government and states.
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Electoral College
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A group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice President.
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Checks and Balances
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A system in which each branch of government is able to check or restrain the powers of the other governments.
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Veto
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Refusal to sign a Bill or Resolution.
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Poplar Sovereignty
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The notion that power lies w/the people.
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Expressed Powers
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Powers that the Congress has that are specifically listed in the Constitution.
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Suffrage
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The right to vote.
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Reserved Powers
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Powers that the Constitution does not give to the national government that are kept by the states.
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Concurrent Powers
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Powers shared by the state and federal governments.
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Amendment
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Any change to the Constitution.
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Indicted
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Being charged by a grand jury.
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Petition
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A formal request for government action.
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Implied Powers
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Powers that the congress has that are not stated explicitly in the Constitution.
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Double Jeopardy
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Putting someone on trial for a crime of which he or she was previously acquitted.
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Due Process
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Following established legal procedures.
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Segregation
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The social separation of the races.
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