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75 Cards in this Set
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Census |
An official count or survey of a population |
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Quorum |
Quorum: The minimum number of members of an assembly or society that must be present to validate meeting proceedings, 218 House, 51 Senate |
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Censure |
Censure: Formal statement of disapproval, however, that can have a powerful psychological effect on a member and his/her relationships in the Senate. |
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Constitutional Amendment |
Constitutional Amendment: Modification of the constitution of a policy, organization or other type of entity. |
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Expel |
Expel: Force to leave |
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Elastic clause |
Elastic Clause: A clause within the United States Constitution that grants Congress the power to pass whatever laws are deemed “necessary and proper” to help Congress to carry out the enumerated powers. |
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Veto |
Veto: Constitutional right to reject a decision |
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Counterfeiting |
Counterfeiting: To make a copy of, usually with the intent to defraud. |
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President pro tem |
President Pro Tem: A high-ranking senator of the majority party who presides over the U.S. senate in the absence of the Vice President |
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Impeachment |
Impeachment: Formal accusation against a president or other public official, the first step in removal from office. |
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Jobs of senate |
Job of Senate: Writing/ passing laws, ratifying treaties |
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Jobs of house |
Job of House: Represent popular will |
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Income taxes |
Income Taxes: tax levied by a government directly on income, especially an annual tax on personal income. |
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At large |
At-large: senators represent the entire state |
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Continuing body |
Continuing Body: a legislative body, such as the U.S. Senate, that achieves stability by staggering the terms of its members to prevent more than a minority of seats from changing in a single election. |
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Patent |
Patent: a government authority or license conferring a right or title for a set period, especially the sole right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention. |
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Copyrights |
Copyrights: the exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material, and to authorize others to do the same. |
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Congressional record |
Congressional Record: The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress, published by the United States Government Publishing Office and issued when Congress is in session. |
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Expressed powers |
Expressed Powers: Those specifically named in the Constitution. |
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Import |
Import: bring (goods or services) into a country from abroad for sale. |
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Export |
Export: send (goods or services) to another country for sale. |
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Reapportionment act of 1929 |
Reapportionment Act of 1929: established a permanent method for apportioning a constant 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives according to each census. |
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Writ of habeas corpus |
Writ of Habeas Corpus: requirement that an arrested person be brought before a judge or court before being detained or imprisoned. |
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Preamble |
Preamble: the introductory part of a statute or deed, stating its purpose, aims, and justification |
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Bicameral |
Bicameral: (of a legislative body) having two branches or chambers. |
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Civil office |
Civil Office: Government jobs |
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Letters of marquis and reprisal |
Letters of marquis and reprisal: US govt allows private ship owners to take ships |
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Full faith and credit |
Full faith and credit: the obligation under Article IV of the U.S. Constitution for each state to recognize the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state. |
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Treason |
Treason: the crime of betraying one's country, especially by attempting to kill the sovereign or overthrow the government. |
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Electoral college |
Electoral College: (in the US) a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president. |
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Pardon |
Pardon: the action of forgiving or being forgiven for an error or offense. |
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Extradition |
Extradition: the procedure by which a state or nation, upon receipt of a formal request by another state or nation, turns over to that second jurisdiction an individual charged with or convicted of a crime in that jurisdiction. |
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22nd amendment |
22nd Amendment: No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice |
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Judicial review |
Judicial Review: review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act. |
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Ex post facto laws |
Ex post facto laws: A law that makes illegal an act that was legal when committed, increases the penalties for an infraction after it has been committed, or changes the rules of evidence to make conviction easier. The Constitution prohibits the making of ex post facto law |
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Bill of attainder |
Bill of Attainder: can't jail without a trial
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Apportionment |
Apportionment: the determination of the proportional number of members each US state sends to the House of Representatives, based on population figures. |
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Winner take all |
Winner take all: electoral system in which a single political party or group can elect every office within a given district or jurisdiction. |
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District system |
District system: The winner of each district is awarded that district’s electoral vote. Maine , Nebraska |
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Special sessions |
Special sessions: is a period when the body convenes outside of the normal legislative session |
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Original jurisdiction |
Original Jurisdiction: power to hear a case for the first time, as opposed to appellate jurisdiction |
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Appellate jurisdiction |
Appellate jurisdiction: refers to the power of a court to hear appeals from lower courts. |
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Ratification |
Ratification: the action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid. |
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McCulloch vs Maryland |
McCulloch vs. Maryland: Supreme Court ruled that Congress had implied powers under the Necessary and Proper Clause of Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution to create the Second Bank of the United States and that the state of Maryland lacked the power to tax the Bank. |
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Judiciary act of 1789 |
Judiciary Act of 1789: established a Supreme Court, but left to Congress the authority to create lower federal courts as needed. |
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Terms of the house |
Terms of the House: 2 years |
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Terms of the Senate |
Terms of the Senate: 6 years |
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3 qualifications to be in the house |
3 qualifications to be in the house: 25 years old7 years as a U.S. citizenMust live in the state they represent |
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3 qualifications to be in the senate |
3 qualifications to be in the senate: 30 years old9 years as a U.S. citizenMust live in the state they represent |
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Legislative branch |
Legislative branch: having the power to make laws. |
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8 powers of Congress |
8 powers of congress: Declare warMake & Collect taxesTax importsRegulate tradeSetup post officesMake moneySetup the militaryMake patents |
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5 things states cannot do |
5 things states cannot do: Grant titlesBill of AttainderEx Post FactoTax ExportsTax Imports |
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5 things Congress can't do |
5 things congress cannot do: Grant titlesPass export lawsSpend money without a voteBill of AttainderEx Post Facto |
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Maine's senators |
Maine’s senators: Susan Collins Angus King |
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Maine's representatives |
Maine’s representatives: Chellie PingreeBruce Poliquin |
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5 powers of the president |
5 powers of the president: Appoint judgesAppoint ambassadorsAppoint Cabinet and staffMake treatiesCall special sessions of congress |
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Qualifications of the president |
Qualifications of the president: Resident for 14 yearsNatural bornAt least 35 years old |
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4 types of cases that go to federal court |
4 types of cases that go to federal court: When a U.S. law is brokenWhen Constitution is brokenCases involving treatiesCases involving high seas |
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4 purposes of the constitution |
4 purposes of the constitution: Bring states togetherSet up courtsProvide for general needs: Post Office, roads, moneyBuild a military |
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Admiralty |
Admiralty: Any case that results on the sea |
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Electoral college |
Electoral College: Legal way we elect the president |
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Amendment process |
Amendment process: ⅔ congress, ¾ state |
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Amendment |
Amendment: change to the constitution |
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2 federal courts in Maine |
Two federal courts in Maine: Portland, Bangor |
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Numbers of members in house and senate |
Number of members in house and senate, 435 and 100 |
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Quorum |
Quorum 218 51 senate |
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22nd amendment |
22nd amendment, FDR, limits term |
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Legislative check on executive |
ImpeachmentApproving appointmentsOverride veto |
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Legislative check on judicial |
Make lawsApproving appointmentsImpeachment |
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Executive check on legislative |
VetoExecutive agreementsCarrying out lawSending troops |
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Executive check on judicial |
AppointingCarrying out laws |
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Judicial check on executive |
Judicial review: declaring laws unconstitutional |
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Judicial check on legislative |
Judicial review: declaring laws unconstitutionalPay can’t be decreased |
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Case that goes directly to the supreme court |
Ambassador |
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Who accepts new states |
Congress |
