U.S Constitution

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president Pro Tempore

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senate presiding officer

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branch of government headed by the president, that carries out the nation's laws and policies

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president Pro Tempore

senate presiding officer

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executive

branch of government headed by the president, that carries out the nation's laws and policies

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Legislative

Branch of government that makes the nation's laws

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Judicial branch

refers to courts

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breaking diplomatic relations

to ask a foreign country to withdraw its diplomatic official from this country

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Quorum

minimum number of members that must be present for the H of R or Senate to vote

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statute laws

laws passed by congress

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immunity

members of Congress can't be sued or prosecuted for anything they say in Congress

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Emoluments

salaries

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revenue

income raised by the government - taxes

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Naturalization

procedure by which a citizen of a foreign nation becomes a citizen of the US

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eminent domain

the power of a government to take private property for public use, usually with compensation paid to the owner

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prohibition

the act or process of forbidding something

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repeal

to cancel an act or law

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adjourn

to transfer to another place

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good behaivior

judges usually serve for life or until they choose to retire

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arms

weapons

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Counterfeiting

illegally imitating or forging

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extradition

a person convicted of a crime or a person accused of a crime must be returned to the state where the crime was committed

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suffrage

the right to vote

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due process of law

ideas that the government must follow procedures established by law and guaranteed by the constitution

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judicial review

the right of the Supreme Court to determine if a law violates the Constitution

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ratify

to give official approval to

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constituents

people who live in the home state and districts as their members of Congress (people who the members of Congress work for)

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elastic clause

directs congress to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for executing all the powers of government

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necessary and proper laws

Laws must be related to one of the 17 enumerated powers

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poll tax

the fee that persons were required to pay in order to vote in a number of southern states

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bail

money that an accused person provides to the court as a guarantee that he or she will be present for a trial

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checks and balances

the system in which each branch of government has a check on the other 2 branches so that no one branch becomes too powerful

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Habeas Corpus

"you may have the body"

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electors

one elected to an electoral college, voter

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privilege and immunities

rights of citizens, guarantees each state's citizens equal treatment in all states

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pocket veto

when the president fails to sign a bill within the 10 days allowed by the Constitution. Congress must be adjourned in order for a pocket veto to take effect

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preamble

the introduction to a formal document

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enumerated powers

powers belonging only to the federal government

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impeach

to formally charge a public official with misconduct in office

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common law

basic law that was based on over 5 centuries of judicial decisions

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double jeopardy

when you may not be tried twice for the same crime

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amendment

a change to the constitution

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vacancy

open position

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veto

constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body