Review of AP Govt Vocab - D
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| A Supreme Court opinion by one or more justices in the minority to explain the minority's disagreement with the Court's ruling | Dissenting
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| Component of the First Amendment that defines the rights of citizens to practice their religions without governmental interference | Establishment
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| Protection against arbitrary deprivation of life, liberty, or property as guaranteed in the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments | Due Process
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| The lowest federal courts where federal cases begin. They are the only federal courts where trials are held; there are 94 in the US and its territories | District
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| Characteristics of a population, including age, sex, and race | Demographics
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| Made between the president and a leader of a foreign country that does not have to be ratified by the Senate. An example would be the SALT I agreement | Executive agreement
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| Political party that evolved during Jackson's presidency from the original party of Jefferson's age | Democratic
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| Segregation of schools and other public facilities through circumstances with no law supporting it | De facto
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| Laws that take effect after the act takes place; forbidden under the Constitution | Ex post facto
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| A procedure to keep the Senate going during a filibuster in which the disputed bill is shelved temporarily so that the Senate can get on with other business | Double-tracking
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| A device by which any member of the House after a committee has had a bill for 30 days, may petition to have it brought to the floor | Discharge petition
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| Rule that resulted from the Mapp v Ohio decision determining that police may obtain only that evidence that can be had through a legitimate search warrant; other evidence is not admissible in the trial | Exclusionary
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| A constitutional theory that the national government and the state governments each have defined areas of authority, especially over commerce | Dual federalism
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| Candidate running for office who is not well known and considered to be the underdog in the race | Dark horse
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| Gives Congress the power to make "all laws necessary and proper" to carry out the other defined powers of Congress | Elastic Clause
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| The ability of the president to protect personal material or that material related to national security | Executive privilege
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| Delegated powers of Congress listed in Article One | Enumerated powers
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| Political theory of returning power to the states | Devolution
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| Legal principle wherein once a verdict is handed down, you cannot be tried again for the same crime | Double jeopardy
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| An identifiable group of persons who possess a disproportionate share of some valued resource - such as money, fame, or political power | Elite
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| A government in which one party controls the White House and another party controls one or both houses of Congress | Divided
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| The government's meeting budgetary expenses by borrowing more money than it can pay back | Deficit
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| An economic philosophy that assumes that the government should organize some part of the country's economic activity | Economic planning
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| A claim for government funds that cannot be abridged without violating the rights of the claimant: for example, social security benefits or payments on a contract | Entitlement
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| Segregation by law, made illegal by Brown v BOE | De jure
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| Signed by the president that has the effect of law, even thought it is not passed by Congress. An example would be Truman desegregating the armed forces. | Executive order
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