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Mr. C-Chapter 5-Holt
Carroll County-Chapter 5-Mr. C
Question | Answer |
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official population count | census |
creating district lines that favor one political party more than another | gerrymandering |
separate political branches of interest groups that attempt to influence government and give money to candidates | political action committees (PACS) |
formally accused | impeached |
residents of a congress member's state or district | constituents |
law that applies to an action that occurred before the law was passed | ex post facto law |
to distribute | apportion |
allows congresspersons to send official mail free of charge | franking privilege |
punishes people who have not been convicted in a court of law | bill of attainder |
special legal protection for members of Congress | immunity |
people acting together to accomplish mutual political goals | interest groups |
conducting investigations of agency programs and actions | oversight |
consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate | congress |
contains two members from each state | senate |
court order requiring police to bring a person accused of a crime to court and to show sufficient reason to keep that person in jail | writ of habeas corpus |