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Boone C&E #2
C&E Goal 2 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Appellate jurisdiction | the authority of a court to hear a case appealed from a lower court. |
| Bills of attainder | a law that punishes a person accused of a crime without a trial or a fair hearing in court. |
| Balanced Budget | annual budget in which expenditures equal revenues. |
| Cloture | a procedure used in the Senate to limit debate on a bill. |
| Commute (sentences) | to reduce a criminal’s sentence. |
| Concurrent jurisdiction | authority for both state and federal courts to hear and decide cases. |
| Concurrent Powers | powers shared by the state and federal governments. |
| Deficit (spending) | situation in which government spends more than it collects in revenues. |
| Expressed (Enumerated) powers | powers that Congress has that are specifically listed in the Constitution. |
| Ex post facto laws | a law that would allow a person to punished for an action that was not against the law when it was committed. |
| Exclusive jurisdiction | authority of only federal courts to hear and decide cases. |
| Executive agreements | an agreement between the president and the leader of a different country. |
| Executive order | a rule or command that has the force of law. |
| Expenses (Expenditures) | money spent on goods and services. |
| Filibuster | a tactic for defeating a bill in the Senate by talking until the bill’s sponsor withdraws it. |
| Impeach (impeachment) | to accuse government officials of misconduct in office. |
| Implied powers | powers that Congress has that are not stated explicitly in the Constitution. |
| Interest groups | a group of people who share a point of view about an issue and unite to promote their beliefs. |
| Judicial review | the power of the Supreme Court to say whether any federal , state, or local law or government action goes against the Constitution. |
| Legislative branch | the lawmaking branch of government. |
| Original jurisdiction | the authority to hear cases for the first time. |
| Pardons | a declaration of forgiveness and freedom from punishment. |
| Precedent | a ruling that is used as the basis for a judicial decision in later, similar case. |
| Reprieves | an order to delay a person’s punishment until a higher court can hear the case. |
| Reserved powers | powers that the Constitution does not give to the national government that are kept by the states. |
| Revenue | the income that a government collects for public use. |
| Rule of law | principle that the law applies to everyone, even those who govern. |
| Tariff | a customs duty; a tax on an imported good |
| Treaty | a formal agreement between the governments of two or more countries. |
| Veto | refusal to sign a bill or resolution. |
| Writ of Habeas Corpus | a court order that requires police to bring a prisoner to court to explain why they are holding the person. |
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