Key Unit Vocabulary
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| Constituent | a person from a legislator's district
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| Majority Party | in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, the political party to which more than half the members belong
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| Minority Party | in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, the political party to which fewer than half the members belong
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| Impeach | to accuse government officials of misconduct in office
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| 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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| Ex Post facto law | a law that would allow a person to be punished for an action that was not against the law when it was committed
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| Pocket Veto | president's power to kill a bill, if Congress is not in session, by not signing it for ten days
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| Stare Decisis | the practice of using earlier judicial rulings as a basis for deciding cases
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| Majority Opinion | a statement that presents the views of the majority of Supreme Court justices regarding a case
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| Electoral College | A group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president.
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| Executive Order | A rule or command that has the force of law.
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| National Security | The ability to keep the country safe from attack or harm
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| Embargo | An agreement among a group of nations that prohibits them from trading with a target nation.
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| Federal Bureaucracy | The collective agencies and employees of the executive branch.
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| Civil Service System | The practice of hiring government worker on the basis of open, competitive, and merit
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| Merit System | Hiring people into government jobson the basis of their qualifications
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| Treaty | A formal agreement between the government of two or more countries.
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| Appeals Court | A court that reviews decisions made in a lower district court.
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| Judicial Review | The power of the supreme court to say whether federal, state, or local law, or government actions goes against the constitution.
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| District Court | federal court where trails are held and lawsuits are begun.
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| Constitutional | In accordance with the constitution
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