Chapter 7 and 8 Definitions
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| Transfer of responsibility | Succession
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| Indirect method of electing the president and vice president | Electoral College
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| States that if the president dies or leaves office, the vice president becomes president | Twenty-fifth Amendment
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| a member of the Electoral College | Elector
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| indicates the line of succession after the vice president | Presidential Succession Act
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| law that states that the president must notify Congress within 48 hours when troops are sent into battle | War Powers Resolution
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| the granting of a pardon to a group of people | Amnesty
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| an order to postpone a punishment | Reprieve
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| rule or command that has the force of law | Executive Order
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| forgiveness for a crime and freedom from punishment | Pardon
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| an agreement between the president and the leader of another country | Executive agreement
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| a nation's overall plan for dealing with other nations | Foreign Policy
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| An agreement among a group of countries prohibiting trade with a target country | embargo
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| an official representative of a country's government | ambassador
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| an effort to punish another country by imposing barriers to trade | trade sanction
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| independent agencies that are owned and operated by the government | government corporation
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| a person chosen by the president for a job | Political Appointee
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| a government agency that is not part of the cabinet | independent agency
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| the practice of hiring government workers on the basis of merit | civil service system
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| the practice of hiring government workers as a reward for political support | spoils system
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| Supreme Court case that prompted the release of many detained Japanese Americans | Ex parte Endo
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| established a national Supreme Court | Article 3 of the Constituion
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| the authority of a court to hear and decide a case | jursdiction
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| both federal and state courts have jurisdiction | concurrent jurisdiction
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| only federal courts may hear and decide cases | exclusive jurisdiction
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| offers a model upon which judges can base their own decisions on similar cases | precedent
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| federal courts in which trials are held and lawsuits are begun | district court
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| authority of a court to hear a case appealed from a lower court | appellate jurisdiction
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| court that reviews decisions made in lower district courts | appeals court
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| authority to hear cases for the first time | original jurisdiction
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| set the three principles of judicial review | Chief Justice John Marshall
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| refused to enforce a Supreme Court ruling | President Andrew Jackson
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| chief justice appointed by President Bush | John G. Roberts
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| laws or actions allowed by the Constitution | constitutional
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| the power to review any federal, state, or local law or action to see if it is allowed by the Constitution | judicial review
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| document that disagrees with the majority's decision | dissenting opinion
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| guiding principle in which justices rely on precedent | stare decisis
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| court calendar | docket
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| written document that explains one side's position in a case | brief
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| document that presents the views of the majority of the justices on a case | majority opinion
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| Transfer of responsibility | Succession
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| Indirect method of electing the president and vice president | Electoral College
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| States that if the president dies or leaves office, the vice president becomes president | Twenty-fifth Amendment
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| a member of the Electoral College | Elector
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| indicates the line of succession after the vice president | Presidential Succession Act
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| law that states that the president must notify Congress within 48 hours when troops are sent into battle | War Powers Resolution
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| the granting of a pardon to a group of people | Amnesty
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| an order to postpone a punishment | Reprieve
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| rule or command that has the force of law | Executive Order
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| forgiveness for a crime and freedom from punishment | Pardon
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| an agreement between the president and the leader of another country | Executive agreement
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| a nation's overall plan for dealing with other nations | Foreign Policy
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| An agreement among a group of countries prohibiting trade with a target country | embargo
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| an official representative of a country's government | ambassador
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| an effort to punish another country by imposing barriers to trade | trade sanction
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| independent agencies that are owned and operated by the government | government corporation
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| a person chosen by the president for a job | Political Appointee
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| a government agency that is not part of the cabinet | independent agency
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| the practice of hiring government workers on the basis of merit | civil service system
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| the practice of hiring government workers as a reward for political support | spoils system
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| Supreme Court case that prompted the release of many detained Japanese Americans | Ex parte Endo
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| established a national Supreme Court | Article 3 of the Constituion
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| the authority of a court to hear and decide a case | jursdiction
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| both federal and state courts have jurisdiction | concurrent jurisdiction
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| only federal courts may hear and decide cases | exclusive jurisdiction
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| offers a model upon which judges can base their own decisions on similar cases | precedent
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| federal courts in which trials are held and lawsuits are begun | district court
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| authority of a court to hear a case appealed from a lower court | appellate jurisdiction
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| court that reviews decisions made in lower district courts | appeals court
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| authority to hear cases for the first time | original jurisdiction
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| set the three principles of judicial review | Chief Justice John Marshall
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| refused to enforce a Supreme Court ruling | President Andrew Jackson
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| chief justice appointed by President Bush | John G. Roberts
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| laws or actions allowed by the Constitution | constitutional
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| the power to review any federal, state, or local law or action to see if it is allowed by the Constitution | judicial review
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| document that disagrees with the majority's decision | dissenting opinion
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| guiding principle in which justices rely on precedent | stare decisis
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| court calendar | docket
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| written document that explains one side's position in a case | brief
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| document that presents the views of the majority of the justices on a case | majority opinion
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