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Lame Duck | show 🗑
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Impeachment | show 🗑
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show | the official head of government.
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executive agreement | show 🗑
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civilian supremacy of the armed forces | show 🗑
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War Powers Act | show 🗑
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show | powers vested in the national government, particularly in the area of foreign and defense policy, which do not depend on any specific grant of authority by the Constitution, but rather exist because the United States is a sovereign nation.
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show | an executive action that frees an accused or convicted person from all penalties for an offense.
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show | An executive action that delays punishment for a crime.
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Chief Executive | show 🗑
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Executive Order | show 🗑
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show | A pronouncement issued by the president at the time a bill passed by Congress is signed into law.
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Executive Office of the President | show 🗑
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National Security Council (NSC) | show 🗑
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Office of Management and Budget (OMB) | show 🗑
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Honeymoon Effect | show 🗑
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Rally Effect | show 🗑
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show | The power of courts to declare unconstitutional the actions of the other branches and units of government.
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Strict Construction | show 🗑
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show | A doctrine of constitutional interpretation holding that the document should be interpreted broadly.
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show | The charge that judges are going beyond their authority by making the law and not just interpreting it.
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Judicial Restraint | show 🗑
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Jurisdiction | show 🗑
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Civil Case | show 🗑
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show | A legal dispute dealing with an alleged violation of a penal law.
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Writ of Habeas Corpus | show 🗑
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Legal brief | show 🗑
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Affirm | show 🗑
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Remand | show 🗑
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show | The set of cases a court may hear as a trial court.
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Test Cases | show 🗑
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In Forma Pauperis | show 🗑
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show | A closed meeting attended only by the members of the Court
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show | A decision process used by the Supreme Court to determine which cases to consider on appeal, holding that the Court will hear a case if four of the nine judges agree to the review.
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show | the technical term for the Supreme Court's decision to hear arguments and make a ruling in a case.
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per curiam opinion | show 🗑
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Dissenting Opinion | show 🗑
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Concurring Opinion | show 🗑
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Majority Opinion | show 🗑
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amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief | show 🗑
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Statutory Law | show 🗑
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show | Law that involves the interpretation and application of the Constitution
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Subsidy | show 🗑
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show | Government taking items of value,especially money, from some groups of people and then giving items of value, either in cash or services, to other groups of people.
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show | A severe and prolonged economic slump characterized by decreased business activity and high unemployment
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Recession | show 🗑
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Inflation | show 🗑
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Interest | show 🗑
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Estate Tax | show 🗑
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Tax preference | show 🗑
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Tax Exemption | show 🗑
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show | An expenditure that can be subtracted from a taxpayer's gross income before figuring the tax owed.
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show | An expenditure that reduces an individual's tax liability by the amount of the credit.
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Excise Taxes | show 🗑
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show | The total value of goods and services produced by a nation's economy in a year, excluding transactions with foreign countries.
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show | a levy assessed on the retail sale of taxable items
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show | An income tax that assesses the same percentage tax rate on all income levels.
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show | A levy that taxes people earning higher incomes at a higher rate than it does individuals making less money.
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show | A levy that taxes all persons at the same percentage rate, regardless of income.
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Regressive Tax | show 🗑
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show | The approach to government finance that holds that taxes should be based on an individuals ability to pay.
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national debt | show 🗑
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Balanced Budget | show 🗑
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show | The sum by which annual budget receipts exceed annual budget expenditures
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Value Added Tax (VAT) | show 🗑
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show | A mechanism designed to regularly increase the size of a payment to compensate for the effects of inflation
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Welfare Programs | show 🗑
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show | A process that involves the government contracting with private business to implement government programs.
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show | A government program that provides benefits to recipients based on their financial need.
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show | The use of government spending and taxation for the purpose of achieving economic goals
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Mandatory Spending | show 🗑
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Entitlement Program | show 🗑
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show | Budgetary Expenditures that not mandated by law or contact, such as annual funding for education, highway construction, or national defense
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PAYGO | show 🗑
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Appropriations process | show 🗑
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Authorization process | show 🗑
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Monetary Policy | show 🗑
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show | The central banking system of the United States with authority to establish banking policies and influence the amount of credit available in the economy.
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earmarks | show 🗑
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