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| the drawing of legislative district boundaries to benefit parties, groups, or an incumbent. |
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| This is when a senator talks continuously to prevent an issue from going to vote. |
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| Unemployment insurance, disaster relief, disability payments, etc. that provide benefits to eligible citizens. |
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| providing automatic increases to compensate for inflation. |
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| A jury of 12 to 23 people that hear evidence given by the government to determine whether persons require going to trial. |
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| This amendment has to do with the term limits. The president is able to have 2 terms of four years. The senate has term limits depending on the state and it is usually between 6 and 12 terms. |
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| The president can be forced temporarily out of office if the vice president and the majority of congress or the presidents cabinet secretaries believes he is unable to discharge power or duties of office. |
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| The right to keep executive communications confidential, especially if they relate to national security. |
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| prevented the danger of federal civil service being able to shape the presidential and member of congress elections. This allowed federal employees to vote, but not participate in partisans politics. |
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| "let the decision stand" The decision is binding on the judges. |
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| court order requiring judges to explain why a prisoner is being held in custody. |
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| retroactive criminal law that works against the individual. This is forbidden by the constitution. |
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