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| individual rights retained by people. |
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| body that elects the president and vice president of the United States. |
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| is a term used to describe a new way in which the government hopes to protect its citizens from terrorism. |
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| majority rules/minority rights |
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| power of the majority to get its way in a democracy but only while honoring the right of the minority. |
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| individual rights that the government may restrict, if there is good reason, but that people generally retain. |
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| right to own guns under certain conditions, guaranteed by the Second Amendment. |
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| redrawing the boundaries of political districts. |
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| separation of church and state |
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| keeping religion and politics distinct. |
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| a political organization established to influence governmental policy or legislators in a specific area of policy. |
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| legislatively imposed cap on how many terms someone may serve in a particular political office. |
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