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| correct functioning of the legal system, guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment |
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| when both houses of Congress approve, by a two-thirds vote, a resolution calling for a constitutional amendment |
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amendments to the Constitution of the United States
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| Constitutional Convention |
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| meeting of colonists to write the Constitution |
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| rights and responsibilities of belonging to a political state |
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| ways of thinking and behaving that have a long and accepted history |
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| principle from the Fourteenth Amendment that all citizens and groups should have the law applied to them in the same way |
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| judicial decisions and review |
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| making judgments on cases, including reviewing the judgments of cases from lower courts |
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| provisions for handing over presidential power should the president have to leave office |
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| regulation from the president that has the power of the law |
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| legislatively imposed cap on how many terms someone may serve in a particular political office |
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