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| Independent regulatory boards and commissions |
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| essentially are boards and commission with ties to the government, that are seperate from policy makers aka politics in order to achieve unbiased imformation and effective results. Example: FCC(Federal Communications Commission) and FAA(Federal Avaition Administration) |
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| The U.S. as a litigious society. Yes or No. |
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| Basically. Yes. People in the United States are probably more inclined than people in other countries to file lawsuits against physicians or hospitals when outcomes are poor or do not meet expectations |
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| area of the law which concerns the definition of rights and responsibilities |
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| describes how those rights and responsibilities are enforced |
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| relates to the study, practice, interpretation and administration of laws set forth by a country’s constitution |
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| claim that Congress should limit itself to considering only those issues listed specifically in the Constitution |
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| question of how to read the Constitution from a judicial point of view |
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| is essentially a legal, written document issued by a court ordering someone to take the specified action or prohibiting a specified action, i.e. subpoenas, arrest warrants |
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| a custom of the United States Supreme Court which dictates that if four justices decide that a case is worthy of being heard, the Court will agree to hear it. The Ruleof Four is designed to ensure that the court's majority cannot control which cases are heard, as without the Rule of Four, the minority justices might find themselves unable to try cases of interest |
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| an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments |
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| members of congress that work to reflect the wishes of his/her district or states on policy matters |
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| when the members of Congress represents many of the positive values of American life and government. |
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| supervision by the Congress of governmental agencies and other bodies, such as the military. Congressional review is conducted mainly by standing committees of the House and Senate, but also by panels convened for a special purpose, such as the one that held hearings on the Iran-Contra Affair. In such committees members of Congress gather information and dictate the preferred course of action. |
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| A temporary, ad hoc panel composed of House and Senate conferees which is formed for the purpose of reconciling differences in legislation that has passed both chambers. Conference committees are usually convened to resolve bicameral differences on major and controversial legislation. |
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| to divide (an area) into political units to give special advantages to one group |
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| Redistribution of representation in a legislative body, especially the periodic reallotment of U.S. congressional seats according to changes in the census figures as required by the Constitution. |
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| was the first time the Supreme Court declared something "unconstitutional", and established the concept of judicial review in the U.S. (the idea that courts may oversee and nullify the actions of another branch of government). The landmark decision helped define the "checks and balances" of the American form of government. |
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