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The Three Branches of Government
Lesson 7 Vocbaulry
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Civil Engineering
10th Grade
02/17/2011
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Rule of law
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Basic principle of republicanism that says every member of society must follow the same laws.
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Articles I, II, and III
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Articles of the Constitution that cover the three branches of government.
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Legislative leader
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Presidents propose legislation or obligated.
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Executive branch
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Part of the government, head by the president, that carries out the laws.
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Judical review
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Especially the power of the Supreme Court to declare a law or judicial decision unconstitutional.
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House of Representatives
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Lower body of the nation's bicameral legislature.
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Apportionment
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Division of the state into congressional and state senate and house districts of equal population for purposes of represention.
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Senate
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Upper house of a legislature.
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Speaker of the House
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Majority party leader of the lower legislative body in a congress, for example, the federal House of Representatives.
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President of the Senate
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Role of the vice president of United Staes.
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President pro Tempore
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Senator elected as president of the Senate in the absence of the vice president.
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Majority leader
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Minority leader
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Party whips
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Bills
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Laws
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Veto power
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Committee system
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Seniority system
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Filibuster
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Cloture
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Non-legislative powers
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Impeachment
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Censure
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Expulsion
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Immunity
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Writ of habeas corpus
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Bills of attainder
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Ex post facto laws
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Commander in chief
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Party leader
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Presidential succession
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State of the Union
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Executive orders
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Executive agreement
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Pardons
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Commutations
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Reprieves
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Original jurisdiction
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Appellate jurisdiction
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Concurrent jurisdiction
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Exclusive jurisdicton
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Chief executive
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