| Term | Definition |
|---|
| 25th Amendment | The constitutional amendment that established the order of succession of the presidency. |
| impoundment | This term means the presidential act of refusing to spend approved money |
| inauguration | The ceromony during which the President-Elect becomes President. |
| Cheif Diplomat | The role of the President in directing relations with other nations. |
| Federal Bureaucracy | The executive department and agencies that do the work of the federal goverment. |
| Reprieve | A postponement of legal punishment. |
| Item Veto | The ability to abolish parts of a law. |
| Cheif Economic Planner | The role of the President in controlling the national budget. |
| Commander in Cheif | The President's role in leading in the armed forces. |
| Expost facto laws | Laws that make crimes of acts that were legal when committed |
| Legislative oversight | The general term for how congress checks the effectiveness of the executive branch in administering laws passed by congerss. |
| Federal Budget. | The yearly financial plan for the federal goverment. |
| Bills of attainder | Laws that establish guilt of punishment without trial. |
| Plaintiff | The person who brings charges in a cival case. |
| Due Process of Law | The idea that the law must be applied in a fair manner. |
| Dual Court System | The separation of state and federal courts. |
| Defendent | The person against whom a suit is brought. |
| appellate jurisdiction | The authority of the court to hear appeals. |
| Trial Court | Court in which a case is originally tried. |
| District Courts | Trial courts for federal civil and criminal cases |
| Supreme Court | The only federal court named in the Constitution. |
| Cheif Justice | The presiding judge in sessions of the Supreme Court. |
| Arrest | Criminal cases start with this |
| Prosecution | This person represents the state and brings charges against the defendant. |
| Mapp vs. Ohio | Established the exclisionary rule under the 14th amendment |
| Brown vs. Board of Education | Reversed Plessy vs. Ferguson saying seperate but equal unconstitutional. |
| Miranda vs. Arizona | Statements made by accused persons who have not been informed of their right to be silent may not be used against them. |
| Gregg vs. Georgia | The death penalty does not violate 5th amendment against cruel and unusual punishment |
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