| A | B |
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| judiciary | system of courts of law |
| opinion | written statement from the supreme court |
| impeachment | a formal charge for a crime of an official authority |
| duty | tax on goods entering the country |
| appeal | a request made after trial for review of the trial's decision by a higher court |
| private sector | business world outside the government |
| execute | to carry out or enforce |
| trial courts | courts that hear civil and criminal cases |
| amnesty | pardon given to a group of people who break the law |
| magistrate | officer of a district court who handles many of the duties of a district court judge |
| civil service | all the people working within the bureaucracy of the government |
| judicial restraint | manner in which the judge applys the law based on the belief that the court should not create a new policy |
| pension | retirement income or allowance paid by an empolyer |
| regulator | person who controls somthing through rules and regulations |
| diplomat | person who works with leaders of other nations to carry out U.S. foreign policy |
| commission | appointed or official group formed for a specific purpose |
| cabinet | group of top advisors to the president |
| foreign policy | plan for the U.S. will deal with foreign countries |
| pardon | to give legal forgiveness for a crime |
| presidential succession | plan for what happens if the preisdent dies or cant perform the duties of the office |
| licensing | providing permits for an activity such as interstate transportation |
| executive privilege | right of a president to keep information secret from congress in order to protect the nation's security |
| bureaucracy | large, complex, hierarchical organization |
| bureaucrats | people who work as a part of a bureacracy |
| Electoral College | a group of people chosen from each state and the district of columbia to elect the president and vice president |
| brief | a document written to submit a legal argument to a court |
| appeal | request made after a trial for review of a trial courts decision by a higher court |
| judicial review | constitutional provision for courts to decide if acts of the governments are constitutional |
| rule of four | supreme court practice for selecting cases |
| original jurisdiction | authority of a court to hear a case argued for the first time |
| mandatory sentences | specific punishments required by law for certain crimes |
| majority opinion | written statement perpared by a supreme court justice to explain how majority of a court voted on a case |
| prosecuting attorney | governments legal representative who brings charges in a case |
| special courts | federal courts such as the U.S. tax court established by congress to deal with special issues |
| trial courts | courts that hear civil and criminal cases |
| courts of appeals | federal courts that reveal the process of how lower trial courts decided previous cases or how the law itself was applied |
| dissenting opinion | written statement prepared by any supreme court justice who voted with the minority explaining his or her position on the case. |
