| A | B |
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| bicameral | legislature made up of 2 houses |
| House of Representatives | part of Congress; 435 members; representation in this house is based on population |
| Senate | considered the upper house of Congress; made up of 100 members (2 from each state) |
| impeach | means to formally accuse an official with wrongdoing; H.O.R. has exclusive power to impeach |
| bill | a proposed law |
| filibuster | when members of the Senate talk without break; way to delay a vote in the Senate |
| cloture | vote to end a filibuster |
| franking privilege | members of Congress get to mail letters for FREE |
| conference committee | also called a joint committe made up of members of the HOR & the Senate |
| Tinker v. Des Moines Schools | Supreme Court ruled that "students and teachers do NOT shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse gate" |
| Electoral College | officially elects the President; the number of Representatives + 2 (# of Senators from each state) =a state's electoral votes |
| pocket veto | President sets a bill aside and ignores it |
| remand | when a case is sent back to a lower court |
| Supreme Court | Highest Court; hears cases involving the constitutional law. |
| Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954) | banned segregation in public schools; segregated schools violated the 14th Amendment |
| Texas v. Johnson | flag burning is protected by the 1st Amendment |
| Miranda v. Arizona | Supreme Court ruled police must inform a suspect of his rights (Miranda rights) |
| ***Marbury v. Madisojn (1803) | Supreme Court ruling that established the power of judicial reveiw |
| judicial review | the most important power of the Supreme Court; power to "judge" and "review" laws |
| Patriot Act of 2001 | law passed by Congress after 9/11 that gave the govt. power to "spy on" and wiretap suspected terrorists WITHOUT a search warrant. |
| Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) | established "separate but equal" principle |
| Mapp v. Ohio (1961) | established "exclusionary rule"(evidence police obtain without a search warrant is EXCLUDED) |
