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| federal system | a system that divided powers bwtween the states and the federal government |
| impeach | to bring charges against a public official |
| veto | to cancel a law |
| executive orders | nonlegislative directives issued by the U.S. president in certain cermstances; have the force of congressional law |
| pardons | freedom from punishment |
| Thurgood Marshall | First African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Associate justice of the U.S. Supreme court, the first woman appointed to the court |
| James Madison | American statesman, delegate to the Constitutional Convention, fourth president of the United States, author of some of the Federalist Papers, and is called the father of the Constitution, led the United States through the War of 1812 |
| majority rule | the idea that policies are decided by the greatest number of people |
| petition | to make a formal request of the government |
| search warrant | a judge's order authorizing the search of a person's home or property to look for evidence of a crime |
| due process | the fair application of the law |
| indict | to accuse formally |
| double jeopardy | the act of trying a person twice for the same crime |
| eminent domain | the government's power to take personal property to benefit the public |
| naturalized citizens | a person born in another country who has been granted citizenship in the United States |
| deport | to send an immigrant back to his or her country of origin |
| draft | a system of required service in the armed forces |
| political action committee | an organization that collects money to distribute to candidates who support the same issues and the contributors |
| interest groups | a group of people who share common interests for political action |
