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| federal system | a political system in which the state or government is seen as more important than the individual. |
| 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 circumstances;executive orders have the force of congressional law. |
| pardons | freedom from punishment. |
| Thurgood Marshall | In 1967 became the first African American justice. |
| Sandra Day O'Conner | became the first female Court justice after her 1981 appointment by President Ronald Reagab. |
| James Madison | 1751-1836 He is known as the Father of the Constitution.He provided many of the basic ideas in the Constitution. |
| majority rule | the idea that policies are decided by the greatest number of people. |
| petition | to make 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 formally accuse. |
| 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 inmigrant back to his or her country of origen. |
| draft | a system of required service in the armed forces. |
| political action committees | an organization that collects money to distribute to candidates who support the same issues as the contributors. |
| interest groups | a group of people who share common interests for political action. |
