Legislature
a group of elected people who create the laws. The national legislature is the Congress, while states and local governments also have legislatures.
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US Gov and Politics
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Legislative power
power to make laws. In the federal government of the United States, the Congress holds most of the legislative power.
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Legislative branch
section of government that makes laws. In the federal government, the legislative branch consists of: Congress, the Library of Congress, the Congressional Budget Office, and General Accounting Office, and the Government Printing Office. On the state level, the state legislatures make up the legislative branch.
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Legislation
laws.
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Lame duck
person holding office after his or her replacement has been elected to the office, but before the current term has ended. In the American presidency, the period after election day in November and the swearing-in of the new President in January is known as the lame duck period.
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Jury
a group of people chosen according to the law, who listen to a case in court and reach a decision on the case. In Article III, Section 2, clause 3, the Constitution guarantees a person's right to a trial by jury. Thus, people have their cases decided by a group of people, and not just one individual. Impeachment cases, cases brought before the Supreme Court, and very minor cases are not brought before a jury.
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Jurisdiction
authority of a court to hear a case. A case cannot be tried in a court which does not have jurisdiction over it.
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Junta
small group of people ruling a country, usually after a revolution or coup d'etat, but before a legally established government has been formed.
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Judicial review
power of a court to refuse to enforce a law or government regulation which it believes to be unconstitutional. Chief Justice John Marshall articulated this right in the decision of Marbury v. Madison (1803). So far, the Supreme Court has ruled about 1500 congressional acts or parts of acts unconstitutional.
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Judicial restraint
belief that the Supreme Court should not exercise judicial review often. People who support this view feel that justices, who are appointed, should not use much power to overturn the decisions of Congress, which is elected.
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