Bureau of Prisons
part of the Department of Justice. The Bureau of Prisons operates the federal penal system, including the five federal penitentiaries and other federal correctional facilities.
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US Gov and Politics
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Bureau of Land Management
founded in 1946, part of the Department of the Interior. This bureau is responsible for controlling and managing the over 300 million acres of public lands; largely owned by the federal government and located in the Far West and Alaska. The bureau also manages timber, oil, gas, minerals, rangeland, recreation, and other resources from public lands. It leases and sometimes sells public lands, and leases the Outer Continental Shelf lands for exploration and development of resources such as oil and gas.
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Bureau of Indian Affairs
founded in 1824 as part of the War Department, and moved to the Department of the Interior in 1849. The bureau administers social assistance programs, including education and public health, for Native Americans, especially those living on or near reservations.
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Bureau of Economic Analysis
part of the Department of Commerce. bureau collects, analyzes and publishes data to help examine the state of the national economy. It issues reports on the gross national product (GNP), which is the dollar value of all the goods and services produced in an economy in a year.
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Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF)
founded in 1972, it is one of the agencies of the Department of the Treasury. It is responsible for administering and enforcing federal laws on firearms and explosives; as well as laws dealing with the production, use, and distribution of alcohol and tobacco.
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British constitution
unwritten framework for the functioning of the British government, made up of common law, acts of Parliament and political traditions and customs.
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British Bill of Rights (1689)
established basic principles of constitutional government in Britain; including Parliament's supremacy over the monarchy, the right to have a jury trial, and the prohibition of excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment. Along with the Petition of Right 629) and the Act of Settlement (1701), this law helped shape the British constitutional system.
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Briefs
documents given to a court by the attorneys trying a case. These documents contain summaries of the issues in the case, the laws relevant to the case, and the arguments which support the position taken by the attorney on behalf of his or her client.
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Boston Tea Party
Pre-Revolutionary War protest against the British Tea Act (1773), which placed a tax on tea. On December 16, 1773, a number of Bostonian patriots, dressed as Mohawks, boarded three British ships and dumped 342 chests of tea, worth about $75,000, into Boston Harbor.
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Bill of attainder
legislative act declaring that a person is guilty of a crime and setting punishment without the benefit of a formal trial. The Constitution forbids the federal government (Article I, Section 9, clause 3) and the state governments (Article I, Section 10, clause 1) from passing bills of attainder.
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