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United States Government
Legislature
Executive
Judicial
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Chief Justice
Definition: presiding judge in the Supreme Court of the United States, and the highest judicial officer of the nation is also the supreme court justice.
Example: John G. Roberts, Jr.
Judicial Power
Definition: power “of a court to decide and pronounce a judgment and carry it into effect between persons and parties who bring a case before it for decision.”
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President
Definitions:The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces
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Nomination/Appointment
Definition: to formally choose someone as a candidate for a job, position, office, etc.
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Veto
Definition: is the power to unilaterally stop an official action, especially the enactment of legislation.
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Definition: having the power to put plans, actions, or laws into effect.
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Congress
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House of Representative
Definitions: lower house of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper house. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The House's composition is established by Article One of the United States Constitution.
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Senate :
Definitions: upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.
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Definition: legislature of the federal government of the United States. It is bicameral, comprising a lower body, the House of Representatives, and an upper body, the Senate.
Example is the group of people that United States citizens elect as their representatives every two years.
Impeachment
Definition: process by which a legislative body or other legally constituted tribunal initiates charges against a public official for misconduct.
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Definitions: drafts proposed laws, confirms or rejects presidential nominations for heads of federal agencies, federal judges, and the Supreme Court, and has the authority to declare war.
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Parliamentary systems
Definition:democratic form of government in which the party with the greatest representation in the parliament forms the government
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Democracy
Definition:a form of government in which the people have the authority to deliberate and decide legislation, or to choose governing officials to do so
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Oligarchy
Definition:a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.
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Federalism
Federal Government
Definition: composed of three distinct branches: legislative, executive, and judicial
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State Government
Definition: government of a country subdivision in a federal form of government, which shares political power with the federal or national government.
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Local Government
Definition: generic term for the lowest tiers of public administration within a particular sovereign state.
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Definition: a system of government in which the same territory is controlled by two levels of government
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