Vocabulary Menu by Elijah Gibbs https://padlet.com/eligib1298/bnqtqx10u3si en-us 2018-12-03 17:41:53 UTC 2019-10-09 03:37:44 UTC hello@padlet.com Necessary and proper clause eligib1298 https://padlet.com/eligib1298/bnqtqx10u3si/wish/395387653 A section of the United States Constitution that enables Congress to make the laws required for the exercise of its other powers established by the Constitution.]]> 2019-10-09 02:14:34 UTC https://padlet.com/eligib1298/bnqtqx10u3si/wish/395387653 Implied Powers eligib1298 https://padlet.com/eligib1298/bnqtqx10u3si/wish/395387709 Implied powers, in the United States, are those powers authorized by a document (from the Constitution) that, while not stated, seem to be implied by powers expressly stated.]]> 2019-10-09 02:14:53 UTC https://padlet.com/eligib1298/bnqtqx10u3si/wish/395387709 Bill of attainder eligib1298 https://padlet.com/eligib1298/bnqtqx10u3si/wish/395387752 A bill of attainder (also known as an act of attainder or writ of attainder or bill of pains and penalties) is an act of a legislature declaring a person or group of persons guilty of some crime and punishing them, often without a trial.]]> 2019-10-09 02:15:04 UTC https://padlet.com/eligib1298/bnqtqx10u3si/wish/395387752 Writ of habeas corpus eligib1298 https://padlet.com/eligib1298/bnqtqx10u3si/wish/395387786 Habeas corpus is a recourse in law whereby a person can report an unlawful detention or imprisonment before a court, usually through a prison official.]]> 2019-10-09 02:15:15 UTC https://padlet.com/eligib1298/bnqtqx10u3si/wish/395387786 Ex post facto eligib1298 https://padlet.com/eligib1298/bnqtqx10u3si/wish/395387827 having retroactive effect or force.
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]]> 2019-10-09 02:15:25 UTC https://padlet.com/eligib1298/bnqtqx10u3si/wish/395387827 Free exercise clause eligib1298 https://padlet.com/eligib1298/bnqtqx10u3si/wish/395387893 Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...]]> 2019-10-09 02:15:40 UTC https://padlet.com/eligib1298/bnqtqx10u3si/wish/395387893 Establishment clause eligib1298 https://padlet.com/eligib1298/bnqtqx10u3si/wish/395387953 the clause in the First Amendment of the US Constitution that prohibits the establishment of religion by Congress.]]> 2019-10-09 02:16:00 UTC https://padlet.com/eligib1298/bnqtqx10u3si/wish/395387953 Seniority system eligib1298 https://padlet.com/eligib1298/bnqtqx10u3si/wish/395388006 concept of a person or group of people taking precedence over another person or group because the former is either older than the latter or has occupied a particular position longer than the latter]]> 2019-10-09 02:16:14 UTC https://padlet.com/eligib1298/bnqtqx10u3si/wish/395388006 Filibuster eligib1298 https://padlet.com/eligib1298/bnqtqx10u3si/wish/395388028 an action such as a prolonged speech that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly while not technically contravening the required procedures.]]> 2019-10-09 02:16:21 UTC https://padlet.com/eligib1298/bnqtqx10u3si/wish/395388028 Cloture eligib1298 https://padlet.com/eligib1298/bnqtqx10u3si/wish/395388065  a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote.]]> 2019-10-09 02:16:32 UTC https://padlet.com/eligib1298/bnqtqx10u3si/wish/395388065 President of tempore eligib1298 https://padlet.com/eligib1298/bnqtqx10u3si/wish/395388126 officer of a legislative body who presides over the chamber in the absence of the normal presiding officer. The phrase "pro tempore" is Latin "for the time being".]]> 2019-10-09 02:16:52 UTC https://padlet.com/eligib1298/bnqtqx10u3si/wish/395388126 Majority leader eligib1298 https://padlet.com/eligib1298/bnqtqx10u3si/wish/395388156 the head of the majority party in a legislative body, especially the US Senate or House of Representatives.]]> 2019-10-09 02:17:01 UTC https://padlet.com/eligib1298/bnqtqx10u3si/wish/395388156 Minority leader eligib1298 https://padlet.com/eligib1298/bnqtqx10u3si/wish/395388188 In U.S. politics, the minority leader is the floor leader of the second largest caucus in a legislative body. ]]> 2019-10-09 02:17:10 UTC https://padlet.com/eligib1298/bnqtqx10u3si/wish/395388188 Whip eligib1298 https://padlet.com/eligib1298/bnqtqx10u3si/wish/395388216 an official of a political party appointed to maintain discipline among its members in Congress or Parliament, especially so as to ensure attendance and voting in debates.]]> 2019-10-09 02:17:17 UTC https://padlet.com/eligib1298/bnqtqx10u3si/wish/395388216