Unit 3 vocabulary by Bryanna Guzman _ Student - EastWakeHS https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn Made with ♥ en-us 2018-10-08 20:45:09 UTC 2018-10-22 23:26:50 UTC hello@padlet.com Cloture bjguzman https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290489926 Definition: a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote
Ex: A minimum of 16 senators must sign a petition for cloture.]]> 2018-10-08 20:50:10 UTC https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290489926 Filibuster bjguzman https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290489992 Definition: a prolonged speech that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly while not technically contravening the required procedures.
Ex: Likewise, Senator Strom Thurmond once talked against a civil rights bill in the 1950s for 24 hours and 18 minutes]]> 2018-10-08 20:50:29 UTC https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290489992 Conference committee bjguzman https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290490080 Definition: temporary, ad hoc panel composed of House and Senate conferees which is formed for the purpose of reconciling differences in legislation that has passed both chambers 
Ex: resolve bicameral differences on major and controversial legislation.]]> 2018-10-08 20:50:58 UTC https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290490080 Constituent bjguzman https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290490198 Definition: being a voting member of a community or organization and having the power to appoint or elect.
Ex: registered voter.]]> 2018-10-08 20:51:35 UTC https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290490198 Lobbyist bjguzman https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290490317 Definition: a person who takes part in an organized attempt to influence legislators.
Ex: American Civil Liberties Union]]> 2018-10-08 20:52:04 UTC https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290490317 Pocket veto bjguzman https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290490374 Definition:  retaining the bill unsigned until it is too late for it to be dealt with during the legislative session.
Ex: "Obama will use an executive procedure known as a “pocket veto” to send the legislation"]]> 2018-10-08 20:52:20 UTC https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290490374 Interest group bjguzman https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290490433 Definition: a group of people that seeks to influence public policy on the basis of a particular common interest or concern.
Ex: U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers]]> 2018-10-08 20:52:35 UTC https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290490433 Standing committee bjguzman https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290490535 Definition: a permanent committee that meets regularly.
Ex: the Appropriations Committees recommend legislation to provide budget authority for federal agencies and programs.]]> 2018-10-08 20:53:01 UTC https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290490535 Veto bjguzman https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290490631 Definition: a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body.
Ex: President Gerald R. Ford’s decision to veto the Freedom of Information Act in 1974]]> 2018-10-08 20:53:24 UTC https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290490631 Original jurisdiction bjguzman https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290490705 Definition: power to hear a case for the first time, as opposed to appellate jurisdiction, when a higher court has the power to review a lower court's decision.
Ex: the 1998 case of State of New Jersey v. State of New York]]> 2018-10-08 20:53:40 UTC https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290490705 Appellate jurisdiction bjguzman https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290490842 Definition: the court hears an appeal from a court of original jurisdiction. 
Ex: State courts of appeal]]> 2018-10-08 20:54:08 UTC https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290490842 Judicial process bjguzman https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290490901 Definition: the rules of procedural law that consists of both hearing and determining cases in criminal proceedings, civil lawsuits or administrative proceedings by constitutional courts.
Ex: Executive actions or orders made by the President]]> 2018-10-08 20:54:24 UTC https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290490901 Recidivism rate bjguzman https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290490949 Definition: relative number of prisoners who, after being released, return to prison or jail because they have committed another crime.
Ex: a robber gets out of prison and a year later he commits another crime and gets caught again.]]> 2018-10-08 20:54:38 UTC https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290490949 Administrative law bjguzman https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290491010 Definition: the body of law that regulates the operation and procedures of government agencies.
Ex: various public laws pertaining to rules, procedures, and regulations of a government agency.]]> 2018-10-08 20:54:55 UTC https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290491010 Civil law bjguzman https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290491075 Definition: set of laws which is concerned with the private affairs of citizens, for example, marriage and property ownership, rather than with crime.
Ex: murder, assault, theft,and drunken driving.]]> 2018-10-08 20:55:13 UTC https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290491075 Constitutional law bjguzman https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290491121 Definition: rights carved out in the federal and state constitutions. 
Ex:  Civil rights practice]]> 2018-10-08 20:55:23 UTC https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290491121 Criminal law bjguzman https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290491188 Definition:  the type of law that deals with crime punishment. Criminal law usually pertains to cases that affect the public .
Ex:  cases of burglary, assault, battery and cases of murder. 

]]> 2018-10-08 20:55:40 UTC https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290491188 Jurisdiction bjguzman https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290491276 Definition: the official power to make legal decisions and judgments.
Ex: the court has jurisdiction to apply federal law. ]]> 2018-10-08 20:56:01 UTC https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290491276 Precedent bjguzman https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290491342 Definition: a decision that is the basis or reason for future decisions.
Ex: the legal decision in Brown v. Board of Education guiding future laws about desegregation.]]> 2018-10-08 20:56:16 UTC https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290491342 Statutory law bjguzman https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290491402 Definition: the written law established by enactments expressing the will of the legislature, as distinguished from the unwritten law or common law.
Ex: A police officer pulls you over, and you are given a citation for violating the speed limit. You have broken a vehicle and traffic law.
]]> 2018-10-08 20:56:30 UTC https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290491402 Common law bjguzman https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290491464 Definition: the system of law which is based on judges' decisions and on custom rather than on written laws.
Ex:  a rule that a judge made that says that people have a duty to read contracts.]]> 2018-10-08 20:56:49 UTC https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290491464 Tort bjguzman https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290491579 Definition: act or omission that gives rise to injury or harm to another and amounts to a civil wrong for which courts impose liability.
Ex: throwing a punch in a fight is intentionally engaging in destructive behavior. A plaintiff can file an intentional tort suit in this situation.]]> 2018-10-08 20:57:21 UTC https://padlet.com/bjguzman/k7lha1adhefn/wish/290491579