three branch

People of a specific area represented by a lawmaking body

Distribution of House of Representatives seats among states

Congressional allocation of funds for a specific purpose

Process of charging officials with wrongdoing

Congress's power to check the executive branch

Allows Congress to make laws essential for its powers

Tax passed from one person to another for government payment

Tax paid directly to the government by an individual

Legal documents requiring testimony

Court order to present a person in court

Law punishing a person without trial

Criminalizing past legal actions

Proposed laws

Permanent House committees for major areas

Temporary House committees for specific tasks

Committees with members from both House and Senate

Senate's presiding officer

High-ranking senator presiding over the Senate

Leader of the majority party in the Senate

Committee assignment based on service length

Tactic to delay Senate voting by continuous talking

Minimum members needed for legal business conduct

Resolves differences in House and Senate bills

President's bill rejection when Congress is not in session

Enforces laws

Controls the military

Government's strategy with other nations

Ceremonial U.S. speaker

Process of coming after someone

President's formal instructions with legal force

President's power to withhold information

Postponement of a prison sentence

Official forgiveness of a convicted person's sentence

General pardon for a group's offenses

Reduce a person's sentence

Person filing an appeal

Person against whom a complaint is filed

Charging someone with a crime and trial

Higher court for appeals from lower courts

Sole right to decide certain cases

Cases under state and federal court jurisdiction

First court to hold trials in specific cases

Authority to review lower court decisions

Interpreting the Constitution based on original intentions

Interpreting the Constitution broadly

Right to legal counsel for accused individuals

Right to remain silent and have an attorney

Unconstitutionality of state abortion bans

Protection of corporate free speech

Same-sex marriage licensing and recognition

No constitutional right to abortion

1954 Seperate but equal educational facilities for racial minorities is inherently unequal violating the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment

Repealed Plessy v. Ferguson

1896 Equal but separate accommodations for whites and blacks imposed by Louisiana don't violate the equal protection Clause of the 14th amendment