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| a system of government with the supreme power in the people, exercised by representative chosen through the votes of qualified voters |
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| action taken impulsively or in bad faith with out good or valid reason |
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| the higher law believed by some ethicists to be above and beyond man's power to change |
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| power of the us supreme court to declare unconstitutional and act of congress, a presidential order, or a state law |
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| the granting of the various powers of government among three branches so that each branch checks out the other two |
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| a formal written order that an arrestee be brought before a court. |
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| act of the legislature inflicting capital punishment upon a named person or member of a specific group without trial and conviction. forbidden by the us cconstition. |
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| a statute that retroactively makes previously lawful conduct a crime. such statute is unconsitutional |
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| the inherent power of the government to make laws and impose reasonable regulations for the health, safety, morals, or general welfare of the public, even when this limits individual freedom |
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| a part of the us constitution that provides congress with the power to provide for trade with foreign countries and among states |
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| the requirement that legal proceedings (including arrest, civil and criminal trials, and punishment) comply with the us consitution and other applicable substantive and procedual laws. |
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| the supreme court's utilization of the fourteenth amendment to find bill of rights limitations on state and local governments |
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| restaints on a publication before it is actually published |
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| oral, written, and other forms of communication used in advertising and in other business activities |
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| words spoken, written, or symbolized (e.g. by placing burning crosses on private lawns) that express irrational and false ideas that insult and demean certain persons or classes od persons |
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| the court-made rule that precludes the use in criminal court proceedings of any evidence improperly obtained by the prosecution |
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| (a) the right guaranteed by the sixth amendment to every person accused of a crime to require witnesses to appear in his or her favor, by court order. (b) Official action to force a person to appear as a witness in court, at an administrative hearing, or before a legislature |
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