Vocabulary-Constitution


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 * Apportionment** - to distribute proportionately
 * Impel**- To drive forward; propel.

__Daniel__ __Controversies__- A dispute, especially a public one, between sides holding opposing views. __Continuance__- A postponement of a date of a trial __Robby__ __Maritime__- objects or activities related to the sea __Erected__​- to construct __Samantha__ __Equality-__​ correspondence in quantity, degree, value, rank, or ability. __Appelate-__ having the power to review the judgment of another tribunal

__Rose__ Suffrage- the right to vote Emolument- salary or wage

__**Ryan**__ Compensation-to repay Attainder-the legal consequence of death for crimes __**Courtney**__ ordain-issue an order admiralty- the department in charge of the navy __**Casey**__ __**Quorum-**__ The minimum number of members of an assembly that must be present to make a meeting __**Expenditures-**__ The acting of spending funds or the amount of money spent __Jackson__ impeachment- a document charging a public official with misconduct in office construed- interpret in a particular way Jazmine
 * __ senatorial- __** being related to senators or consisting of senators
 * __ Emolument- __**a payment for work

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Equity- finance Pursuance- carrying out a plan; looking for something

Trey consuls- an official appointed by the government of one country to look after its commercial interests and the welfare of it citizens in another country admirality- a court dealing with maritime questions or offenses

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impeachment- a formal document charging public official with misconduct in office appellate- concerned or dealing with applications for decisions to be reversed

Andrew vested = protected by or established by law or contract adhering = believe in and follow the practices of

There are 3 branches of government: Judicial, Legislative and Executive Be sure that you can describe the branches and what they do.

There are 2 senators and 11 congressmen from Virginia. Virginia's current senators are Jim Webb and Mark Warner. Virginia gets 13 electoral votes.

Please read the following for a review on how laws are made: http://kids.clerk.house.gov/grade-school/lesson.html?intID=17

There are 9 Supreme Court Justices. The Chief Justice is John Roberts.

The order of the Presidential Succession is: President Barack Obama Vice President Joe Biden Speaker of the House John Boehner President pro tempore Patrick Leahy Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

The 12 amendments that you need to know are: 1, 2, 6,13,14,16,18,19,21,22,25,26 Make sure that you know a brief description of these amendments. The amendments were added because the Constitution did not address individual rights. The Constitution remains the supreme law of the land in the United States.