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close primaries

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Participants must be registered as members of one party and they vote for the candidate from only that one party in which they are members

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open primaries

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j though did you not have to declare their party membership and they are able to vote for whoever they choose

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crossover voting

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When one party as a primary with a strong leading candidate who is certain of winning the nomination its members could cross over to vote for we can do it in the opposing party’s primary

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party platform

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n statement of the parties position on current issues

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general election

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Determines the president

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electoral college

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The number of elect oral votes that each day has will be determined by the total number of house and senate members

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executive orders

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mpresidential directive is her actions that have the effect in force of law

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pardons

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npardons are issued by the president in order to release and convicted person from the remainder of the sentence

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requirements of being a president

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Must be 35 years old a resident within the United States for 14 years and a natural born citizen

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3 parts of the transfer of presidental power

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The use of executive orders and pardons by the outgoing ministration the allotment funds to aid the transfer of power and the changeover to the incoming in ministrations personal

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7 steps of a presidential election

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  1. Announce you can run
  2. Establish a campaign
  3. Primary elections
  4. National convention
  5. Election day Tuesday phone the first Monday November
  6. Electors choose president
  7. Inauguration day January 20
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executive agreement

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A written understanding with another head of state to carry out a particular action

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state of the union

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Speech presented by the president of United States to a joint season of the United States Congress delivered annually

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veto

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Reject a decision or proposal made by Congress

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22nd amendment

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The president is restricted to two terms

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lame duck

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When a president has lost an election or cannot stand for reelection and the serve the remainder of his term

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impeachment

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A formal accusation of wrongdoing against a public official

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executive office of the president

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Help develop and implement the presidents programs and policies

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national security council

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Vice President runs security matters works in crisis management keeping America safe from anything

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office management and budget

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Control the budget

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cabinet

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Hopes the president and his congressional duties

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the 6 roles of presidency

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Chief executive 
commander-in-chief 
diplomatic leader 
legislative leader 
chief of state
 party leader
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bureaucracy

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In the ministry system staff largely by nonelected officials who implement and oversee government departments and programs includes the executive office of the president examples are deliveryman office work plumber law-enforcement etc.

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supreme court justice

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The nine judges in the Supreme Court

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judicial federalism

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Coexisting state and federal courts

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district courts

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Trial courts of the federal judicial system

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original jurisdiction

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They are the first to hear a case before any other court considers it

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grand jury

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Boo-hoo charge or Indict

accuse cruise

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petit/trial jury

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Here is the case and decided It’s come

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appellate jurisdiction

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Do not hold trials but he repeals from district courts in their circuit has three judges

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writ of certiorari

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To be made more clear

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circuit court of appeals

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majority opinion

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Majority of written opinion

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dissention opinion

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Justices on the losing side try to vindicate there

position

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judicial restraint

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Judicial interpretation Anchorage judges to limit the exercise of your own power

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judicial activism

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Refers to judicial rulings suspected of being based on personal or political cool considerations rather than on existing law

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civil rights

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Governmental actions that time to ensure that liberty is extended for everyone

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civil liberties

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Protect individual freedoms from government

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presidents 18-44

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  1. Rutherford B. Hayes
  2. James A Garfield
  3. chester a arthur
  4. Grover Cleveland
  5. Benjamin Harrison
  6. Grover Cleveland
  7. William McKinley
  8. theodore roosevelt
  9. William Taft
  10. Woodrow Wilson
  11. Warren Harding
  12. Calvin Coolidge
  13. Herbert Hoover
  14. Franklin Roosevelt
  15. Harry truman
  16. Dwight D. Eisenhower
  17. John F. Kennedy
  18. Lyndon B. Johnson
  19. Richard Nixon
  20. Gerald Ford
  21. Jimmy Carter
  22. Ronald Reagan
  23. George H.W. Bush
  24. BIll Clinton
  25. George Bush
  26. Barack Obama
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describe how all the branches of government work in concert with one another to run our country

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checks and balances…

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pick 3 of the main roles of the president and discuss their importance for him as he leads the country

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