1. 3 Branches of Government Coach Lott
Chapter 5-12 Vocabulary
3 Branches of Government
Coach Lott

2. Gerrymandering
Drawing a district’s boundary to gain an advantage in an election.

3. Filibuster
To talk a bill to death in the Senate

4. Impeachment
To charge a high official with a crime.

5. Veto
When the President rejects a bill.

6. Appropriation
Approval of government spending

7. Entitlement
A require government expenditure that continues year after year

8. Lobbyist
A representative from an interest group

9. Electoral college
Body of people representing states who cast official ballots for the electing of President of the U.S.

10. Cabinet
Body of advisers to the President.

11. Mandate
A formal order given by a higher authority

12. Pardon
To be release from the legal penalties of an offense.

13. Amnesty
A group pardon to individuals from the government

14. Due process clause
No person may be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process.

15. Indictment
To be formally charge with a crime

16. Opinion
The written decision of the Supreme Court

17. Precedent
To base court decisions on prior case law