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US constitution
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bill of rights
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implied powers
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enumerated powers
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judicial review
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seperation of powers
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checks and balances
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pardon
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communication
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supermajority
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midterms
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federalism
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entrenched rights
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congress
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state legislature
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house of representatives
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senate
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hispanic
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gridlock
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divided government
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unified government
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filibuster
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cloture
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oversight
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progressive
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commitee system
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president
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formal powers
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executive
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informal powers
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pocket veto
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checks and balances
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government shutdown
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white house chief of staff
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lame duck president
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imperial presidency
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imperielled presidency
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singular executive
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collective executive
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elective dictatorship
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populist
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supreme court
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judicial review
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senate judiciary committee
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filibuster
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cloture
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majority opinion
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partisan gerrymandering
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strict constructionism
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originalism
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loose constructionism
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living constitution
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landnark ruling
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judicial restraint
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judicial activism
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segregation
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fundamental laws
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retrospective legislation
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human rights act 1998
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primaries
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gerrymadering
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national nominating convention
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electoral college
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caucasus
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incumbency
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popular vote
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voting behaviour
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dog whistle politics
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direct democracy
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split ticket voting
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abstention
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ideology
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primaried
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party organisation
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factionaalism
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pork barelling
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party decline
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party renewal
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third parties
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independent candiates
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iron triangle
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electoral finance
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independent expenditures
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PAC political action committees
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super PAC
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Retrospective legislation
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European Court of Human Rights
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Civil rights
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Civil liberties
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Entrenched rights
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Inalienable rights
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Landmark ruling
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Affirmative action
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Ballot initiative
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Felony disenfranchisement
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Rule of law
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