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| a draft of a proposed law presented to parliament for discussion |
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| a formal declaration of the legal and civil rights of the citizens of any state, country, federation, etc. |
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| counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups. |
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| a head of state or officer in supreme command of a country's armed forces. |
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| a compromise adopted at the Constitutional Convention, providing the states with equal representation in the Senate and proportional representation in the House of Representatives. |
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| a body of electors chosen by the voters in each state to elect the president and vice president of the U.S |
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| the branch of government charged with the execution and enforcement of laws and policies and the administration of public affairs; the executive. |
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| the federal principle of government. |
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| the part of the U.S. government that interprets the law |
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| the system of rules that a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and may enforce by the imposition of penalties |
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| the branch of government having the power to make laws |
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| a plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a single legislative house with equal representation for each state |
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| President of the United States |
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| an introductory statement; preface; introduction |
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| a majority greater than a specified number, as 60%, of the total: required to pass certain types of legislation, override vetos, etc |
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| the highest court of the U.S. |
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| the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature. |
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| a plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a legislature of two houses with proportional representation in each house and executive and judicial branches to be chosen by the legislature |
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