Fast & Curious Legislative Branch 2

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Apportioned

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Distributed

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Gerrymandering

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Practice of drawing district lines in favor of a party, group, or person

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Immunity

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Legal protection

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Sessions

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Meetings in Congress

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Implied powers

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Powers not specifically granted to Congress by the U.S. Constitution that are suggested to be necessary to carry out the powers delegated to the Congress under the Constitution

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Elastic cause

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Allows congress the ability to act where the constitution doesn't give it authority to act

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Treason

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An act that betrays or endangers one's country

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Filibuster

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A delay of passing a bill in Senate by making long speeches

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Cloture

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Legislative procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote.

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Veto

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When a president rejects a bill