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penal code : A set of criminal laws.
Missouri Plan : A method of selecting state judges in which a state committee prepares a list of qualified candidates, and the governor appoints a judge from this list.
Governor : The chief executive of a state government.
Patronage : A system in which government jobs are given to people recommended by political party leaders and officeholders.
lieutenant governor : The official who succeeds the governor if the governor dies, resigns, or is removed from office.
Bicameral : Consisting of two houses, as in a lawmaking body.
Unicameral : Consisting of one house, as in a lawmaking body.
Constituents : People represented by members of a lawmaking body.
Initiative : A process by which citizens of a state may propose a law by collecting signatures on a petition.
Referendum : A method of referring a bill to the voters for approval before the bill can become law.
Recall : A process by which voters may remove an elected official from office.
delegated powers : Powers given to the federal government by the Constitution
reserved powers : Powers set aside by the U.S. Constitution for the states or for the people.
concurrent powers : Powers shared by the federal government and the states.
full faith and credit clause : The provision in the U.S. Constitution ensuring that each state will accept the decisions of civil courts in other states.
Extradition : A legal process for returning criminals to the place from which they fled.
- A process by which voters may remove an elected official from office.
- The chief executive of a state government.
- Consisting of two houses, as in a lawmaking body.
- A system in which government jobs are given to people recommended by political party leaders and officeholders.
- A set of criminal laws.
- A process by which citizens of a state may propose a law by collecting signatures on a petition.
- A method of referring a bill to the voters for approval before the bill can become law.
- Consisting of one house, as in a lawmaking body.
- People represented by members of a lawmaking body.
- Powers set aside by the U.S. Constitution for the states or for the people.
- Powers given to the federal government by the Constitution
- Powers shared by the federal government and the states.
- The official who succeeds the governor if the governor dies, resigns, or is removed from office.
- The provision in the U.S. Constitution ensuring that each state will accept the decisions of civil courts in other states.
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