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| the supreme courts power to overturn any law that it decides is in conflict with the constitution |
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| a government body that brings a charge against a defendant who is accused of breaking one of its laws |
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| a written statement by a court explaining the reasons for a decision |
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| an effort to judges to avoid overturning laws and to leave policy making upto the other two branches of government |
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| the party whose answers a complaint and defends against it in a court case |
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| a courts authority to hear an apeal of decisions by another court |
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| a guide line for how similar cases should be decided in the future |
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| an individual or a group of people who brimg a complaint against anotherparty in a civial case |
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| chages on purchases of goodsand services |
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| a process for removing elected officials from office |
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| certoficates that people buy from the government |
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| government response to public issues |
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| a charge on certain goods, such as alcohalic beverages, gasoline, and tobacco |
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| the power to reject a public party, or items, or abill |
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| a tax on what individuals and buissness earn |
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| the process by which citizens earn purpose laws |
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| a system of names or terms, or the rules for forming these terms in a particular field of arts or science |
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