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secondary group
Political systems; General
An organization or group of people, such as a labor union, or a fraternal, professional, or religious group, that may influence an individual’s opinion.
senatorial courtesy
Political systems; General
An unwritten custom by which individual senators who belong to the same political party as the President exercise an informal veto power over presidential appointments in their states.
seniority system
Political systems; General
A system, until modified and reformed in the 1970s, that automatically resulted in those members of the majority party in a house of Congress with the longest continuous service on a committee ...
separate but equal
Political systems; General
A doctrine established by the Supreme Court in 1896 under which “Jim Crow” segregation laws were held to be constitutional.
separation of powers
Political systems; General
The principle that each of the three branches of government is constitutionally equal to and independent of the others.
shared powers
Political systems; General
The fusing or overlapping of powers and functions among the separate branches of government .
