Government & politics

Government & politics

The study of general concepts used in governments and politics, as well as the institutions, groups, beliefs, and ideas that make up the government and political reality.

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Joint Chiefs of Staff

Government; Government & politics

A group of high-ranking military officers who represent the Navy, Army, Air Force and Marines. They assist the civilian leaders of the Department of Defense in integrating policies and programs, and ...

judicial activism

Government; Government & politics

Belief that the Supreme Court has the right or obligation to perform judicial review.

judicial branch

Government; Government & politics

Section of the government that interprets the laws and administers justice. In the federal government, the judicial branch consists of: the Supreme Court, the Circuit Courts of Appeal, District ...

judicial restraint

Government; Government & politics

Belief that the Supreme Court should not exercise judicial review often. People who support this view feel that justices, who are appointed, should not use much power to overturn the decisions of ...

judicial review

Government; Government & politics

Power of a court to refuse to enforce a law or government regulation which it believes to be unconstitutional. Chief Justice John Marshall articulated this right in the decision of Marbury v. Madison ...