a group of persons chosen in each State and in D.C. every four years who make a formal selection of the President V.P in December Of the election year
ELECTORATE:
all the people entitled to vote in any given election.
EMINENT DOMAIN:
power of a government to take private property for public use
ENABLING ACT:
a congressional act directing the people of a U.S. territory to frame a proposed State constitution as a step towards admission to the Union.
ENGROSS:
to print a bill in its final form.
ENTITLEMENT:
A benefit that federal law says must be paid to all those who meet the eligibility requirements, i.e. Medicare, food stamps, veteran pensions.
ESPIONAGE:
spying
ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE:
separates Church and State. (537)
EXCLUSIONARY RULE:
evidence gained as the result of an illegal act by police cannot be used against the person from whom it was seized.
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION:
power of the federal courts alone to hear certain cases
EXECUTIVE AGREEMENT:
a pact made by the President directly with the head of a foreign state, binding international agreement with the force of law but which does not require the Senate consent.
EXECUTIVE ORDER:
directive, rule or regulation issued by a chief executive or subordinates, based upon constitutional or statutory authority and having the force of law.
EXPATRIATION:
the legal process by which a loss of citizenship occurs.
EXTRADITION:
the legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one State is returned the State upon which the crime was committed.