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Abortion: “With consistency, beautiful and undeviating, human life from its commencement to its close, is protected by the common law. In the contemplation of law, life begins when the infant is first able to stir in the womb. By the law, life is protected not only from immediate destruction, but from every degree of actual violence, and, in some cases, from every degree of danger.” ― James Wilson, Signer of the U.S. Constitution, and defender of the Constitution at the Pennsylvania Ratification Convention.
Absentee Ballots
Activism
Adjourn
Administrative Agencies
Admiralty Law
Admission of New States
Advice and Consent Powers
Affidavits
Affirmation
Affirmative Action
Affordable Housing (and public housing)
Air Force
Aliens
Alliance
Alternative Energy
Ambassador(s)
Amendment
Anchor Babies
Animal Rights
Anti-Trust Laws
Appeals
Appellate Jurisdiction
Appointment
Apportionment
Appropriation(s)
Armed Forces: See U.S. Military
Army
Arrest
Articles of Confederation
Assassination
Assembly/Association
Assistance of Counsel
Atlantic Slave Trade
Attainder
Originally from English common law. An attainder is a penalty enacted in consequence of a judgment of outlawry or of death for treason or felony. Attainder entailed the forteiture of the condemned person’s property and civil rights, and his loss of the right to inherit or transmit property to an heir (corruption of blood). Abolished by Britain in 1970. Abolished by the United States Constitution in Article III, Section 3 and in some State Constitutions. (Funk & Wagnalls Standard Reference Encyclopedia, 1959, p. 785)
Attorney General
Authors
Bail
Ballot Harvesting
Bankruptcy
Banks
Bicameral Congress
Bill(s) of Attainder
Bill of Rights
Bill(s)
Bills of Credit
Birthright Citizenship
Blessings of Liberty
Borrowing Power
Bonus Bill (see Madison’s Veto of a Public Works Bill, 1817)
Border Security
Branches of Government
Breach of Peace
Bribery
Broadcasting
Budget
Bureau of Land Management
Cabinet
Campaign Financing
Campaigning
Capital Crime
Capital of the United States: see Seat of Government
Capital Punishment
Capitalism
Capitation
Caucus(es)
Censorship
Census
Certain Rights
Cession
Change
Checks and Balances
Chief Justice of the United States
Church and State: see Separation of Church and State
Citizen(s)
Civil Forfeiture
Civil Office
Civil Rights
Climate Change
Cloture
Coin
College (from offering free college to paying college loans)
Commander in Chief
Commerce Clause
Committees
Common Defense
Common Law
Common Defense
Communication(s)
Compensation
Compromise
Concur
Concurrence
Concurrent Powers
Confederation
Confirmation Hearing
Congress
Connecticut Compromise
Consent of the Governed
Consent of the Legislature
Consequence of Appropriations made by Law
Constitution
Constitutional Convention
Contracts (interfering with the obligation of contracts)
Controversies between two or more States
Convention of States
Convicted
Copyright
Corporatism
Corruption of Blood
Counsel
Counterfeit
Courts: See Judicial Branch
Credit
Crime
Critical Theory
Critical Race Theory
https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/12/07/feeling-guilty-about-everything-thank-critical-race-theory
Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Currency
Culture
Death Penalty
Debt
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of War
Deconstructionism
Defense
Deficit
Defunding the Police
Delegate
Democracy
Democratic Party
Deportation
Direct Taxation
Discrimination
District of Columbia: 1871 act
Divided Loyalty
Divorce
Domestic
Domestic Issues
Domestic Relations
Domestic Tranquility
Domestic Violence
Double Jeopardy
Drugs
Dual Citizenship
Dual Constituency
Due Process
Due Process Clause
Duty
Duty of Tonnage: That Clause prohibits states or municipalities from “laying a duty of tonnage,” which is defined as a charge imposed “upon a vessel, according to its tonnage, as an instrument of commerce, for entering or leaving a port, or navigating the public waters of the country.”
Economic Stimulus Packages
Economy
Education
Election Donations (Election Reform)
Elections (general)
Elections (manners and procedures)
Elections (presidential)
Electoral College
Electoral Vote, Congressional Certification of
Electoral Votes
Electors
Eligibility for Office
Emergency Powers
Eminent Domain
Emolument
English Language as the Official Language
Entertainment Industry
Enumerated Powers
Enumeration
Environmentalism
Equal Pay
Equal Protection
Equal Rights
Equal Suffrage
Equality
Equity
Establish
Establish Justice
Establishment Clause
Estate Tax
Ex Post Facto
Exceptions Clause
Excessive Bail
Excessive Fines
Excises
Exclusionary Rule
Exclusive Powers
Executive Authority (president, governor, mayor …)
Executive Branch
Executive Departments
Executive Orders
Executive Power
Executive Privilege
Exempt
Expel Members
Export Duties
Extradition
Extraterritoriality
Euthanasia
Face Coverings/Masks
Fair and Equitable
Fairness
Fairness Doctrine
Faithfully Execute
Fallen Sparrows
Family
Farm Subsidies
Federal
Federal Mandate
Federal Reserve
Federalism
Federalist Papers
Felony
Filibuster
Flag Burning
Flag Salute
Flags
Foregoing Powers
Foreign Affairs
Foreign Aid
Foreign Entanglements
Foreign Trade Agreements
Foreigners
Founding Fathers
Framers of the U.S. Constitution
Free Exercise Clause
Freedom of Assembly: See Assembly
Freedom of Speech
Freedom of the Press
Fugitive Slave Act of 1793
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Full Allegiance
Full Faith and Credit
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Fundamental Rights
Gambling/Lottery
Gay Agenda: See Homosexuality
Gender(ism)
General Welfare
General Will
Genetics
Gerrymander
Globalism
GMOs
Gold Standard
Good Behavior
Good Intentions
Government
Government Ownership of Private Equity Stakes
Government Pensions
Government Unions
Grand Jury
Granted
Grievance(s)
Guarantee Clause
Guns
Habeas Corpus
Hamilton, Alexander
Hate Crimes
Health Care
Herein
High Crimes and Misdemeanors
High Seas
History, Preserving (discuss the toppling of statues, we learn from our mistakes, etc)
Homosexuality:
House of Representatives
Housing: See Affordable Housing
Human Rights
Illegal Aliens: See Aliens
Immigration
Immunity
Impartial Jury
Impeachment (power of)
Impeachment (trial of)
Implied Powers
Importation of Such Persons
Imposts
Incentive
Income Tax: See Direct Taxes
Incorporation Doctrine
Incorporation of Washington, D.C.
Incumbent
Indians Not Taxed
Indictment
Infamous Crime
Inherent Powers
Inhabitant
Initiative:
Initiatives:
Institution
Insurrection
Intellectual Property
Interest Group
International Law
International Relations
Internet
Interstate Commerce: See Commerce Clause
Invasion
Invasion of Privacy
Inverse Condemnation
Islam
Joint Resolutions
Journal
Journalism/News Media:
Judgment
Judicial
Judicial Access: How easy is it for the average citizen to go to court either to initiate an action to vindicate or protect his or her rights or to appeal an unjust decision? Constitutional rights do not exist in the…
Judicial Authorities
Judicial Branch
Judicial Independence
Judicial Interpretation
Judicial Opinion
Judicial Power
Judicial Review
Judgment
Jurisdiction
Jury(ies)
Jury Nullification
Just Compensation
Justice
Keep and Bear Arms
King: see Monarchy
Labor Rights
Labor Unions
Lame Duck
Law
Law and Equity
Law Enforcement
Law of Nations
Law of the Land
Law of the Sea
Laws of the United States
Legislating from the Bench
Legislation
Legislative Branch
Legislative Order
Legislative Power
Legislative Powers
Legislative Resolution
Legislature
Letters of Marque and Reprisal
Libel
Liberty
Limited Government
Line Item Veto
Living Wage
Lobbyist
Local Government
Localism
Madison’s Notes
Madison’s Veto of a Public Works Bill, 1817
Mainstream Media
Majority Leader
Majority Rule
Maladministration
Maritime Law
Marriage
Marine Corps
Maritime Law
Mayflower Compact
Members
Mental Health
Mercantilism
Midnight Judges
Migration
Military: See U.S. Military
Militia
Minimum Wage
Minorities
Minority Leader
Minority Party
Minimum Wage
Miranda Rights
Monarchy
Monetary System
Money
Monopolies
More Perfect Union
Motor Voter Legislation
National
National Security
National Service Program
Nationalism
Native Americans
Natural Born Citizen
Natural Rights
"Government, in my humble opinion, should
be formed to secure and to enlarge the exercise of the natural rights of its
members; and every government, which has not this in view, as its principal
object, is not a government of the legitimate kind." --James Wilson,
Lectures on Law, 1791
Naturalize/Naturalization
Navy
Necessary and Proper
Needful Buildings
Net Neutrality
New Jersey Plan
New States
No-Fly Lists
Non-Profit (Not-for-profit):
Northwest Ordinance
Nuclear Energy
Nullification
Oath/Oath of Office
Obligation of Contracts
Offshore Banking
Or to the people
Ordain
Original Intent
Original Jurisdiction
Packing the Courts
Pandemic
Pardon(s)
Patents
Patriot Act
Patriotic
Patronage
Peace
Penal System
Pentagon
Petition the Government for a Redress of Grievances
Petitions
Police Power
Political Parties
Poll Tax
Popular Sovereignty
Postal Power (post offices and postal roads)
Posterity
Poverty
Poverty Level
Prayer
Preamble
Preemption
President of the Senate
President of the United States
President pro tempore
Primary (open, closed, jungle)
Prison System (end mass incarceration of blacks)
Privacy
Privileged from Arrest
Privileges and Immunities
Pro-Forma Session
Probable Cause
Proclamations
Profiling
Progress of Science
Prohibition
Property
Property Taxes
Proportion to the Census
Public
Public Consumption
Public Opinion
Public Safety
Public Use
Punishment
Punitive
Qualifications for Office
Quartering
Quorum
Racism
Ratify/Ratification
Real I.D.
Reapportionment
Rebellion
Recall
Recess
Recess Appointment
Reconcile
Redistribution of Wealth
Redistricting
Referendum
Regulate(d)
Regulation
Regulatory
Religion
Religious Freedom
Religious Test
Removal from Office
Reparations
Representative
Representation
Reprieve
Reproductive Rights
Republic
Republic Review
Republican Form of Government: see Republic
Republican Party
Reserved to the States
Resignation
Revenue
Reverse Discrimination
Riders
Rights
Rule of Law
Rules of Proceedings
Ruling Elite
Sacred Honor
Safe Spaces
Sanctuary Cities/States
Saxby Fix
Science and Technology
Search and Seizure
Seat of Government
Secession
Secure
Security
Segregation
Self-Evident
Self-Incrimination
Senate
Senator
Separation of Church and State
Separation of Powers
Service of the United States
Session
Sex Education
Sexuality
Situational Ethics
Slavery
Social Contract
Social Justice
Social Media
Social Security
Socialism
Sovereign Immunity
Sovereignty
Space Exploration
Space Force (NASA)
Speaker of the House
Special Interest
Spending
Standing (Judicial)
Standing Army
State
State of the Union
State Sovereignty
States’ Rights
Subject to the Jurisdiction thereof
Suffrage
Supremacy Clause
Supreme Court (from duties to packing of)
Supreme Law of the Land
Surveillance
Tariffs
Taxation
Technology
Term Limits
Terms of Office
Territory
Terrorism
Three-Fifths Clause
Title(s) of Nobility
Tobacco
Tories
Tort Reform (7th amendment?)
Trade between the States
Trade with other countries
Transgenderism
Travel
Treason
Treasury of the United States
Treaty(ies)
Trial
Tribunals Inferior to the Supreme Court
U.S. Senate
Uniform Code of Military Justice
Union
Unions: See Labor Unions
Unitary System of Government
United Nations
United States of America (include explanation of small u in Declaration)
Universal Basic Income
Universal Childcare
Useful Arts
Vacancy/Vacancies
Vaccinations
Vested
Vested Rights
Veterans
Veto/Vetoes
Vice President of the United States
Virginia Plan (Virginia Compromise)
Virtue
Voter I.D.
Voting
Voting Age
Voting Privilege
War
War Powers
Warrant(s)
Washington, D.C.: See District of Columbia
We the People
Wealth Tax
Weights and Measures
Welfare
Well Regulated Militia
Whistleblowers
Wiretapping
Witness(es)
Women in Combat
Women’s Rights
Writ of Assistance
Writ(s) of Certiorari: In law, certiorari is a court process to seek judicial review of a decision of a lower court or government agency. Certiorari comes from the name of an English prerogative writ, issued by a superior court to direct that the record of the lower court be sent to the superior court for review
Writs of Election
Yankee
Youth
Zoning