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Government Vocabulary

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A set of established rules or accepted norms of conduct in people's relationships with other individuals, organizations, and institutions.
The idea that every person has the same right and responsibilities under the law.
The idea that citizens should have the ability to directly participate in their own government by voting and running for public office.
The idea that a pepople can vote, and even vote to replace their lawmakers, was not a new idea, except in the American colonies.
Is the ideal that the law applies not only to the government but also to the govrnment. The core valuegvies authority to the justice system which grants citizen protection from the governement by requiring that any accusation of a crime be proved by the governement before the person is punished.
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Idea that people should be free to pursue their own paths, even to the extent of making their own mistakes.
The refusal to obey certain laws, regulations, or requirements of a government because one believes those laws to be determined to the freedom or right of the people to exercise gov. guarenteed personal and civil liberties, in principle it is the nonviolent steps taken to resist or resfuse to obey the law.
Ensures that anu accused person has an opportunity to confront his or her accusers and provide a defense.
Derives from 2 Greek words: Demos- common people Kratos-rule, therefore fundamentally democracy means the rule of the common people. Abraham Lincoln terms is the gov. "for the people by the people and of the people."