Glossary

Housing covenants

contractual agreements for neighborhoods, especially in suburban areas, which regulate changes that can be made to a home; this sometimes included racially restrictive clauses that prohibited the sale of homes to Black families.

Ideology

a set of ideas and beliefs

Impartial

unbiased or fair

Impeachment

Process by which a legislative body (Congress) initiates charges against a public official such as a President, Member of Congress, or Federal Judge for misconduct.

Implied Powers

Powers that are not stated in the Constitution but can be enforced.

Inadmissible

evidence that cannot be presented at trial.

Indictment

formal charge of a serious crime

Infrastructure

The physical structures, roads, needed to operate a society.

Infrastructure

The basic transportation and communication systems for a country or region.

Infringe

to violate or break something