Glossary

Subpoenaed

required to appear or submit material before a court or other deliberative body

Substantive due process

required to appear or be submitted before a court or other deliberative body
the idea that the Due Process Clauses of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, which prohibits the government from depriving “any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law,” protects some rights not explicitly listed in the Constitution.

Suffrage

The right to vote.

Supremacy

Having power and authority over someone or something.

Supremacy Clause

Established that the U.S. Constitution and federal laws rank higher than state laws and state constitutions.

Supremacy Clause

a portion of the Constitution that establishes when the federal government has authority over the states.

Tedious

Too long, slow, or dull; tiresome or monotonous.

Tennessee Valley Authority

an energy company owned by the federal government established by the New Deal

Tenth Amendment

rights reserved to the States and the People; “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”

Tenure

the holding of an office or particular position