Glossary

Commerce Clause

Gives Congress the power to regulate commerce (buying and selling) between the states.

Commerce Clause

gives Congress the power to regulate commerce (buying and selling) between the states.

Commercial relations

Economic connections, such as trade, buying/selling of goods and services, between two or more entities.

Communism

a political ideology that advocates for a classless system where all property and wealth are owned communally instead of by individuals

Communist

a person who believes in communism, a political ideology that advocates for a classless system where all property and wealth are owned communally instead of by individuals.

Compromise of 1850

Called for the admission of California as a “free state,” provided for a territorial government for Utah and New Mexico, established a boundary between Texas and the United States, called for the abolition of slave trade in Washington, DC, and amended the Fugitive Slave Act.

conciliatory

Intended to gain goodwill or reduce hostility.

Concurrence

An opinion that agrees with the result reached by the majority (the judgment), but that expresses a different analysis, or gives the law or facts a different emphasis in reaching that result.

Concurring Opinion

An opinion that agrees with the result reached by the majority (the judgment), but that expresses a different analysis, or gives the law or facts a different emphasis in reaching that result.

conference

The private meeting of the Justices during which current cases are discussed.