Glossary

  • Confidential informant

    person who gives information, usually in secret, to a law enforcement agency.

  • Confirmation hearings

    proceedings before the Senate Judiciary Committee required to approve a Supreme Court nomination

  • Constituents

    voters in districts represented by elected officials

  • Consulate General

    the office of an official appointed by the government of one country to look after its commercial interests and the welfare of its citizens in another country

  • Contempt of Court

    the offense of being disobedient to or disrespectful of a court of law and its officers.

  • Continental Army

    The army of the United Colonies representing the Thirteen Colonies and later the United States during the American Revolutionary War.

  • Contraceptive

    a drug, technique, or device used to prevent pregnancy

  • Contract Clause of the Constitution

    (Article I, Section 10) No state shall pass any law impairing the obligations of contracts.

  • Contracts Clause

    (Article I, Section 10) No state shall pass any law impairing the obligations of contracts.

  • Court of Appeals

    Any court that can hear an appeal from a trial or lower court.