General welfare

The provision of the U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 8, Clause 1) that Congress may tax and pay debts to provide for the country’s “general welfare.”

welfare

Economy; Economics

Americans use welfare as shorthand for government handouts to the poor. Economists use it to describe the well being of an individual or society, as in “Are tax cuts ...

welfare

Religion; Mormonism

A plan and program in the Church administered by priesthood officers and the Relief Society which attends to the temporal well-being of needy members and admonishes all members to ...

welfare

Fishing; Marine fishery

The prosperity or, more broadly, the well being of a person or group.

U.S. Anti-Doping Agency

Government; American government

The United States Anti-Doping Agency is a organization and the national anti-doping organization of the United States of America. The organisation was created in 1999. The ...

Pentagon Papers

Government; American government

The Pentagon Papers is officially identified as ''United States - Vietnam Relations, 1945-1967: A Study Prepared by the Department of Defense''. It is a 3000 page overview of the ...

natural rights

Government; American government

Belief that individuals are naturally endowed with basic human rights; those rights that are so much a part of human nature that they cannot be taken away or given up, as opposed ...

democracy

Government; American government

Form of government in which political control is exercised by all the people, either directly or through their elected representatives.

royalty

Government; American government

Kings, queens, and members of their families. Royalty can also refer to that part of the government that represents the monarch.

time, place, and manner restrictions

Government; American government

Government regulations which place restrictions on free speech. These regulations, specifying when, where, and in what way speech is allowed, are applied when unrestricted free ...