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|trial balloon

|trial balloon

|leaking a proposed decision (such as a nomination by the president of someone to the U.S. Supreme Court) to the media so it can be publicized in order to see how the public reacts before the decision is finally made and officially announced.  This enables changing the decision without embarrassment if the public reaction to the trial balloon is negative.  

|Leaking a proposed decision (such as a nomination by the president of someone to the U.S. Supreme Court) to the media so it can be publicized in order to see how the public reacts before the decision is finally made and officially announced.  This enables changing the decision without embarrassment if the public reaction to the trial balloon is negative.  

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|lame duck

|lame duck

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|Second Amendment

|Second Amendment

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|Gives individuals the right to own guns.

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|Tenth Amendment

|Tenth Amendment

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|Reserves power to the people (and to States) powers not given to the federal government by the [[U.S. Constitution]].

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|judicial activism

|judicial activism