dwelling	a place of living, apartment, house
on an equal footing	equally to sb, on the same conditions
privilege	a special right
urge	force to do sth
handle problems	deal with, cope
capability	ability
pay wages (to the army)	pay compensation
struck a balance	to find a satisfactory compromise between two extremes
unwise	foolish, imprudent
enact	make into a law
nulify	to make invalid (having no legal force)
dispute	to argue, express disagreement
make treaties	conclude agreement
judgeship	the position of judge
approve (treaty)	confirm, consider right or good
confirm (the appointments)	support
go into effect	become legal, used in life
discern	distinguish
tripartite system	the system consisting of 3 parts
governmental stasis	balance, motionless
gridlock	complete lack of movement, stagnation
ratify	to confirm/ approve and give formal sanction
misgiving	feeling of uncertainty, doubt
explicitly	fully and clearly expressed, leaving no doubt
collectively	combined, in conjunction with
assemble	call/ gather together
firearms	a weapon, especially gun, pistol
speak for sb	speak as a representative of sb
to outlaw	prohibit
in favor of	for sth
legislatures	a body of legislation
put sth into effect	bring into power
term	the period/ time of ruling
district	a division of area as for administrative purposes
home state	the state you live
census	official enumeration of population
populous	having many inhabitatnts
staggered	stable, firm, solid
stand for election	maintain an upright position
dissent from	disagree with, differ in opinion
color-blind	not recognizing racial or class distinctions
deliberately	intetionally
violated	profaned
overrule	to reject or annul
vindicated	cleared, free from guilt, evil
undermine	weaken, impair
endeavors	conscientious effort, attempt, pursuit
opponent	sb against, in opposition of sth
overturn	destroy, invalidate