Work credits are used by the Federal Government to determine a person’s eligibility for benefits such as Social Security benefits, Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits, and Medicare. Work credits are earned by paying taxes and...
CIVICS
work permit
The I-765 employment authorization document (EAD), commonly referred to as the work permit, is a document issued by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that provides temporary work authorization to noncitizens in...
World Court
The World Court, also known as the International Court of Justice (ICJ), is the principal judiciary of the United Nations (UN) and the only international court that hears disputes between nations. It was established in 1945 by the UN Charter...
write-off
A write-off is an accounting action that removes an asset from the books, typically as a loss or expense, when it is deemed uncollectible or obsolete. This action reduces the value of the asset while simultaneously debiting a liabilities...
yea
Yea is a term used in oral voting to indicate a positive response or agreement. It is also used in written or spoken form when announcing vote results. The term is synonymous with “yes” and is commonly employed in formal or legislative...
yeas and nays
Yeas and nays are the tallies of affirmative and negative votes on a proposal. "Yea" signifies agreement or approval, while “nay” indicates disagreement or a negative vote. They are often used to describe vote results in a legislature or...
yellow dog contract
A yellow dog contract is an agreement between an employer and an employee in which the employee agrees not to join or remain a member of a labor union as a condition of employment. Historically, these contracts were used in the early 20th...
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer (1952)
Youngstown Sheet & Tube v. Sawyer, 342 U.S. 579 (1952) was a case in which the U.S. Supreme Court had to decide on the applicability of the President's national security powers on seizing private property. President Truman had ordered the...
Zambrano
The term Zambrano refers to a significant legal case in the United States. In the United States, Zambrano v. I.N.S. was a class action case lasting from 1988 to 2002, where the plaintiffs, who were undocumented immigrants, challenged...
zero tape
Zero tape (also called a zero report) refers to a file produced by electronic voter machines which show that the machine has no votes tallied at the beginning of an election. Many states require poll workers to retrieve a zero tape before...