Vocab
Congress
The President
Supreme Court
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100
how a person feels about something
What is opinion
100
majority needed to override a veto
What is 2/3
100
when a president does not sign a law and Congress adjourns
What is pocket veto
100
the number of justices on the supreme court
What is 9
100
to take away a time of suffering
What is reprieve
200
to quit or leave office
What is resign
200
a checking power of Congress
What is provide funding to federal departments
200
President can send in troops to a country for 60 days
What is The War Powers Act
200
What is judicial review?
What is the federal courts decide if a law passed is constitutional
200
a lack of money to meet spending needs
What is deficit
300
work done to find someone guilty of a crime
What is prosecution
300
how Congress checks the judicial branch
What is has to approve any judge to a federal court
300
to veto a part of a bill, not the whole thing
What is line item veto
300
Federal courts can stop any law that they believe is___________
What is unconstitutional
300
a meeting in which the public may listen
What is an open meeting
400
a paper signed by someone from the government giving an OK to do something
What is license
400
how the Congress can make a law without the President signing it
What is override
400
the only President to use the line item veto Bonus: When is his birthday?
Who is President Clinton
400
What happened in 1974 regarding President Nixon and the Supreme Court?
What is the Supreme Court ordered the release of the Watergate tapes
400
this act limits the public to see only certain records
What is Freedom of Information Act
500
a person elected to a government office
What is politician
500
Congress has to approve all_____________ (an agreement with other countries)
What are treaties
500
one way the president "checks" the powers of the judicual branch
What is grants pardons or reprieves
500
the first woman on the Supreme Court
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor
500
this act sets limits on closed meetings
What is the Sunshine Act
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