U.S. House of Representative
North Carolina will elect how many representatives to serve each of it's congressional district?
What is 13?
The North Carolina Senate who serve two-year terms are made up of how many members?
What is 50?
Who has the power to decide cases appealed directly from certain state administrative agencies?
What is the NC Court of Appeals?
This person has the power to represent the state in all criminal and some juvenile justice matters.
What is the District Attorney?
Voters of the County elect this official to a 4 year term and are responsible for all clerical and record-keeping functions of the superior and district court.
Who is the Clerk of Court?
We have the power to declare war and raise and spend public tax money for certain number of years called terms in a specific congressional district. What is our term limit?
What are two-year terms?
This elected body of 120 people has the power to make the laws of North Carolina.
What is the NC House of Representative?
This is NC’s highest level of justice that has no jury and when it comes to state law, they hear cases from NC Court of Appeals, the NC Business Court and cases in which the death penalty is being imposed and their decision is the final word.
What is NC Supreme Court?
Who is the only law enforcement officer that has jurisdiction throughout the county?
What is the Sheriff?
They have the power to make policies that impact public school buildings in a school system.
What is the School Board?
Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government, divided into two chambers, who helps to make the nation's laws alongside the House of Representatives?
What is the U.S. Senate?
Who has the power to convict state officials including the government, through an impeachment trial?
What is the NC Senate?
The Supreme Court has a Chief Justice and six associate justices, each who serves how many year terms?
What are 8 year terms?
How often are District Attorneys elected?
What is every 4 years?
This elected official carries out natural resource management programs and helps to protect and manage land and water resources on private and public land.
Who is the Soil & Water Conservation Supervisor?
Congress shares power with the executive branch and the judicial branch, whose highest body is what?
What is the Supreme Court?
State House has the power to pass laws or restrict the right to vote and draw the lines for voting districts in North Carolina but we call it what?
What is gerrymandering?
How many judges sit on rotating panels of three judges of NC Court of Appeals?
What are 15?
Keith Lamont Scott was murdered by CMPD, who has the power to investigate and indict the law enforcement officer that murdered him?
What is the District Attorney?
They have the power to set local property taxes and adopt an annual budget for a county and all its services.
What are County Commissioners?
We have the power to impeach and try federal officers including who?
What is the U.S. President
Who is the current President Pro-Tempore for North Carolina?
Who is Sen. Phil Berger?
Divided into 8 divisions and 50 districts across the state, they hear all felony criminal, civil cases with a jury of 12.
What is NC Superior Court?
The Sheriff is responsible for maintaining and operating county jails, detention centers, detoxification centers and community corrections facilities. What is another agency they have control over?
What is ICE?
Who hears civil cases such as divorces, child support, cases involving less than $25,000 and criminal cases involving misdemeanors and infractions.
What are District Court Judges?