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What is the speaker of the house?
most powerful member.
What is a treaty?
Written agreements with other countries.
How many judges are in the US Supreme Court?
Nine.
Citizens being represented by legislators are what?
Constituents.
What did the first ten amendments do?
They protected individuals rights.
What is powers given to Congress under Article 1, section 8 of the Constitution?
Delegated Powers.
What are Ambassadors?
Highest-ranking representatives in foreign countries.
If judges do not make laws what do they apply them to?
Judges apply laws to the cases they hear.
Who is the governor of Massachusetts?
Maura Healey.
What was the first amendment?
Freedom of religion, speech, press,assemble, and pitestion.
What is Gerrymandering?
drawing district lines that favor a particular political party, politician, or group of people.
What did the 22nd Amendment do?
set a two-term limit to the presidency.
What are four major sources of law? Name one out of the four.
Statutory,Common,Administrative,Constitutional
What is it mean for a state to be unicameral?
To have only one house.
The warrant is only granted if they what?
They need enough evidences of a crime that has been committed.
To remove a Senate how many people do you need to vote them out?
2/3 of the people.
something created by Congress to perform specialized jobs like NASA and U.S. Commission on Civil Rights are what?
Independent Agencies.
The Judicial Review is what?
The power to decide whether a law or presidential action is constitutional.
In Massachusetts what age do judges have to retire at?
A judge can sever until they are required to retire at 70.
What are the thirteenth and fourteenth amendments about?
These amendments are about the Civil Rights which are rights guaranteed to all citizens.
What can Congress not do? Name one out of the six.
1:Pass laws that sentences people to jail without trail 2:Suspend the writ of habeas corpus - our constitutional rights when we get arrested 3:Tax exports 4:pass laws that violate the BOR 5:Granting titles of nobility 6:withdrawing money without a law
The president needs how many electoral votes at least?
270 or higher electoral votes.
How much time does lawyers have to present their case verbally to the court?
Lawyers have 30 minutes each to verbally present their case to the court.
What thing could the Governor do? Name two out of the four.
Sign the bill,Veto the bill,Pocket veto, Return the bill with recommendations for change.
Poll taxes for national votes were banned in 1964 but what year did they banned poll taxes for state elections?
1964