The Judiciary
This court has the final interpretative authority in the country, including over all subordinate courts
What is the Supreme Court?
The power to declare THIS is a national power
What is war?
In contrast to the Texas budget, the majority of revenue for the US budget comes from THIS
What are income taxes?
This part of your research paper summarizes previous research that other scholars have done
What is the literature review?
This country underwent a civil war in the 1960s in which the Republic of Biafra, not unlike the Republic of Texas, was briefly an independent nation
What is Nigeria?
This is the physical or thematic area over which a court has control
What is jurisdiction?
The power to establish and maintain schools is THIS type of power
What is a state power?
When a state has a surplus of revenue in any given year, that revenue may go into THIS kind of fund
What is a Rainy Day Fund?
This term describes the act of summarizing another person's ideas in your own words (and of course, giving them credit)
What is paraphrasing?
This European country is a pioneer in digital government
What is Estonia?
While County Justice Courts oversee minor criminal cases, County Municipal Courts oversee these types of cases
What are civil cases?
The power to coin money is THIS type of power
What is a national power?
Taxes on tobacco products, alcohol, and motor fuel are examples of THIS type of tax
What is a selective sales tax?
This section of your research paper describes the process by which you will conduct your study
What is the research design and methodology?
In February, this country saw an insurrection not unlike the US January 6th insurrection, in support of former president Jair Bolsonaro, a Trump ally
What is Brazil?
If you are age 70+, a US military member on active duty, or you have perceived bias or the inability to be impartial, you may be exempt from this civic duty
What is jury duty?
Levying taxes, maintaining law and order, and building roads are all examples of THIS type of power
What are shared powers?
THIS is the biggest Texas budget expenditure each year
What is K-12 education?
This section of your research paper includes the results of your study and major key takeaways
What are the findings?
There are key differences in local administration styles and responsibilities among English-speaking, French-speaking, and First Nations areas in this country
What is Canada?
This Texas court is the court of last resort for criminal cases in the state
What is the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals?
While it is a national power to maintain military, it is the power of the state to maintain THIS instead
What is a state militia?
This type of funding is tied to pre-determined "deliverables" and success in providing those deliverables
What is Performance-Based Funding?
In addition to your summary and recommendations for future research, these are an important part of your conclusion
What are implications?
An ongoing issue in this country has been the conflict between democratic justice and regional, tribal justice
What is Iraq?