Vocabulary
Person being sued
What is defendant?
More serious crimes heard in general trial courts
What are Felonies?
Powers that are shared by the state governments and the federal government
What are concurrent powers?
Base legislative districts on population
What is Apportion?
3 Branches of Government
What is Legislative, Executive, and Judicial?
Judge that presides over a justice court
What is Justice of the Peace?
The person filing a lawsuit
What is plaintiff?
Governors have the power to grant a prisoner a _______ or early release from prison
What is parole?
What is Article IV?
Governor of Alabama
Who is Kay Ivey?
Represents the state in lawsuits
What is Attorney General?
In a _____ system, the central government and the state governments share power
What is federal?
The federal government provides _______ to help states pay for some of their programs
What are grants-in-aid?
Runs programs in disease prevention
What is Board of Health?
Number of Articles
What is 7?
What is Reserved Powers?
What are misdemeanors?
Only Nebraska has a _______, or one house, legislature
What is unicameral?
States that the laws Congress makes outweigh state laws
Number of Amendments
What is 27?
Regulate the ways state and local governments can raise and spend money
What is State Constitutions?
Most governors can reject only a specific part of a bill, which is called
What is line-item veto?
A ________ usually manages lections and maintains the state's official records
What is the Secretary of State?
Usually hears minor cases and civil cases involving small sums of money
What are magistrate courts?
Number of Sections in Chapter 12
What is 4?