Executive
This person leads the Executive Branch.
Who is the president?
What is the Supreme Court?
The house of representatives and sentate.
What is the Congress?
A case where the government charges someone for breaking the law.
What is a criminal case?
A student steals a phone, and the government charges them.
What is a criminal case?
This group advises the President and runs major departments.
What is the Cabinet?
The power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional.
Judicial Review.
Members of the House are selected for this many years.
What is 2 years?
A case involving a dispute between 2 people or organizations.
What is a civil case?
Two neighbors argue in court over a property line.
What is a civil case?
The Executive Branch is primarily responsible for doing this to laws.
Court cases usually reach the Supreme Court through is process.
What is an Appeal?
Main 2 jobs of congress?
What is writes and passes laws?
At the end of the trial, the jury announces the final decision.
What is a verdict?
A person looses a trial and ask the higher court to review.
What is an appeal?
The President must be this many years old?
Federal Judges are appointed for this length of time.
legislative checks the power of the Judicial Branch.
What is a must approve the justices before they can serve?
The plaintiff and defendent submitt this to give their side of the story. This starts the case.
What is complaint and answer
What is the executive branch?
The President can reject a law using this power.
What is a veto?
What is giving it equal power to other branches?
Before becoming a law, a bill must be passed by Congress and signed by whom?
Who is the president?
The random citizens chosen to hear out the case and make a final decision.
What is the Jury?
A lower court judge refuses to issue a ruling in a case they are required to decide. A higher court orders the judge to act.
What is writ of mandamus?