Legislative Branch
This term is what a law starts as when being pushed through the legislative branch.
What is a bill?
This group represents the President's closest advisers and heads of departments.
Who are the Cabinet?
This type of jurisdiction is related to someone challenging a decision made at a lower court.
What is appellate jurisdiction?
This is the Supreme Law of the Land.
What is the Constitution?
What is Jacob?
This person is the President of the Senate.
Who is the Vice President? (or JD Vance)
This person is the only one in the Cabinet whose name as lead of their department isn't called "Secretary".
Who is the Attorney General?
This term refers to the idea that judges look at cases from the past to make decisions in the present.
What is precedent?
This term acknowledges that some powers are split between the federal government and state governments.
What is federalism?
This musician will perform at the next Super Bowl Halftime Show.
Who is Bad Bunny?
This person has the responsibility in the House of Representatives for acting as the individual to communicate their party's message to the media.
Who is the floor leader? (or majority leader/minority leader).
This is the ability of the president to say no to a bill proposed by Congress.
What is a veto?
The Supreme Court has this power, which allows them to declare laws unconstitutional when a case involving that law is brought to them.
What is judicial review?
This is one example of federalism in action.
What are marijuana laws, civil rights protections, cdc policies, emissions standards, etc with an explanation?
This was Mr. Neese's birthday (just month and day) from the confirmation hearing.
What is July 4th?
In Congress, this is the place where bills are often edited, and where hearings take place.
What are committees?
The President has the ability to legally forgive someone of a crime, also known as this.
What is pardon?
This term represents having the authority to oversee a case.
What is jurisdiction?
This is the main check that the Executive Branch has on the Judicial Branch.
What is appointing judges?
Now entering it's 22nd season, this is the longest running medical show of all time.
What is Grey's Anatomy?
This is the individual with the actual most power in the Senate.
Who is the Majority Leader?
This is the name of something that president can create and issue that has the force of law without needing congressional approval.
What is an executive order?
When a Supreme Court decision is made, the side that disagrees will write their own reasons in this 2 word phrase.
What is dissenting opinion?
This individual is responsible for deciding representatives' committees, and for directing legislation to committees.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
Name 3 of the Supreme Court Justices (last names only are acceptable, first names only are not)
Who are Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Sonia Sotomayor, Clarence Thomas, John Roberts, Samuel Alito Elena Kagan.