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Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
Legislative Branch
Court System 1
Verbs
100

This person is the federal chief executive of the United States.

Who is the President of the United States?

100

Laws created by judicial decisions and opinions.

What is common law?

100
The legislature of the US, consisting of the House and Senate
What is Congress?
100

This is the highest court in the United States.

What is the Supreme Court of the United States?

100
To constrain a future court
What is to bind?
200

To compel observance of a law.

What is to enforce?

200

The authority vested in courts and judges to hear and decide cases and to make binding judgments on them


What is judicial power?

200

This chamber of Congress has representation based on the population of each state.

What is the House of Representatives?

200

This type of trial is conducted without a jury, where the judge decides both the law and the facts.

What is a bench trial?

200

To make into law by authoritative act; to pass.

What is to enact?

300

A department, division, or administration within the federal government

What is an agency?

300

The United States has this type of court system, which includes both federal and state courts.

What is a dual court system?

300

This is the primary source of law produced by the Legislative Branch.

What are statutes?

300

This is the name for the lowest level of courts in the federal system, where most lawsuits or criminal prosecutions begin.

What are District Courts?

300
To refuse to sign a bill that has been passed by a legislature
What is to veto?
400

To select or designate a person to fill an office or public function. It is done by the President. 

What is to appoint?

400

The formal decision or judgment rendered by a jury at the conclusion of a trial or legal proceeding. 

What is a verdict?

400

The upper chamber of the US legislature, comprised of 100 members – 2 from each state.

What is the Senate?

400
The policy of courts to stand by precedent and not disturb a settled point
What is the doctrine of stare decisis?
400

To arrange laws, rules, or regulations into a systematic code.

What is to codify?

500

The approval sought by the president when choosing appointments to various federal positions.

What is confirmation, to confirm, or the Advice and Consent of the Senate? 

500

This landmark case established the principle of judicial review in the United States. 

What is Marbury v. Madison?

500

This power allows Congress to regulate trade between states.

What is the power to regulate interstate commerce?

500
A formal written application to the US Supreme Court asking for review of a lower court decision, analogous to a discretionary appeal
What is a writ of certiorari?
500

To point out an essential difference; to prove a case cited as applicable or inapplicable. 

What is to distinguish?