People
The 2 major political parties in the United States.
Who are Democratic and Republican?
Cases that deal with crimes committed.
What are criminal cases?
Where the powers of the Executive Branch are written.
What is the Constitution?
The number of Supreme Court Justices.
What are nine?
A speech given to Congress once every year that explains what he/she wants Congress to do and what the country is like now
What is a State of the Union Address?
Highest court in the country.
What is the Supreme Court?
Formal agreements between nations
What are treaties?
Forgiving federal crimes
What is a pardon?
The tally of each individual's vote in an election.
People that give the president advice.
What is a cabinet?
Leads the military and makes important decisions about the military.
Who is the Commander-in-Chief?
Cases that deal with disagreements between people or if a person feels that the other side violated their rights
What are civil cases?
Main job of the Executive Branch
What is to enforce laws?
A group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president/vote counts per state
What is the Electoral College?
Who has the power to appoint federal judges?
Who is the President?
In charge of the Executive Branch? (Name 3)
Who are the President, VP, and Cabinet?
A court that hears appeals of trial court decisions
What are Court of Appeals?
Main job of the Judicial Branch.
______ votes are needed to win the Electoral College?
What are 270?
The power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional
What is judicial review?
The requirements to be President.
What are 1. a natural born citizen 2. 35 years old 3. lived in the U.S. for 14 years
A writ of certiorari is an order for a lower court to send up the case for review. What court would that go to?
What is a Court of Appeals?
The Supreme Court hears _________ of cases that are sent to them.
What is less than 1%?
The amount of Executive Departments in the Cabinet.
What are 15?
The group in government that approves or denies federal appoints to the courts by the President.
Who are the Senate?