The Court System
Foreign Policy
Voters and Elections
Presidential Powers
Laws
100
This is the purpose of the court system.
What is interpreting law?
100
This is all the actions a nation takes in its relations with other nations.
What is foreign policy?
100
This is a petition procedure by which voters may remove an elected official from office before the completion of his or her regular term.
What is recall?
100
The powers of the President are defined in this.
What is the 12th Amendment?
100
This is the portion of law that defines public wrongs and provides for their punishment.
What is Criminal Law?
200
This is how long a Supreme Court justice serves.
What is lifetime appointment?
200
This is the President's duty to be the main architect of foreign policy.
What is Chief Diplomat?
200
This is the process by which a legislative measure is referred to the State's voters for approval or rejection.
What is referendum?
200
This appoints and this confirms Supreme Court justices.
What are the President and the Senate?
200
This is the portion of law relating to how the fundamental processes of the government ought to be interpreted.
What is Constitutional Law?
300
This is the power of a court to review the decisions of inferior courts.
What is appellate jurisdiction?
300
This is the organization of which the US is a member of that promotes peace among nations and improves living conditions around the world.
What is the United Nations?
300
This is the process by which a certain number of voters sign petitions in favor of a proposed statute or constitutional amendment, which goes directly to the ballot.
What is initiative?
300
This is the President's duty and power as the commander-in-chief.
What is being the top military commanding officer?
300
This is the idea that holds the government and its officers subject to the law.
What is Rule of Law?
400
The federal court system was created by this.
What is the Congress?
400
This is the organization of which the US belongs to that is a prominent regional security alliance.
What is NATO?
400
This form of local government is characterized as having an elected council that chooses the city chief executive in addition to an elected mayor with little actual power.
What is Council-Manager?
400
Since the founding of the Constitution, the power of the Presidency has this.
What is grown over time?
400
This idea found in the 14th amendment that states the government may not discriminate against certain groups of people.
What is Equal Protection?
500
This is when the Supreme Court overturns laws passed by Congress.
What is judicial activism?
500
This removes trade restrictions between the US, Canada, and Mexico.
What is NAFTA?
500
This form of government is characterized as having the elected heads of city government departments act as the legislative and executive body.
What is Commission?
500
The President nominates and this confirms all cabinet members and heads of departments, agencies, bureaus, and federal judges.
What is the Senate?
500
This is the portion of law relating to human conduct, to disputes between private parties, and to disputes between private parties and government.
What is Civil Law?