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Potpourri
100
The process of checking over a proposed bill
What is a reading?
100
As this the president proposes bills he would like to see passed
What is chief legislator?
100
This is the type of jurisdiction the Supreme Court has
What is Appellate Jurisdiction?
100
The major categories of crimes
What felonies and misdemeanors?
100
This is the amount of evidence needed for a police officer to place someone under arrest
What is probable cause?
200
A formal argument
What is a debate?
200
this job allows the president to meet with celebrities and sports heroes
What is the Head of State?
200
The leader of the Supreme Court is known as this
What is the Chief Justice?
200
This takes place before a judge; it is when the accused first hears the charges being brought forth
What is the arraignment?
200
This amendment protects citizens against cruel and unusual punishment
What is the 8th Amendment?
300
One of many smaller groups dedicated to read proposed bills which deal with specific areas
What are committees?
300
When the president issues a group pardon it is known as this
What is amnesty?
300
There are three opinions which follow each Supreme Court decision: the concurrent, the dissenting, and this
What is the majority?
300
Grand Juries issue these
What are indictments?
300
A meeting of Congress is known as this
What is a session?
400
One of the US Senators from New Hampshire is Jeanne Shaheen. This person is the other
Who is Kelly Ayotte?
400
The group each president selects to assist him with his many responsibilities
What is the Cabinet?
400
Each Supreme Court member serve this term length (unless impeached)
What is life?
400
This is when the accused pleads guilty to a lesser charge in exchange for a lighter sentence
What is a plea bargain?
400
The name given to the men who first led the United States
Who are the Founding Fathers?
500
When the Vice President is not at the meetings of the senate, the senator with this title takes control
Who is the President Pro Tempore?
500
These carry the same weight as a law
What is an executive order?
500
The title for courts lower than the Supreme Court
What are lower courts?
500
This is the amount of evidence needed to prove someone guilty in a criminal case
What is "beyond are reasonable doubt?"
500
This part of the legislative branch generally has a younger membership
What is the House of Representatives?