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Judicial Branch -Ponca Carnell
Question | Answer |
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The Executive Branch's job | to carry out the laws. |
The judicial Branch's job | To judge laws, interpret, or define them. |
The number of justices on the Supreme Court is | 9 |
Current Chief Justice | John Roberts |
The supreme law of the land is | US Constitution |
The person who usually administers the oath of office to the president on Inauguration Day is | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court |
The first woman to be appointed a Supreme Court Justice | Sandra Day O'Connor |
All appointments to the the Supreme Court must be approved by | The Senate |
It punishes for something that was not illegal when it was done | ex post facto law |
Type of law that punishes without a trial | bill of attainder |
A person has the right to appear in person, in court | writ of habeas corpus |
A formal request to the Supreme Court to hear a case is known as | writ of certiorari |
Qualifications of a Supreme Court Justice are | not stated in the Constitution |
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are called | The Bill of Rights |
When the Supreme Court hears a case for the first time it is called | original jurisdiction |
When the Supreme Court hears a case that has already been heard in a lower court it is called | Appellate jurisdiction |
Treason is | aiding the enemies to hurt your own country. |
Amendments can be proposed by | 2/3 vote of EACH house of Congress |
Amendments can be RATIFIED by | legislatures of 3/4 of the states |
Article V is important because it tells | how the Constitution can be amended |
Congress | has the power to admit new states |
Presides over the impeachment trial of the presidet | Chief Justice |
Aricle III (3) | Article which established the Supreme Court |
Prohibits changes in the salaries of US Senators and representatives from taking effect until after the next election | Amendments XXVII (27) |
Slavery was abolished | XIII (13) amendment |
Permits Congress to tax individual incomes | Amendment XVI (16) |
Gives residents of Washington DC the right to vote | Amendment XXIII (23) |
Limited President to two terms | Amendment XXII (22) |
Gave Women the right to vote | Amendment XIX (19) |