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constitution 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How many supreme court justices are there? | 9 |
| How long is a supreme court justices term? | For life |
| What is the main job of the supreme court? | Settle disputes between states. Interpreting laws. |
| Why is the supreme court justices term so long? | Keep the group fairly stable. Don't worry about their job. |
| Who is the chief justice of the supreme court | John Roberts |
| What are the tree levels of the federal court system. | District court, federal court of appeal, U.S supreme court. |
| What does the word "appeal" mean? | To transfer from lower to higher court system. |
| What part of the government has to approve all supreme court justices? | Senate |
| What is judicial Review? | Which legislative and executive actions are subject to review. |
| What does the 1st amendment protect? | Prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, the free exercise of religion,the freedom of speech, and the freedom of the press, |
| What does the 2nd amendment protect? | The right to Keep and Bear Arms |
| What does the 3rd amendment protect? | Places restrictions on the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent, forbidding the practice in peacetime. |
| What does the 4th amendment protect? | The part of the Bill of Rights that prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and requires any warrant to be checked by a judge. |
| The 5th, 6th, 7th amendment protect your rights in......? | The right to a jury trial in certain civil cases, and inhibits courts from overturning a jury's findings of fact. |
| What does the 8th amendment protect? | Prohibiting the federal government from imposing excessive bail, excessive fines or cruel and unusual punishments, including torture |
| What does the 9th amendment claim? | Addresses rights, retained by the people, that are not specifically written in the Constitution. |
| What type of government does the 10th amendment protect? | Constitution's principle of federalism by providing that powers not granted to the federal government by the Constitution, nor prohibited to the States, are reserved to the States or the people. |
| What is the Bill of Rights? | The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution |
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