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Stack #4530816
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what are the 2 court systems | federal and state |
| what are the 3 different types of courts | district. appellate and supreme |
| what court has the power to hear a case first | district |
| what is the highest court in the United States | supreme |
| what does right mean | fundamental rules that are allowed |
| what are duties | thing we are required to do by law |
| who is the head of the supreme court | chief justice |
| who appoints a supreme court justice | president |
| what kind of justices are on the supreme court | 1 chief justice and 8 associates |
| how long do supreme court Justice serve | life term until they die |
| how many justices are there on the supreme court | 9 |
| what is the judicial review | The power to decide whether or not a law passes by congress is constitutional |
| whoch court has the power to determine of a law is constitutional or not | supreme court |
| what is the purpose of the state of union address and when its usually done | to explain and program policies that the president want congress to put in effect as laws and gave a status on the country as a whole |
| what are responsibilities | things we should do as American citizens |
| what is the purpose of department of homeland security | protect the us from terrorist attacks and respond to natural disasters |
| how many houses are there in federal congress and what are they? | 2 and Hr and senate |
| what is the beginning of the us constitution known as | the preamble |
| what is federalism | the power to govern is shared between the state and national governments |
| what are the three branches of government | legislative executive judicial |
| what is a r republic | limited government |
| what does popular sovereignty mean | authority of the people |
| who were the 5 master builders of the us constitution | roger Sherman, George Floyd, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, James Madison and alexander Hamilton |
| what were the three constitutions in American history | continental, confederation. federal congress |
| what was America's first constitution | articles of the confederation |
| how many representatives are in the house of representives | 435 |
| after the articles of confederation when did the americans to make the constitutaion | 1787 phil |
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