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How many spots are in the House of Reps?
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458
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243
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435
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398
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How many Senators are there?
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100
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50
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200
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150
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How long is a Senate term?
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2
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4
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6
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8
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How long is a House of Reps term?
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6
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8
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4
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2
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Define Bicameral
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2 camels
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2 congresses
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2 branches or chambers
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House of reps have the power to:
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pass legislation
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pick senator
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impeach
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hold debates
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Senate can:
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hold impeachment trials
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arrest unconstitutional member
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veto laws
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pick president
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How many presidents have been impeached?
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0
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1
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2
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3
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If no candidate gets majority electoral votes then ______ decides
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Senate
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Congress
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House of reps
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My mom
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________ can ratify treaties.
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President
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Senate
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Congress
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House of Reps
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How many votes from the Senate does it take to ratify treaty?
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0
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1/3
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2/3
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1
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All proposed tax bills come from ___________.
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Senate
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House of Reps
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Congress
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president
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Connecticut compromise also known as the ____________.
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Boston Tea Party
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Federalist agreement
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Great Compromise
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Constitutional convention
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The Great Compromise dealt with __________________________.
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Proportional representation
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Equal representation
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Proportional vs. Equal representation
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All the these
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Which bicameral branch is considered the upper house?
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House of Reps.
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Senate
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Neither
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Which article of the Constitution sets forth the responsibilities of the president?
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Article II
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Article I
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Article III
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all of them
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According to the Constitution, the minimum age requirement for the president is
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forty
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thirty-five
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forty-five
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thirty
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The powers of the president as outlined in the Constitution are
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extensively and specifically described
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very similar to the powers of a parliamentary executive
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briefly stated and comparatively vague
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more elaborately described than the powers of Congress.
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The Constitution does not give the president power to
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veto legislation
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serve as administrative head of the nation
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serve as commander-in-chief of the military
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declare war
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convene sessions of Congress
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It takes a _________ vote of Congress to overturn a presidential veto
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a moajority
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one-third
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two-thirds
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100%
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Researchers of both chambers (house & senate)
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Joint committees
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Conference committee
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Select committee
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Subcommittee
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Experts who propose the legislation
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Joint Committee
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Subcommittee
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Select Committee
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Conference Committee
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Serve for a specific purpose ex: (debt reduction)
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Joint Committee
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Subcommittee
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Select Committee
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Conference Committee
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They negotiate differences between two chambers
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Joint committee
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Select Committee
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Subcommittee
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Conference Committee
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_______ are party enforcers (make sure people vote for their party)
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Whips
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President
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Secretaries
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Party representatives
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Significance of Article 1 section 1:
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States who can be president
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States who can vote
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States who can be in the Senate
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States who can be in the House of reps.
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How do you meet regulations to be president?
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35 years old, natural born citizen, 14 years living US
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35 years old, natural born citizen, 41 years living in US
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25 years old, foreign citizen, 14 years living in US
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30 years old, natural born citizen. 12 years living in US
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Powers not specifically said in the Constitution
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Inherent Powers
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Constitutional Powers
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Implied Powers
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Enumerated Powers
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Article 1
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Presidency
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Congress
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Judiciary
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Article 2
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Congress
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Presidency
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Judiciary
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Article 3
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Congress
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Judiciary
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Presidency
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•Judges have their jobs for
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2 years
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6 years
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4 years
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lifetime
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Act of waging war against united states or aiding enemy against United States
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Treason
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Fraud
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terrorism
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Used when federal officials come across laws questionable for being unconstitutional
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Checks & Balances
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Judicial Activism
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Judicial Review
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Judicial Supremacy
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The Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937:a legislative initiative proposed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to add more justices to the U.S. Supreme Court. Roosevelt's purpose was to obtain favorable rulings regarding New Deal legislation that the court had ruled unconstitutional. (frequently called the "court-packing plan")
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- True
- False
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What court case reflects Judicial Review?
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Plessy vs. ferguson
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Marybury vs. madison
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What year was Judicial review introduced?
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1803
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1789
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1996
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2001
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In order for a bill to get veto, both chambers (senate & House) need to have a 2/3 vote.
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- True
- False
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Vass majority of court cases start?
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District Court
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State Court
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Supreme Court
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3 basic functions:
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Settle disputes, interpret laws, judicial review
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start conflicts, make laws, judicial review
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Settle disputes, make laws, judicial review
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Past court decisions influence how courts rule on the same matter in the future
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common law
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civil law
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statutory law
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Set of cases that they are able to trial
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Jurisdiction
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Venue
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Competence
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How many tiers of federal court system?
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0
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1
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2
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3
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___________ approves judges?
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senate
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House
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President
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___________ appoints judges?
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President
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Senate
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House
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__________ courts have original jurisdiction
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Trial
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Supreme
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District
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How many circuit courts in U.S?
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6
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12
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24
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How many district courts in U.S?
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26
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57
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94
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Two types of law that make up public law?
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Civil and Criminal
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Statutory and Criminal
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Civil and Statutory
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Federal judges salaries
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Can be reduced
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Can't be reduced
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stay the same
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Known as Originator of Judicial Review.
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John Marshall
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Thomas Jefferson
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Richard Nixon
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George W. Bush
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• 4 scenarios where federal courts have original jurisdiction:
1) Causes involving treaties with other countries
2) Cases involving U.S constitution
3) Cases where the law at issue is a federal law
4) Someone sues U.S government for wronging them in a way
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- True
- False
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FIAT JUSTITIA is Latin for ‘‘Let justice be done"
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- True
- False
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Every two years, _________ of the Senate must stand for reelection.
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One fourth
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One Half
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One third
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All
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All U.S. Senators were no longer chosen by state legislatures after the passage of the
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Thirteenth Amendment
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Seventeenth Amendment
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Sixteenth Amendment
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Nineteenth Amendment
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Every two years, how many of the 435 House seats are up for reelection at the same time?
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All
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One quarter
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One half
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One third
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The redistribution of seats among the states every ten years after a census is known as
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redistricting
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reapportionment
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gerrymandering
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reallocation
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A president can be impeached by the _________ and tried and removed from office by the __________.
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House; House
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Senate; House
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House; Senate
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Senate; Senate
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Which of the following powers is the exclusive power of the Senate?
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To approve treaties
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To Impeach
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To Redistrict
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To initiate revenue bills
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The power to declare war resides with:
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The House and Senate together
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The House Armed Services Committee
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The House of Representatives
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The President only
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The American public generally
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holds Congress as an institution in higher regard than it holds individual members of Congress
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holds individual members of Congress in higher regard than it holds Congress as an institution
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holds Congress in higher regard than it holds the president
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holds neither Congress nor its members in high regard
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The practice of altering district lines for partisan advantage after the census is also known as
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redistricting
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reapportionment
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gerrymandering
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cloture
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