| Legislative Branch (Chp. 7) | Executive Branch (Chp. 8) | Judicial Branch (Chp. 9) | Citizens and the Law (Chp. 15) | Civil and Criminal Law (Chp. 16) |
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What is 435?
This is how many people there are serving in the US House of Representatives.
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What is by winning at least 270 electoral votes?
This is how a person becomes President of the United States.
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What is to treat everyone equally?
The goal of the federal court system.
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What is English common law?
This is the most important influence on the American legal system.
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What is a worker is killed after his employer fails to repair a piece of equipment?
This situation might lead to a lawsuit for negligence.
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What is a standing committee?
This is a permanent congressional committee.
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What is to set conditions for when a vice president becomes president?
This is why the 25th Amendment was passed.
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What is when a crime involves both state and federal law?
This is when concurrent jurisdiction occurs.
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What is civil law?
Besides criminal law, this is the type of law that all Americans are affected by.
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What is the defendant?
This is the person being sued in a dispute over a contract.
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What is the elastic clause?
Congress relies on this to stretch its powers.
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What is appointing judges?
The Constitution gives the President the power to do this.
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What is they are free from public pressure?
When a judge is given life tenure, this happens.
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What is once proven guilty?
This is the point where crimianl defendants are no longer presumed innocent.
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What is at the arraignment?
This is the step in a criminal case where the person accused of a felony enters a plea of guilty or not guilty.
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What is giving help to constituents?
This is a major responsibility of Congress.
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What is military force used a foreign policy tool?
President Clinton's order to attack terrorist bases can be described as this.
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What is the term for the Supreme Court reviewing any federal, state, or local law to deciding whether it is constitutional?
Judicial reviews means this.
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What is due process?
All individuals are entitled to this legal protection under the 14th Amendment.
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What is if the crime is a felony?
This is the situation where a juvenile can be tried as an adult in most states?
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What is the Rules Committee sets the rules for debating the bill.
This happens to a bill after it leaves committee?
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What is a regulatory commission?
An executive agency that oversees an industry and make sure it obeys the law is referred to as this.
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What is a writ of certiorari?
One must petition for this to request a hearing by the Supreme Court.
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What is probable cause?
The police must have this to obatin a search warrant from a judge.
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What is to correct offenders' behavior?
A major goal of the juvenile justice system.
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