Three Branches WS                                                                  Name _____________________________

 

  1. A Town Council or Board of Supervisors pass ordinances.  What is an ordinance?

 

 

  1. The General Assembly passes a biennial budget.  What is a biennial budget?

 

 

  1. The General Assembly receives its power from which amendment?

 

 

  1. Who is responsible for proposing the federal budget?

 

 

  1. Who is responsible for approving the federal budget?

 

 

  1. A governor can grant pardons.  What is a pardon?

 

 

  1. Circuit courts hear serious civil cases and felonies.  What is a felony?

 

 

  1. The governor is responsible for administering the state bureaucracy.  What is a bureaucracy?

 

 

  1. Name three jobs that the president can appoint someone for.

 

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  1. Name two bicameral legislatures.

 

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  1. List 4 steps in the lawmaking process.

 

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  1. What are expressed powers?

 

 

  1. What are implied powers?

 

 

  1. What do you call the president’s annual speech in which he proposes legislation?

 

 

  1. What do you call the governor’s annual speech in which he proposes legislation?

 

 

  1. The jurisdiction of our state court system is derived from our state’s constitution and state laws.  What is jurisdiction?

 

 

  1. Which court has jurisdiction over felony cases?

 

 

  1. Which court has jurisdiction over misdemeanor cases?

 

 

  1. Which court has jurisdiction over child and family cases?

 

 

  1. Describe a case that might be heard in the US Supreme Court.

 

 

  1. What is original jurisdiction?

 

 

  1. What is appellate jurisdiction?

 

 

  1. What can a magistrate do?

 

 

  1. What is judicial review?

 

 

  1. Which court case established judicial review?

 

 

  1. What is the difference between civil and criminal law?

 

 

 

  1. What is an arraignment?

 

 

  1. What is a plaintiff?

 

 

  1. What is due process?

 

 

  1. Which two amendments deal with due process?

 

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