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Politics of the United States
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- What percentage of cases that are appealed go to the Supreme Court actually get heard by the court?
- How many circuits in the federal appeals court? How many federal district courts do we have?
- what established the structure of the federal court system?
- The exclusionary rule says __________ and is usually associated with the _______ amendment
- John Marshall, as Chief Justice, transformed the Court into a coequal branch of govemment through key decisions such as McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) that
- In the federal court system courts lower than the Supreme Court are established by
- A committee chairperson will always come from this party
- In 1789, there were ______ justices sitting on the supreme courts
- Majority of congress that must be present to be able to conduct business
- Mitch McConnell holds this position in the senate
- How many votes must you need for a cloture motion?
- process to amend constitution, congress 2/3, legislature 3/4, full faith and credit clause
- relationship between the states + federal government, when in conflict, federal govt usually prevails (supremacy), constitution creates a federal system, where different levels of govt have authority
- If Congress gives the okay for a territory to write a constitution for statehood it is called?
- this clause says the constitution is the highest law of the land
- The chief justice supreme court from 1835-1864
- These committees deal with the everyday topics of government (17-senate; 19-House)
- Nearly _________ cases a year are filed with the Supreme Court
- what are the agreements between the states that outline how they will deal with certain issues called
- the court case that dealt with a slave claiming his freedom after living in free