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Politics of the United States
Explore questions in the Politics of the United States category that you can ask Sparky!
- Are there any real qualifications in the constitution to be a judge?
- What is anything lower that the US Supreme Court considered?
- What type of government did the delegates agree would protect these rights?
- Where in the constitution does the SCOUS get its power?
- What are democratic presidents more likely to do when picking a SC justice?
- What percent of all cases are decided at the state level?
- Under the Great Compromise, who did the House of Representatives favor-people orstates?
- Why was James of Virginia called the father of the constitution
- What was the concern from various individuals such as Sam Adams, John Hancock, and Patrick Henry?
- Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall was cousins with ________________________ and they did not like each other!
- In the waning days of John Adams presidency, he tried to ___________________________.
- Chief Justice "let" President Jefferson "win" but by doing so he establishes the new rule of _________________________________.
- T/F? Because of "judicial review" today the Supreme Court has decided many things including the winner of the 2000 President election.
- T/F? Today many believe the Supreme Court has as much power or more than either of the other two branches of Government. Historically this has always been true.
- who approves the federal justices chosen
- how many states were originally needed to ratify the constitution
- who protects the republican government
- Judicial Review- power of judicial branch to declare things unconstitutional, (legislative and executive)
- While each state has two senators, members of the House are apportioned __________.
- The Great Compromise successfully resolved differences between __________.