Supreme Court Quiz (open book) • What article is the Judicial Branch in the Constitution? • The Congress makes the laws, the President enforces the laws, the Supreme Court _____________ the laws. • Name the 3 levels of the Federal Court System. • Define jurisdiction • Define original jurisdiction • Define appellate jurisdiction • Name 1 type of case that the Federal Court System has jurisdiction in. • Name 1 Supreme Court case and briefly describe it.
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Supreme Court Quiz (open book)
• What article is the Judicial Branch in the Constitution?• The Congress makes the laws, the President enforces the laws,
the Supreme Court _____________ the laws.
• Name the 3 levels of the Federal Court System.• Define jurisdiction• Define original jurisdiction• Define appellate jurisdiction• Name 1 type of case that the Federal Court System has
jurisdiction in.• Name 1 Supreme Court case and briefly describe it.
Principles of the National Government
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
BUT, what keeps one branch of government from taking over another?
Popular Sovereignty
• Popular Sovereignty: power lies with the people
Rule of Law
• The law applies to everyone, even the people in government
• http://ruleoflaw-vba.org/rolvideo.html
• "Ours is a government of liberty by, through and under the law. No man is above it, and no man is below it."
- Theodore Roosevelt
Separation of Powers
• Separation of Powers: authority is split between legislative, executive, and judicial
• Montesquieu: government should be split into different parts
(Do Not Write!)
• How do we keep one branch from taking all the power?
Checks and Balances
• Checks and Balances: each branch of government able to check the other branches
Federalism
• Federalism: power is shared btwn the national and state gov’ts– Expressed Powers:
powers specifically granted by the Constitution to the National Gov’t
– Reserved Powers: powers not given to the National Gov’t and reserved to the states