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constiution Flashcards

1
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how many delegates are in the house of representatives

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435 members plus 5 delegates

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2
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how long of a term do the house of representatives serve

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2 year

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3
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how old do you have to be to be apart of the house of representatives

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25 years old

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4
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how long do you have o be a US citizen in order to be in the house of representatives

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7 years

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5
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do you have to be a resedentof the sate representative in order to be in the house of representatives

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yes

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6
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who is the leader in the house of representives

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speaker of the house

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7
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what is the house of representives duty

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to represent the congressional district

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8
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do the house of representatives have a time limit on how long they can talk

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yes

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9
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how many members are there in the senate?

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100

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10
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how long is the senates turn

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6 years

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How old do you have to be to be in the senate

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30

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12
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How long do senates have to us citizen s

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9

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13
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Who is the senates leader

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Vice president

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14
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What is the senates duty

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To represent the state

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15
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How long can the senate talk

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As long as they want

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16
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What is the speaker of the house leader of

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House of representatives

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17
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Majority and minority

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Majority is when they have the largest number of members in the given house. The minority is when they have the second largest number of members in the given house.

18
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What are whips

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They assist the floor leaders and help them support legislation important to their party

19
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What are floor leaders?

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Act as spoke people for there party and they work to pursway members to vote for specific laws

20
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What is an apele

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To challenge the trail court disicion

21
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What happens when you apple the apple

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Supream court

22
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What are the cases of a federal court

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Federal law broken, contitution involved and situations where multiple laws are involved at the same time.

23
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What are the requirements for fedral judges

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They have to be nominated by the president,have to be approved by senate

24
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How long is the job for fedral judges

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For life

25
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Is there any consstitutionanal requirements for judges

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No

26
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How do state judges get picked

A

Elections

27
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How long are state judges terms

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2-4 years

28
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What type of cases are in federal

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Federal laws broken,constitutional and multiple laws involved

29
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What type of cases are in state

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Most lawsuits, most crimes and most other things

30
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What is settling

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Settling the case out of court

31
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What is plea bargining

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If you tell the judge that you are guilty, you get a lesser punishment

32
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How do jury’s get picked

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Random so its not bias

33
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What do jury’s do

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They dicide if they are guilty or not

34
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What is a prosecutor_

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The government lawyer

35
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Who is the plaintiff

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In a civil case, the person that sues

36
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Defendent

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In both cases, the person that did something wrong

37
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What is the verdict like in a civil case

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More than half have to agree and if they don’t, the trial is over

38
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What is the verdict like in criminal cases

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Everyone has to agree and if they don’t there is a hung jury.

39
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What is sentencing like in a civil case

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Compensation which is the defendant ows the plaintiff money. Or Equity which is where the defendant has to stop doing the problem

40
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What is sentencing like in a criminal case

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Probation,fines,community service,jail or death penalty

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