3.8 Master

ambassador

• the power to hear appeals of cases that have been tried in lower courts

• a person sent as the chief representative of his or her own government to another country

• a proposal for a law

• people appointed by the president to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers to the president

appellate jurisdiction

• a person sent as the chief representative of his or her own government to another country

• the power to hear appeals of cases that have been tried in lower courts

• people appointed by the president to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers to the

  president

• a proposal for a law

bill

• the power to hear appeals of cases that have been tried in lower courts

• a person sent as the chief representative of his or her own government to another country

• people appointed by the president to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers to the

  president

• a proposal for a law

cabinet

• the power to hear appeals of cases that have been tried in lower courts

• a proposal for a law

• people appointed by the president to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers to the

  president

• a person sent as the chief representative of his or her own government to another country

checks and balances

• the national legislative body of the U.S., consisting of the Senate, or upper house, and the House of Representatives, or lower house

• a group of House or Senate (or both) members that discusses and debates proposed bills; they may also discuss issues of interest to the country

• a legal member of a state and/or country

• a principle of the federal government, according to the U.S. Constitution, that allows each branch of government to limit the power of the other branches

citizen

• the national legislative body of the U.S., consisting of the Senate, or upper house, and the House of Representatives, or lower house

• a principle of the federal government, according to the U.S. Constitution, that allows each branch of government to limit the power of the other branches

• a legal member of a state and/or country

• a group of House or Senate (or both) members that discusses and debates proposed bills; they may also discuss issues of interest to the country

committee

• a group of House or Senate (or both) members that discusses and debates proposed bills; they may also discuss issues of interest to the country

• a principle of the federal government, according to the U.S. Constitution, that allows each branch of government to limit the power of the other branches

• a legal member of a state and/or country

• the national legislative body of the U.S., consisting of the Senate, or upper house, and the House of Representatives, or lower house

Congress

• the national legislative body of the U.S., consisting of the Senate, or upper house, and the House of Representatives, or lower house

• a principle of the federal government, according to the U.S. Constitution, that allows each branch of government to limit the power of the other branches

• a legal member of a state and/or country

• a group of House or Senate (or both) members that discusses and debates proposed bills; they may also discuss issues of interest to the country

Congressman/Congresswoman

• a formal statement from a court that orders someone to do or stop doing something

• the branch of government that enforces the laws made by the legislative branch

• an order that comes from the U.S. President or a government agency and must be obeyed like a law

• a member of the U.S. Congress, typically used to address members of the U.S. House of Representatives

court order

• a formal statement from a court that orders someone to do or stop doing something

• a member of the U.S. Congress, typically used to address members of the U.S. House of Representatives

• the branch of government that enforces the laws made by the legislative branch

• an order that comes from the U.S. President or a government agency and must be obeyed like a law