Civics Part 4 - Judicial Branch & Citizenship Review

What is one part of the judicial branch?

• Supreme Court

• President

• Congress

What does the judicial branch do?

• Makes laws

• Executives Laws

• Interprets the law

How long do Supreme Court justices serve?

• 2 years

• Lifetime appointment

• 4 years

• 6 years

Supreme Court justices serve for life. Why?

• To be independent (of politics)

• To make them subject to the will of the voters

Name one power that is ONLY for the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

• Regulate marriage and divorce

• Liquor laws

• Regulate traffic

• Declare war

• License professionals like doctors and lawyers

Name one power that is ONLY for the STATES.

• Declare war

• Raise an army

• Coin money

• Give a drivers license

There are four amendments to the U.S. Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.

• Citizens eighteen (18) and older (26th Amendment)

• Everyone in the country can vote

• Everyone can vote in a primary

• Only men can vote (19th Amendment)

Who can vote in federal elections, run for federal office, and serve on a jury in the United States?

• Any resident of the United States

• Any citizen of the United States

• Anyone from any country

What are three rights of everyone living in the United States?

• Freedom to vote in federal elections

• Freedom to serve on a jury

• Freedom to run for federal office

• Freedom of speech

What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?

• The United States

• The original 13 colonies

• The Declaration of Independence