IL Supreme Court and Review

What are the responsibilities of the IL Supreme Court?

• supervise lower courts

• interpret state laws

• monitor court workload

• all of the above

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) responsibilities of IL Supreme Court

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(b) governor responsibilities

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(c) General Assembly responsibilities

• supervise lower courts

• monitor court workload

• veto or approve laws

• approve appointment

• create laws

• interpret state laws

• give state of the state speech

• set budget

• appoint officials

• start impeachments

How are IL judges selected?

• people vote

• governor appoints

• President of the USA picks

Where do most of the state's court cases take place?

• circuit court

• appellate court

• Supreme Court

Match the following

• 1818

• How many Constitutions has IL had?

• 1970

• Year IL became a state

• 4

• number of counties in IL

• 3

• A bill must be read on ____ different days before a vote

• 102

• IL's present Constitution was adopted when?

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) IL Senate

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(b) IL House of Representatives

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(c) pizza toppings

• Term is 2 years

• Speaker is the chief officer

• 118 members in 118 districts

• sausage

• pepperoni

• 59 members in 59 districts

• 4 year terms with one two year term every 10 years

• green peppers

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Legislative Branch

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(b) Judicial Branch

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(c) Executive Branch

• IL Supreme Court

• IL House of Representatives

• IL Senate

• IL Circuit Courts

• IL Lieutenant Governor

• IL Secretary of State

• IL Governor

IL's capital is in Chicago.

• True

• False

Who can veto a bill passed by the General Assembly?

• Governor

• IL Supreme Court

• Lieutenant Governor

• the voters of the state

How long is the governor's term?

• 4 years

• 4 years and 2 years every 10 years

• life

• 2 years