the president's ability to forgive someone of a crime

to formally bring charges against a president

holds that executive privilege does not extend to criminal cases

branch that interprets laws

respecting the rights of others and giving them what is rightfully theirs

hears a case in which someone lost in a lower court and asks judges to review the decision

courts can review laws for constitutionality

case involving a judge and his new job that established judicial review

how similar cases have been decided in the past.

the authority to hear cases for the first time

used to keep the government from getting too powerful in one branch

group of advisors made up of the heads/secretaries of each of the 15 departments

a rule issued by the president that has the same power as a law

permission for a case to be heard in the Supreme Court