SS.7.C.3.8 (1)

legislation that has passed both houses of Congress, has been signed into law by the president, or passed despite his veto, and therefore becomes law

• appointment

• bicameral

• act

• committee selection

the right and power for courts to hear a case, interpret and apply the law

• jurisdiction

• how a bill becomes a law

• judgment

• court order

job or duty that is given to a person

• bill

• executive order

• appointment

• judicial review

the power of the judicial branch to review the actions of the executive and legislative branches and determine whether or not they are unconstitutional (this includes laws passed by Congress); the U.S. Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison established this power such actions are consistent with the U.S. Constitution

• how a bill becomes a law

• judicial review

• act

• Cabinet

having two chambers (e.g. the two houses of Congress, the Senate and the House of Representatives)

• Cabinet

• bicameral

• committee selection

• constituents

a formal decision given by a court

• judgment

• jurisdiction

• executive order

• appointment

a proposal for a law

• court order

• bill

• impeach

• executive order

to bring formal charges of wrongdoing against a public official (such as the U.S. President)

• executive order

• court order

• judicial review

• impeach

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

• Cabinet

• constituents

• executive order

• committee selection

the process of how a proposed law (“bill”) moves through Congress and the president in order to become a law

• judicial review

• act

• how a bill becomes a law

• bill