Civics: judicial branch and nh ppt Flashcards
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Nickname
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Granite state
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9 Justices
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Chief: John Roberts Antonin Scalia Anthony Kennedy Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen Breyer Samuel Alito Sonia Sotomayor Elana Kagan
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Motto
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“Live free or die”- General John stark
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Population
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1.3 million
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Rank in population
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41
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Area
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Apr 9,000
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Rank in area
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46
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State symbol
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Old man of the mountain
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State bird
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Purple finch
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State tree
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White birch
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State flower
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Purple likac
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State animal
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Whitetail deer
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State wildflower
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Pink lady’s slipper
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State fruit
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Pumpkin
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State freshwater fish
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Brook trout
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Number to ratify constitution
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9th
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Largest city
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Manchester apr 110,000 pop.
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Major industries
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1 tourism as well as lumber, textile, paper
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Current governor
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Maggie Hanssan (D)
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Current us senators
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Jeanne shaheen (d) Kelly ayotte (r)
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Current representatives
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Carol Shea-porter (d-nh1) Ann Kuster (D-NH2)
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List of counties
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Belknap Carrol Cheshire Coos Graft on Hillsborough Merrimack Rockingham Strafford Sullivan
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Top 5 populated cities
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Manchester, Nashua, concord, Derry, Dover
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River that divides nh and vt
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Connecticut
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State/provinces that border
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, Quebec
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Original Capitol
Portsmouth
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Last royal governor
| Date he left
John wentworth
| August 23, 1775
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Recommended to call "state"
John Adams- distinguish between royal and free colonies
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How many tries to ratify nh constitution of 1784
3
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How many amendments?
141
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Examples of cruel and unusual punishment
The pillory, the ducking stool, public penance, the Scarlet letter, branding
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who could vote when nh constitution first passed
white male property owners over 21
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who was marilla ricker?
nh first female attonery
first woman in the nation to attempt to vote
candidate for governor in 1910 not on ballad
worked for women's suffrage
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describe nh's legislative branch
most representative in world 1 rep to 3500 citizens
400 in hor
24 in senate
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role of executive council
group of 5 people elected every 2 years
| advisory group of governor- limit power of governor have to approve his decisions
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gubernatorial
governor's power
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first female justice
sandra day o' connor
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first african american justice
thurgood marshal
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first latina justice
sonia sotomayor
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newly retired from nh
david souter
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only justice to hold presidency too
william howard taft
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famous dissenter
oliver wendell homes
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Chief Justice
john roberts
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marbury vs. Madison
11803 granted sc right to judicial review
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dred scott vs. Sanford
1857 denied humanity of african americans
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plessy vs. ferguson
1896 legalized segregation
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brown vs. board of education
1954 illegalized segregation
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miranda vs. arizona
1966 Miranda rights
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roe vs. wade
1973 legalized abortion
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clinton vs. city of ny
1998 illegalized line item vetos
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finished article 3
federal judiciary act of 1789
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to appeal your case
have a higher court review your case
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lowest court at federal level
federal district court 96
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original jurisdiction
first court to hear a case
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jurisdiction
appropriateness to hear a case
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appellate jurisdiction
court can only hear case if it is appealed
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us court of appeals
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circuit courts
only appellate jurisdiction never origianl
70,000 cases per years
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federal district courts
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original jurisdiction involving federal crime
300,000 cases per year 80% of federal cases
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Supreme Court
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final say
both appellate and original jurisdiction- in 7 cases
4 justices must agree to hear a case
100-150 cases
2-3 original jurisdiction
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judicial review
implied power of Supreme Court
| look at law and compare it to constitution and throw it away if so
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docket
list of cases to e heard by supreme court
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term of office for a justice
term of good behavior
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term for judicial branch
october term
| october- june/july
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majority opinion
decision in court
| written by most senior member
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concurring opinion
written by someone else in majority to highlight something else
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dissenting/ minority opinion
writen by most senior member in minority
