https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj Made with a wink and a smile en-us 2018-10-08 20:38:15 UTC 2018-10-23 00:44:01 UTC hello@padlet.com dlvega_aguilar https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290487297 When 60 Senators vote to stop a filibuster
Example:]]> 2018-10-08 20:39:35 UTC https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290487297 dlvega_aguilar https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290487364 When a Senator tries to prevent a vote by talking as long as possible during a debate.
Example: Senator Huey Long once read family recipes in one of his filibuster.]]> 2018-10-08 20:39:46 UTC https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290487364 dlvega_aguilar https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290487393 When members of the HoR and Senate compromise on differences in a bill before it goes to the President.
Example: The House sends some members, the Senate sends some members, and they work out a deal so the bills from both agree. ]]> 2018-10-08 20:39:55 UTC https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290487393 dlvega_aguilar https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290487419 A person who is represented in a district.
Example: registered voter.]]> 2018-10-08 20:40:00 UTC https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290487419 dlvega_aguilar https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290487446 A person who takes part in an organized attempt to influence legislators. 
Example: ACLU - American Civil Liberties Union]]> 2018-10-08 20:40:07 UTC https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290487446 dlvega_aguilar https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290487494 When the President puts a bill aside for 10 days and it doesn't become a law if Congress is adjourned.  
Example:]]> 2018-10-08 20:40:17 UTC https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290487494 dlvega_aguilar https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290487510 An organized group that tries to influence the government to adopt certain policies or measures. 
Example: Trade Unions, Students’ Union, Ex-Armymen Association, etc.]]> 2018-10-08 20:40:23 UTC https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290487510 dlvega_aguilar https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290487888 A permanent Senate committee that considers bills in a certain area.
Example: ways and means (taxes)]]> 2018-10-08 20:41:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290487888 dlvega_aguilar https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290487908 When the President rejects a bill.
Example: Nixon’s Universal Child Care Veto: 1971]]> 2018-10-08 20:41:55 UTC https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290487908 dlvega_aguilar https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290487924 The authority to be the first court to hear the case.
Example: case is the 1998 case of State of New Jersey v. State of New York.]]> 2018-10-08 20:41:58 UTC https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290487924 dlvega_aguilar https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290487986 The authority to review a lower court's decision
Example: Maritime Law (law of the oceans)]]> 2018-10-08 20:42:12 UTC https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290487986 dlvega_aguilar https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290488070 The rules of procedural law that consists of both hearing and determining cases.
Example: The bill is introduced into the HoR then the bill goes to committee & subcommittee.]]> 2018-10-08 20:42:30 UTC https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290488070 dlvega_aguilar https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290488134 It refers to a person's relapse into criminal behavior.
Example: Probationers' recidivism rate is significantly higher than the general crime rate]]> 2018-10-08 20:42:45 UTC https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290488134 dlvega_aguilar https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290488213 A law created by a government agency
Example: 'bleeped' words on the radio.]]> 2018-10-08 20:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290488213 dlvega_aguilar https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290488689 Settle disputes between people.
Example: a couple getting a divorce]]> 2018-10-08 20:44:56 UTC https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290488689 dlvega_aguilar https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290488706 A law created by the constitution.
Example: Segregated Schools (14th amendment)]]> 2018-10-08 20:45:01 UTC https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290488706 dlvega_aguilar https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290488995 To protect people from harming one another.
Example: Theft]]> 2018-10-08 20:46:13 UTC https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290488995 dlvega_aguilar https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290489095 The authority given by law to a court to try cases and rule on legal matters.
Example: bankruptcy, divorce, civil rights violations, and probate.]]> 2018-10-08 20:46:40 UTC https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290489095 dlvega_aguilar https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290489175 A ruling that is the basis for a judicial decision in a later, similar case.
Example: Brown v. Board of Education guiding future laws about desegregation.]]> 2018-10-08 20:47:01 UTC https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290489175 dlvega_aguilar https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290489206 Laws created by the Legislative branch.
Example: Voting Rights Act of 1965]]> 2018-10-08 20:47:09 UTC https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290489206 dlvega_aguilar https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290489252 Laws created through opinions of judges.
Example:  "Separate but equal" (Plessy vs. Ferguson)]]> 2018-10-08 20:47:21 UTC https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290489252 dlvega_aguilar https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290489278 wrongful acts for which an injured party has the right to sue
Example: if one person punches another person in the nose, it might be an intentional tort called battery]]> 2018-10-08 20:47:28 UTC https://padlet.com/dlvega_aguilar/o101q5bq2evj/wish/290489278