State Government Answers

Which two types of courts are found in a state’s judicial branch?

Sanitation standards are part of a state’s responsibility to protect

A type of infrastructure that state governments maintain is

Which best explains how state legislative branches are structured?

The upper house of a state legislature is usually called

What is another name for the governor of a state?

State governments are required to

States mainly raise revenue by

Which is generally true of the lower house in a state legislative branch?

Which is the most likely way that a governor would raise revenue for a new state education program?

How are the federal judicial branch and most state judicial branches similar?

How are the federal executive branch and most state executive branches similar?

A state’s lieutenant governor

A state’s legislative branch

Read the excerpt from Article 5 of the Texas Constitution.Sec. 2. SUPREME COURT; JUSTICES . . . (b) No person shall be eligible to serve in the office of Chief Justice or Justice of the Supreme Court unless the person is licensed to practice law in this state and is, at the time of election, a citizen of the United States and of this state, and has attained the age of thirty-five years, and has been a practicing lawyer, or a lawyer and judge of a court of record together at least ten years.(c) Said Justices shall be elected (three of them each two years) by the qualified voters of the state at a general election; shall hold their offices six years; and shall each receive such compensation as shall be provided by law.Sec. 28. VACANCY IN JUDICIAL OFFICE. (a) A vacancy in the office of Chief Justice, Justice, or Judge of the Supreme Court, the Court of Criminal Appeals, the Court of Appeals, or the District Courts shall be filled by the Governor until the next succeeding General Election for state officers, and at that election the voters shall fill the vacancy for the unexpired term.