159. What is the Supreme Court? (English Vocabulary Lesson)

Support the Podcast and Join my Patreon HERE -- https://www.patreon.com/thinkinginenglish CLICK HERE TO DONATE OR SUPPORT THE PODCAST!!!! - https://thinkinginenglish.blog/donate-and-support/ Recently, the Supreme Court of the United States has made some incredibly influential and consequential decisions. But what is the supreme court? What is its role in US politics? And why has the supreme court become so active? TRANSCRIPT - https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2022/07/11/what-is-the-supreme-court/ You may also like... 158. What was the Great Depression? (English Vocabulary Lesson) 157. Why Do Countries Change Their Names? (English Vocabulary Lesson) 156. Should Owning a Dog Be Illegal!?!? (English Vocabulary Lesson) 155. What is an Endangered Language? (English Vocabulary Lesson) INSTAGRAM - thinkinginenglishpodcast (https://www.instagram.com/thinkinginenglishpodcast/)  Blog - thinkinginenglish.blog Vocabulary List To overturned (v) – to change a legal decision The Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade decision last month Branch (n) – a part of something larger The Supreme Court is part of the judicial branch of government To enforce (v) – to make people obey a law It isn’t easy for the police to enforce speed limits To implement (v) – to put a plan, system, or law into operation Congress refused to implement tax reforms To interpret (v) – to decide what the intended meaning of something is It is difficult to interpret the meaning of the statistics Check (n) – rules intended to prevent one person or group from having too much power We need effective checks on the power of the president Veto (n) – an official power or right to refuse to accept or allow something The president has the power of veto over any bill Segregation (n) – the policy of keeping one group of people apart from another and treating them differently, especially because of race, sex, or religion The system of racial segregation that used to exist in South Africa was called apartheid To split (v) – to divide into two or more parts The teacher split the students into three groups --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinking-english/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices