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

<p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/thinkinginenglish" target="_blank"><strong>Support the Podcast and Join my Patreon HERE -- https://www.patreon.com/thinkinginenglish</strong></a></p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/CLICK%20HERE%20TO%20DONATE%20OR%20SUPPORT%20TO%20PODCAST!!!!%20-%20https://thinkinginenglish.blog/donate-and-support/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CLICK HERE TO DONATE OR SUPPORT THE PODCAST!!!! - https://thinkinginenglish.blog/donate-and-support/</a></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p>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?</p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2022/07/11/what-is-the-supreme-court/"><strong>TRANSCRIPT - https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2022/07/11/what-is-the-supreme-court/</strong></a></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <h3><strong>You may also like...</strong></h3> <p><br></p> <p><a href="http://thinkinginenglish.blog/2022/07/06/what-was-the-great-depression/">158. What was the Great Depression? (English Vocabulary Lesson)</a></p> <p><a href="http://thinkinginenglish.blog/2022/06/27/why-do-countries-change-their-names/">157. Why Do Countries Change Their Names? (English Vocabulary Lesson)</a></p> <p><a href="http://thinkinginenglish.blog/2022/06/22/should-owning-a-dog-be-illegal/">156. Should Owning a Dog Be Illegal!?!? (English Vocabulary Lesson)</a></p> <p><a href="http://thinkinginenglish.blog/2022/06/08/155-what-is-an-endangered-language/">155. What is an Endangered Language? (English Vocabulary Lesson)</a></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p>INSTAGRAM - <a href="https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e1fuqul" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">thinkinginenglishpodcast (https://www.instagram.com/thinkinginenglishpodcast/) </a></p> <p><a href="https://thinkinginenglish.blog/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Blog - thinkinginenglish.blog</a></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <h2>Vocabulary List</h2> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>To overturned (v) – to change a legal decision</strong></p> <p><em>The Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade decision last month</em></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Branch (n) – a part of something larger</strong></p> <p><em>The Supreme Court is part of the judicial branch of government</em></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>To enforce (v) – to make people obey a law</strong></p> <p><em>It isn’t easy for the police to enforce speed limits</em></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>To implement (v) – to put a plan, system, or law into operation</strong></p> <p><em>Congress refused to implement tax reforms</em></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>To interpret (v) – to decide what the intended meaning of something is</strong></p> <p><em>It is difficult to interpret the meaning of the statistics</em></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Check (n) – rules intended to prevent one person or group from having too much power</strong></p> <p><em>We need effective checks on the power of the president</em></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Veto (n) – an official power or right to refuse to accept or allow something</strong></p> <p><em>The president has the power of veto over any bill</em></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Segregation (n) – the policy of keeping one group of people apart from another and treating them differently, especially because of race, sex, or religion</strong></p> <p><em>The system of racial segregation that used to exist in South Africa was called apartheid</em></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>To split (v) – to divide into two or more parts</strong></p> <p><em>The teacher split the students into three groups</em></p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinking-english/support" rel="p

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