| A | B |
| Senate | approves the President's choices for federal judge |
| appoint | to select |
| impartial | not taking a side (what you want judges to be) |
| checks and balances | the federal judge selection process illustrates |
| advice and consent | the selection |
| eminent domain | when the gov't takes your land and pays you for it |
| appeal | to ask for a second opinion (because you lost your case) |
| circuit court | the middle level of the hierarchy |