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How Laws Work trivia on Everyday Civics

This library holds 120 clues across 12 categories. Pick a difficulty — easy serves the gentler clues, hard the toughest — then clear two boards and a final question.

Categories in this library

  • From Bill to Law
  • The Courts
  • Criminal Process
  • Civil Lawsuits
  • Juries
  • Congress
  • State & Local Lawmaking
  • Agencies & Rules
  • Rights & Amendments
  • Public Safety & Enforcement
  • Federal vs State Law
  • Sources of Law

Sample questions

  • A proposed law introduced in Congress bill
  • The president does this to turn a bill into law signs it
  • The highest court in the United States Supreme Court

How to play

  1. Choose a topic or grade, difficulty, and players, then begin. Each game draws a fresh random board from that library.
  2. Open a card, then pick one of the four answers.
  3. A correct pick adds points; a miss subtracts them.
  4. Finish the first board, then the second, then the final question.