the supreme court is the most important court in the country and has nine judes:there job is to decude what the laws mean.they can also say that congress hasmade a law which is wrong,or that the President has done somthing wrong.
as well as the government in the washington,each has its own government.Laws can be very different from one state to the next.they say very different things about ,for example,how old must be to get married,or to drive a car.diferrent states punish criminals differently too;in some states,you must die if you murder sdomeone,but in others you only go to prison.The island of puerto rieo in the caribbean is not a state.but is it not indeoendent either.People from puerto rico do not pay american taxes and cannot vote in American elections
there are two important political parties:the Republicans and the Democrats. The Republicans want people to work to help themselves,and so they think that taxes should be low.the democrats think that the government should help the poor and so it need taxes.But the difference between the two is not always clear.After the 2000 election a map showed that the democrat dtates were on the north-east and west coasts and around the great lakes in the North,but the Republican states were across the centre and in the south of the USA.
Americans are happy that they do not have a king or queen and they say that anyone can become president.But you need a lot of money to tell people about yourself and your ideas,so it is easier to become presidents if you come from a rich family.the seconds and sixth presidents.John Adams and John Quincy Adams,were father and son and in modern times W.Bush,become president too.at the same time jeb bush,the brother of george,was was head of the government of Florida. some others families have also nealy had two presidents.president kennedy's brother robert hoped to become president but he was killed in 1968 and many people think thant hillary clinton will follow her husband bill.if she does,she will be the first woman president.