37.What does the judicial branch do?
37.司法机关是做什么工作的？
Answer: Reviews laws；Explains laws；Resolves disputes (disagreements)；Decides if a law goes against the Constitution
答案：复审法律；诠释法律；解决争端（分歧）；违宪审查
Explanation: The U.S. government has three branches (or parts):
解释：美国政府分为三个机关（或部分）：
the executive branch which makes sure that people follow laws, the legislative branch which makes new laws, and the judicial branch which interprets laws (or decides what the laws mean and how they should be applied).
行政机关确保人们遵守法律，立法机关创立新法律，司法机关诠释法律（或确定法律的本意以及应该如何运用它们）。
Normally the executive and legislative branches can work together without any trouble.
一般来说行政机关和立法机关可以相安无事一起工作。
The legislative branch makes new laws and the executive branch enforces them.
立法机关创立新法，而行政机关负责实施。
However, sometimes people don't agree on what the laws mean.
然而，有时人们会在法律的本意上出现分歧。
They think the laws are unclear or unconstitutional (or not in agreement with the U.S. Constitution).
他们认为该法律的规定不明确或违宪（或与美国宪法不一致）。
When that happens, someone needs to be able to say what the law really means and that is exactly what the judicial branch does.
当那样的问题出现时，就需要有人能够道出法律的本意，而这正是司法部门做的事情。
The judicial branch comprises (or is made up of) many courts.
司法机关包含（或是由……组成）许多的法院。
A court is a place where legal decisions are made, especially about whether or not someone has broken a law or what that law really means in the first place.
法院是做出法律决定的地方，特别是在裁定一个人是否犯法及解释这部法律的初始含义上。
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