"Anthony, from the way you're talking..." Terry Boot looked at Anthony Goldstein. "This 'Wizengamot English Youth Representative'... sounds like a pretty big deal?"
"Of course it is!" Anthony raised his eyebrows. "How should I put it... What do you think the Wizengamot does?"
"Hmm..." Terry tilted his head slightly, looking at the candles in midair as he thought back, then said tentatively, "It's like... a department of the Ministry of Magic, mainly responsible for trying wizards?"
The Wizengamot had appeared earlier than the Ministry of Magic, and belonged to the same era as the Ministry's predecessor, the "Wizards' Council";
English wizards' impression of the Wizengamot was actually very similar to Terry's impression of it;
In the past dozen years or so, the Wizengamot's most active period had been after Voldemort's fall more than ten years ago;
At the time, Dark Wizards connected to Voldemort had needed to be tried, and reports related to Wizengamot trials could be seen in The Daily Prophet almost every day;
After the trials were completed, the Wizengamot's influence gradually faded, and at most, when the "Order of Merlin" was awarded, words related to the "Wizengamot" would appear.
Anthony said leisurely, "Trying wizards is only one of the Wizengamot's powers..."
"It just doesn't have much of a presence. In fact, all kinds of laws used by the Ministry of Magic have to be passed by the Wizengamot before they can be implemented in the Magical World."
"Put that way..." Chris Moen, off to the side, also grew interested and picked up the thread. "It sounds like the Wizengamot is pretty important?"
"Exactly!" Anthony nodded. "You should still remember Vizet's exaggerated list of nominees, right?"
"Of course!" Vizet's dormmates nodded.
Anthony continued, "Those directors in the Ministry of Magic, even the Minister himself, Cornelius Fudge, are actually