The House
The Judiciary
The Senate
Key Court Cases
How A Bill Becomes Law
100
The House members are elected every...
2 years.
100
Since 1869, the Supreme Court has had this many justices. (Sorry, FDR!)
What is 9?
100
Senators are elected every...
6 years.
100
This case established the process of Judicial Review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
100
This percentage must vote in favor of a bill in order to override a presidential veto.
What is two-thirds?
200
The presiding officer and the most powerful member of the house, whose duties include assigning bills to committees, controlling floor debate, and appointing party members to committees. This person also becomes president if both the current president and the vice president can no longer hold office.
What is The Speaker of the House?
200
Supreme Court Justices are nominated by the president and confirmed by this branch of congress.
What is the Senate?
200
This ceremonial position is offered to the senior member of the majority party.
What is the president pro tempore?
200
This case, taken before the Supreme Court in 1896, established the constitutionality of "separate but equal" segregation.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
200
The bill becomes this if congress goes out of session within 10 days of sending a bill to the president, while the president has neither signed nor vetoed the bill.
What is pocket vetoed?
300
This article and section of the Constitution designates the size of the house.
What is Article 1, Section 2?
300
The Supreme Court has appellate jurisdiction as well as original jurisdiction IF...
the case involves a federal question.
300
The technique is used by senators who wish to stall action on a bill, and can only be stopped by a cloture.
What is filibustering?
300
This man, who serves as an attorney in the Brown v. Board of Education case, would later go on to be the first African American Justice on the Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
300
Bills can be proposed in either house, except for this type of bill, which must originate in the House of Representatives.
What are revenue/taxation bills?
400
This is the process of redistributing congressional seats after the census determines changes in population.
What is reapportionment?
400
This type of judicial philosophy holds that the court should play an active role in determining national policies.
What is judicial activism?
400
Since 1913, this amendment has allowed for the direct election of senators.
What is the seventeenth amendment?
400
This case determined whether or not Congress had the power to use legislative power on issues that were not explicitly stated by the constitution, sparking debate over the "elastic clause".
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
400
If there are any discrepancies between the House and Senate versions of a bill, they are resolved in this type of committee.
What is a conference committee?
500
These people assist the floor leaders by directing party members in voting, keeping track of vote counts, and pressuring members to vote with the party.
What are Whips?
500
When appointing district court judges, this practice allows the senators that represent that state to be the ones that confirm or deny the appointment.
What is senatorial courtesy?
500
This type of committee is appointed for a specific purpose. (ex. The Senate Watergate Committee)
What is a select committee?
500
This case, seen by the Burger Court in 1973, confirmed women's right to privacy, specifically with the right to an abortion.
What is Roe v. Wade?
500
This type of committee, which sets the terms of debate for the bill, exists only in the House of Representatives.
What is a rules committee?
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