Legislative Branch
These are the 2 houses of the Legislative Branch.
What is the Senate & House of Representatives?
He is the head of the Executive Branch.
Who is the POTUS?
The Judicial Branch is required to do this in regard to the nations laws.
What is interpret the laws?
This amendment begins with, "A well-regulated militia, being necessary to a free state...."
What is the 2nd Amendment?
This introductory paragraph begins with "We the People..."
What is the Preamble?
This is the minimum age to be a member of the House of Representatives.
What is 25?
The Executive Branch is responsible to do this in regard to the nations laws.
What is to "enforce the laws?"
This is the highest federal court in the US.
What is the Supreme Court?
This amendment, among the 5 rights it determines, forbids the government from establishing a state religion, or limiting the free exercise thereof.
What is the 1st Amendment?
No governmental office holder can be required to take this type of test.
What is a religious test?
The Legislative Branch has this responsibility in regard to the laws of the nation.
What it to create the laws?
This is the minimum age to be able to be POTUS.
What is 35?
The Constitution requires this minimum number of Supreme Court Justices.
What is there is no set number?
This Amendment abolished slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This term is defined as returning someone who has fled jurisdiction back to stand trial.
What is Extradition?
This is the title of the person who is in charge of the House of Representatives.
What is Speaker of the House?
This cabinet department is headed by the Attorney General.
What is the Justice Department?
This concept, determined by the decision Marbury v Madison, gives the Supreme Court the power to determine whether a law is constitutional.
What is Judicial Review?
This amendment determined that any person born on American soil is a citizen of the United States.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This concept allows each branch of government the power to limit the power of the other branches.
What is Checks & Balances?
This is conducted every decade to determine each state's level of representation in the House of Representatives.
What is a Census?
The 22nd Amendment sets these term limits to the POTUS.
What is 2 terms?
This term describes how the Supreme Court determines what cases they will hear.
What is the Rule of Four?
This amendment establishes the right for a person to not be required to testify against themselves.
What is the 5th Amendment?
This compromise determined the number of slaves that could be counted towards representation in the House of Representatives.
What is the 3/5's Compromise?