Whose Power is it Anyway?
Appoints cabinet members, federal judges and ambassadors
Executive
True or False, Congress can check the judicial branch by appointing supreme court justices
False, why?
Ideally, congressmen make laws based on the issues facing who?
The community they represent
Who is the leader of the executive branch
President
To deny a bill becoming a law and sending it back to Congress
Veto
Declare war
Legislative
How can the Supreme Court check the legislative branch?
Declaring their laws unconstitutional
Where does a bill go after it's introduced?
Committee
By helping to influence policy with events such as the state of the union address, the president is acting as what?
Chief legislator
Meaning two houses
Bicameral
Judicial Review
Judiciary
Nominating judges to the Supreme Court is an example of the ___________ branch checking the ____________ branch
Executive, Judicial
What does the president do in the lawmaking process?
Signs the bill or vetoes it
If the president is ordering troops, he is fulfilling his role as...
Commander in Chief
Powers given specifically in the constitution.
Expressed Powers
Prepare the annual budget
Executive
What are three ways the legislative can check the executive branch?
Approve appointments
Approve the budget
Override a veto
Impeach and Convict
If a bill starts in the Senate and is being debated, which step will happen next?
It will be voted on in the Senate
When a president is making foreign policy, he is fulfilling his responsibility as...
Chief diplomat
Powers NOT specifically listed in the constitution but taken anyway
Implied Powers
Regulate interstate and foreign trade
Legislative
What are checks and balances?
*Teachers choice*
If the president vetoes a bill, how can congress override the veto?
2/3 of both houses
As the face of the nation, the president is fulfilling his duty as...
Chief of state
Define Judicial Review
*Teachers Choice*