Legislative Branch
What is the job of the Legislative Branch
Makes the laws for the country
Enforce or carry out the laws
What is the job of the Judicial Branch?
Interpret the laws and decides what they mean.
This amendment says “Citizens can keep and bear arms.”
2nd Amendment
This amendment says “Bail, fines, and punishments must not be excessive.”
8th Amendment
This part of Congress has 435 members.
The House of Representatives
This person is the head of the executive branch.
The President
This is the highest court in the United States.
Supreme Court
This amendment protects “the right to have a jury hear your case in a criminal trial.”
6th Amendment
This amendment says “The government cannot deprive you of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.”
5th Amendment
This part of Congress has 2 members from every state.
The Senate
The president serves for this many years per term.
4 Years
Supreme Court justices serve for this length of time.
Life/until they retire/removed from office for bad behavior
This amendment says “You don’t have to house soldiers in your home during peacetime.”
3rd Amendment
This amendment protects “the right to have a jury hear your case in most civil trials.”
7th Amendment
Representatives serve for this many years.
2 years
The President has this military role and leads the armed forces.
Commander in Chief
Who chooses or appoints federal judges?
The President
This amendment protects “freedoms of religion, speech, press; and the right to assemble peacefully and petition the government.”
1st Amendment
This amendment ensures that “if you found a right not listed in the Constitution, it still belongs to the people.”
9th Amendment
This group has the power to declare war.
Congress
The President gives this yearly speech to tell Congress how the nation is doing
State of the Union Address
This article of the Constitution creates the judicial branch.
Article III or 3
This amendment protects people from “no unreasonable searches and seizures.”
4th Amendment
This amendment says “If a power isn’t given to the federal government, it goes to the states or the people.”
10th amendment