Presidential
The president nominates federal judges, but this body must confirm them.
What is the Senate?
This is the head of the executive branch.
what is the President?
This is the highest court in the united states.
What is the Supreme Court?
The President doesn’t return a bill after 10 days while the congress is not in session.
What is the pocket veto?
This document of ten amendments is also known as ____.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This term describes the President’s implied power to withhold information from Congress or the courts, especially relating to national security.
What is executive privilege?
This is a directive from this president that has the force of law, directing officials to take specific actions.
What is an executive order?
This term describes the power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional.
What is judicial review?
What is the legislative branch responsible for?
Making laws, controlling the nation's finances through taxation and spending, and has the power to declare war.
The constitution was written to replace this document.
What are the articles of confederation?
This power allows the president to reject specific parts of a bill; however, it was ruled unconstitutional in 1998.
What is the line-item veto?
This person is to assume the Presidency if the President is unable to perform his duties.
What is the vice president?
The legislative branch can remove a judge through this process.
What is impeachment?
A practice that aims to establish a political advantage for a certain party by dividing geographic areas into voting districts
What is gerrymandering?
One of the intentions of the Preamble is to ensure the well-being of the people, also known as ___
What is “general Welfare”?
Though similar in function to treaties, these presidential arrangements with foreign nations do not require Senate ratification.
What are executive agreements?
This is an advisory body appointed by the President
what is the cabinet?
Laws created by agencies like the EPA or FDA fall under this category.
What is administrative law?
This is a tactic used by Senators to prevent action on a particular piece of legislation. They have an unlimited amount of time to speak on a bill.
What is a filibuster?
How long did it take for the Constitution to be written?
Four Months
In this 1974 landmark case, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the president could not use executive privilege to withhold evidence in a criminal investigation.
What is United States v. Nixon?
This is a reduction of an individual’s criminal sentence by the president.
What is a commute?
Brown v. Board of Education overturned this earlier decision.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This is when congressmen attempt to make deals with other members, claiming to "vote for yours if you vote for mine" due to their one vote limit.
What is log rolling?
What are the three parts of the Constitution?
The Preamble, 7 Articles, and 27 Amendments