House of Representatives
The number of members in the House of Representatives.
What is 435 members?
The number of members in the Senate.
What is 100 members?
The total number of years a President would serve if serving for 2 terms.
What are 8 years?
This Supreme Court case really outlined the grounds for Judicial review in the Supreme Court.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
Being able to veto a Presidential veto.
What is the Legislative Branch?
The number of years in one term for a Representative.
What are 2 years?
The number of years in one term for a Senator.
What are 6 years?
This is something the President can use to bypass Congress, however, these are something that is temporary, rather than the laws Congress can make.
What are Executive Orders?
The concept of sticking with decisions that were previously made.
What is Stare Decisis?
Has power over the impeachment, but can not jury the impeachment trial. (A more specific part of a branch)
What is the House of Representatives?
The leader of the House of Representatives.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
The leader of the Senate (excluding the Vice President)
Who is the President Pro Tempore?
This Amendment was inspired by President Franklin Roosevelt, who ended up winning 4 terms as President. Today, this is limited to 2 due to the Amendment being passed. People were concerned about Presidents' being able to run for an unlimited amount of terms.
What is the 22nd Amendment?
The ____ appoints the nominees, while the ____ confirms the judicial nominees. (Name them in order).
Who are the President and the Senate?
Review of actions and laws that are passed.
What is the Judicial Branch?
This is where all _____ bills start.
What are appropriations?
In tied-up votes, this person helps to be the tie-breaker.
Who is the Vice President?
This tactic is used to keep the President's hands clean. When bills are sent, the President can allow them to sit for 10 days. After 10 days, if Congress is NOT in session anymore, it gets sent back to Congress and is considered a ____.
What is a pocket veto?
The job of the Supreme Court is to interpret the Constitution and uphold it as the _____ ____ of the land.
What is the Supreme Law?
May vote that the President is unfit to continue with Presidency (possibly due to illness, etc.) and can remove him from power.
What is the Executive Branch?(Vice President and the Cabinet can vote for this.)
Some states use this method to rig elections in voting districts in their favor. In some cases, it helps to swing the House in favor of one party over the other.
What is Gerrymandering?
This method is used to talk bills until the session ends or until cloture is called. It allows a Senator to continue speaking for as long as he or she would like, and as long as they stay speaking then they are successfully doing a: _______
What is a filibuster?
The President has 8 Chief roles. These include: Chief of State, Chief Executive, Cheif Diplomat, Commander-in-Chief, Chief Legislator, and Chief citizen. Name the missing 2.
What are the Chief Administrator and Chief of Party?
In one of the Federalist papers, Alexander Hamilton wrote that the Supreme court has no power over the purse or the sword. The purse symbolizes money, while the sword symbolizes _____.
What is the military?
This person presides over the impeachment trial.
Who is the Chief Justice?