Executive Branch
Due to the high stress and demands that come with serving as the President of the United States, it is often referred to as...
The Legislative Branch is made up of the House of Representatives and what other chamber of Congress?
What is the Senate?
These allow people to live peacefully in society and help to guarantee individual liberties.
What are Laws?
Author of Federalist 70 and 78
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
This power is given to the Supreme Court
The 22nd Amendment establishes that a President can serve how many terms
What is 2 terms?
There are 50 states total. In the Senate there are 2 Senators representing each state equaling 100 Senators total. How many representatives are there total in the House of Representatives?
What is 435 representatives as it is based on the population of each state.
One of these seeks to prevent people from harming each other and property and the other involves disputes between groups and people in which no criminal laws have been broken
What are Criminal Laws and Civil Laws?
This should be one strong and energetic person
Who is the executive?
established the Supreme Court's power to judge the constitutionality of laws
What is the decision of Marbury v. Madison?
The President has a cabinet of secretaries that are in charge of each department such as the department of education. How many secretaries are there in total?
What is 15?
Handles a specific duty (rather
than general duties of Congress)
”Little legislatures”
Important part of the legislative/law making process.
What are Committees?
The highest court in the land is the Supreme Court. What are the other two levels of court before it?
What are Appeals Court and District Court?
Purpose of the Federalist Papers
True or False: Judicial Review is in the Constitution?
False
The following consist of major roles of the President: Chief Executive, Chief Diplomat, and Commander in Chief. The other 4 major roles are...
What is Political Party Leader, Legislative Leader, Judicial Leader, and Chief of State?
Congressional lines are redrawn by State Legislatures to reflect population changes usually to keep one political party in power in that region.
What is Gerrymandering?
is an internal Supreme Court practice allowing the Court to grant a writ of certiorari and hear a case if at least four of the nine justices vote to do so.
What is Rule of Four?
1803
What is the year of the decision for Marbury v. Madison?
The President's power is often checked by the 2 other branches of government. What are at least 2 ways that the President's power can be checked to ensure balance?
What is Congress can override veto, Congress can impeach, Senate approves treaties and appointments, Judiciary can rule executive orders unconstitutional?
Presides over house in session
Who is the Speaker of the House?
There are 9 total and they serve for life unless they retire, die, or are impeached.
it is necessary for judges to have job security - focus instead on preserving citizens' rights.
Hamilton's justification for the lifetime appointment of judges.
The Judiciary
What is the judiciary is regarded as the central interpreter of the Constitution?