The Legislative Branch
The Senate has unlimited debate time, allowing them to do these.
What is filibuster?
Name ONE CHECK that the Executive Branch can use to limit the Judicial Branch
Appointing justices, appointing federal judges, pardons
How many justices are on the Supreme Court? Why must it be this number?
9 Justices; must prevent ties
The author of Fed 78, as well as most of the Federalist Papers
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
The Supreme Court's ability to decide if a bill/court ruling is constitutional or unconstitutional
Judicial Review
Name ONE CHECK that the Legislative Branch can use to limit the Executive Branch
Impeaching the President, confirming all president's appointments, overriding vetoes, controlling the budget, ratifying treaties.
True or False: If needed, the President may declare war.
False
The Supreme Court has both ________ Jurisdiction AND ____________ jurisdiction
Original & Appellate
This esssential court case dealt with The Commerce Clause of the Constitution
What is US v. Lopez?
The practice of re-drawing districts to help serve your political party or agenda
Who are Constituents?
Name TWO of the President's CHIEF positions
Commander-in-Chief, Chief Diplomat, Chief Legislator, Chief Executive
NOT one of our essential court cases, but VERY important: Established the "right to privacy" precedent until it was overturned in 2022
What is Roe v. Wade?
This Court Case unanimously ruled in favor of establishing Judicial Review
What is Marbury v. Madison?
A system of government that divides power between national and state governments.
What is Federalism?
Our legislature is __________, meaning it consists of two chambers
What is bicameral?
Presidents may not deploy troops on foreign soil for more than 60 days without Congressional approval
The first powerful Chief Justice in history, essential in establishing Judicial Review
Who is John Marshall?
This document argued that we should not have multiple Presidents, and that we need a "single, energetic executive"
What is Fed 70?
The right claimed by the President in order to keep their conversations & correspondence private
What is Executive Privilege?
The Incumbency advantage is destroyed if...
the economy goes bad
Name every President that has been impeached
Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, and Donald Trump
Acceptable but not correct: Richard Nixon
The Supreme Court that was by far showed the most judicial activism in history
The Warren Court of the 1960s
In Baker v. Carr, the Tennessee government violated THIS clause of the 14th Amendment
What is the Equal Protection Clause?
Latin for "Friend of the court," a term that means a person/organization outside of the lawsuit that is allowed to submit an argument because of their specific interest in it.