Legislative Branch
The two houses of Congress are these.
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
The executive branch’s main responsibility is to do this to laws passed by Congress.
What is enforce or carry out laws?
This is the highest court in the United States.
What is the Supreme Court?
Congress can override a presidential veto with this vote.
What is a two-thirds vote?
This article establishes the Executive Branch.
What is Article II?
This is the current speaker of the house.
Who is Mike Johnson?
This is the current president of the United States.
Who is Donald Trump?
This is the current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Who is John Roberts?
The president can stop a bill passed by Congress using this power.
What is veto?
This article of the Constitution establishes the Legislative Branch.
What is Article I?
This is the minimum age required to serve in the House of Representatives.
What is 25?
This group of advisors helps the president run the executive branch.
What is the Cabinet?
This Supreme Court case established judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
The Senate must approve these chosen by the president.
What are appointments or treaties?
This article establishes the Judicial Branch.
What is Article III?
This house of Congress confirms presidential appointments and ratifies treaties.
What is the Senate?
The president can reject a bill passed by Congress using this power.
What is the veto?
This term describes the authority of courts to declare laws unconstitutional.
What is judicial review?
Courts can declare laws unconstitutional through this power.
What is judicial review?
This clause makes federal law the “supreme law of the land.”
What is the Supremacy Clause?
This congressional power allows lawmakers to remove a president or federal official from office.
What is impeachment?
This requirement must be met before a president can take office.
What is being at least 35 years old (also natural-born citizen and 14-year resident)?
Federal judges serve for this length of time.
What is life (during good behavior)?
Congress can remove federal officials through this two-step process.
What are impeachment by the House and trial in the Senate?
This principle divides power among three branches of government.
What is separation of powers?