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This branch has the strongest requirement for election: 35 years old, natural born citizen, and a US resident for 14 years.
What is the executive branch or the president?
This document written by the Supreme Court contains the logic used to decide a Supreme Court Case. Once written, it can be used as the precedent for all future cases of a similar nature.
What is an opinion?
This college has no degrees, but was intended to ensure that an educated majority chose the president.
What is the electoral college?
BONUS 100 points: How many electors does South Carolina have, OR how many electors are there total?
This refers to the 2 year period of a sitting Congress starting on January 3rd. We are currently in the 117th.
What is a congressional term?
BONUS 100 Points: What year is the next CONGRESSIONAL election?
Complain online, write your newspaper, and protest all belong in this category. Appealing to a higher court does not.
What are things you can do if you don't like a Supreme Court ruling?
*Will accept variations of this response, up to my own discretion.
A 27 year old citizen has lived in their state for the last 10 years, and wants to become a congressperson. They are eligible to run for this Congressional position.
What is a representative, or House of Representatives?
Bonus 100: What are the requirements to be a senator?
They become the president if the current President, Vice-President, and Speaker of the House are all suddenly unable to carry out their duties.
Who is the president pro-tempore (of the Senate)?
These are members of the Executive Branch appointed by the President to be the head of their department. They must be approved by Senate.
What is the (President's) Cabinet?
BONUS 100 points: The Secretary of Education is one cabinet-member. Name another Secretary position.
This house of Congress has the sole power to approve Presidential nominees to fill the role of a federal judge.
What is the Senate?
This is the House of Congress which has the authority to convict or acquit a federal judge or president who is facing impeachment.
What is the Senate?
This elected official can serve an unlimited number of 6 year terms.
Who are senators?
Only signed by the President, this document carries the force of law without being approved by Congress.
What is an executive order?
"He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient"
This quote refers to what annual event, at which nearly all members of the Legislative Branch are present?
What is the State of the Union (Address)?
BONUS 100 points: At least one person from the President's cabinet is not allowed to be present. This is due to what?
The distribution of this house of Congress is based on the population of the states as determined by the census.
House of Representatives
The power to pardon and to appoint federal judges.
What are the presidential checks on the judicial branch?
We have 100 senators. What is the total number of Congress-people in Congress?
What is 535?
In this role given to the President by the Constitution, the President has supreme control of the armed forces.
What is Commander-in-Chief?
!!!! DAILY DOUBLE !!!!
This is what the Supreme Court has over cases involving states as well as diplomats.
What is original jurisdiction?
This is the process of dividing up voters of a particular party in order to minimize their impact on the results of an election.
What is cracking?
BONUS +200: Describe the opposite of cracking.
Veto power and the ability to call a special session of Congress both belong to this category.
What are the checks of the executive branch over the judicial branch?
The amount of time a federal judge may hold his/her position.
What is life/indefinitely?
The President of the United States often attends the funerals of important public figures, fulfilling this Presidential role.
What is Head of State?
At this federal judiciary, judges only decide whether the trial was carried out fairly.
What is Appellate Court/Court of Appeals?
This is work that Congress-people do to try to help their constituents with difficulties dealing with the government.
What is casework?
One check on the judicial branch by the the executive branch is appointing federal judges. This is the other one.
What is (the power to) pardon?
BONUS 200 points: Name a judicial check on executive power.