Legislative
What does the Legislative Branch do?
Makes the laws
What is the Judicial Branch?
a system of courts
What is the executive branch
puts the laws into action
What are checks and balances
make sure the power is balanced between the branches of government
Congress has two groups of what?
Senate and house of reps
Who appoints the judges?
The current president
How many years does the president serve
4
What is it called when a president declines a law
veto
How many total members are in the us congress
535
What are the lowest courts in the judicial branch?
district
What is the electoral college.
elects the president and the vice president
What do the supreme court do to laws that are unconstitutional
decline them
The number of of reps from each state is based of what?
population
What is the highest court in the united states?
supreme
What is an impectment
when congress accuses the president of breaking the law
Can the president help pick judges
yes
How many years are in one senator term
6
How many judges are on the supreme court
9
How many departments of security does it have
15
The senate needs to improve what for the president
judges