Legislative Branch
The two houses of Congress
What are the Senate and House of Representatives
The head of the Executive Branch
Who is the President
The main job of the Judicial Branch
What is to interpret laws
The President can do this to check Congress
What is veto bills
What "Separation of Powers" means
What is dividing government power among the three branches
Each state has this many Senators
What is 2
The main job of the Executive Branch
What is to enforce laws
The highest court in the U.S.
What is the Supreme Court
Congress can do this to check the President's appointments or treaties
What is approve or reject them
Why the Founders wanted to separate powers
What is to prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful
The main job of the Legislative Branch
What is to make laws
The President's group of advisors
What is the Cabinet
This Article established the Judicial Branch
The Supreme Court can do this to check Congress
What is declare laws unconstitutional
Who makes the laws
Who enforces the laws
Who interprets the laws
Who is Congress
Who is the President
What is the Courts
The power that allows Congress to bring chargers against the president or judges
What is Impeachment
This Article established the Executive Branch
What is Article II
How long Supreme Court justices serve for
What is life
Congress can do this if a President vetoes a bill
What is override the veto with a 2/3rd vote
An example of how the branches work together
What is Congress passes laws, the President signs them, and the courts interpret them
How Congress can override a presidential veto
What is a 2/3rds vote in both Senate and House
The power that allows the President to reject a bill passed by Congress
What is a Veto
This gives the courts the power to declare laws unconstitutional
What is Judicial Review
Congress can do this to check the courts
What is impeach judges or change laws
Separation of Power is important to democracy because
What is it protects individual rights and limits government power