Legislative
How many members are in the Senate?
100 Senators
What is it called when the president excuses or forgives a person for their crimes?
Pardoning
How long do federal judges serve?
For life
Any of the non-delegated powers that belong to that state.
Reserved Powers
How many Amendments are there?
Twenty Seven
How old do you have to be to run for the House of Representatives?
Enforcing laws, giving pardons, appointing cabinet members, and etc, are what powers?
Executive Powers
What is a precedent?
decisions made earlier or previously
How old do you have to be the Governor of Massachusetts or run for legislature in this state?
18 years
Which Amendment states rules about the President's term limits?
Twenty Second Amendment
What is it called when you draw district lines that favor one political party?
Gerrymandering
How many Electoral Votes does a candidate need to become president?
270 votes
What does a person convicted of committing a crime have the right to do?
(hint: it is to bring the court case to a higher court)
They have the right to APPEAL.
Who makes a recommendation on the bill for passing state laws?
Joint Committee
Which Amendment states something about powers that aren't delegated going to the state governments.
The Tenth Amendment
What is the formal disapproval or a member's actions?
a Censure
What is diplomacy?
When the president or executive branch interacts or meets with countries.
Name two of the four major sources of law?
Statutory, Common, Administrative, and Constitutional
A method of presenting potential laws for people to directly approve of.
Referendum
Summarize the Fifteenth Amendment.
All citizens no matter what race or color cannot be denied the right to vote.
When a houses have private meetings in both houses?
Caucuses
How many presidents have been impeached?
Extra points if you can name 2 of them.
Three (Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, and Donald Trump x2)
In a Supreme Court case how many minutes does a lawyer have to verbally present their case to the court?
30 minutes
What is the Full faith and credit clause?
In the Constitution it states, states have to accept decisions made by other states' civil courts.
(answer can be altered)
True or False? In the First Amendment it states that the citizens ONLY have the right to freedom of religion. Why?
False, it also states that they are allowed freedom of speech, expression, and I'm pretty sure etc...