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Name the two Senators from Iowa?
Charles 'Chuck' Grassley and Joni Ernst
Formal changes to the Constitution, the first 10 are known as the Bill of Rights, and there are 27 total. What is this?
Amendments
What is the president's age requirement?
What is Majority Rule?
The idea that decisions approved by more than half of the people in a society will be accepted and observed by all the people.
How many members are in the Senate?
100 members
Name the 4 Representatives from Iowa
Ashley Hinson, Mariannette Miller Meeks, Zach Nunn, and Randy Feenstra
What is the Preamble?
Introduction to the Constitution lays out who it is for (the people) and how it will work
What is an executive order?
The executive branch can make temporary laws. These orders can be overruled by the judicial branch, but that takes time.
What is Judicial Review? Who has that power?
The power of the courts to declare laws and executive acts unconstitutional. The Supreme Court (judicial branch).
How many members are in the House of Representatives?
435 members
What is Rule of Law? Why is it important?
The principle that government is based on clear and fairly enforced laws and that no one is above the law. The Constitution sets limits on governmental power and establishes how leaders who overstep their power can be removed
A system of government where the power is divided between a central government and smaller state/regional governments
Federalism
What positions are part of the Executive branch?
The president and vice president
Who is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
John Roberts
What are delegated powers?
Powers that are only for Congress, the ones directly stated, are the enumerated/expressed powers
What is Habeous Corpus?
Individual right requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court, especially to secure the person's release unless lawful grounds are shown for their detention
The idea that the powers of a government should be split between two or more strongly independent branches to prevent any one person or group from gaining too much power.
Separation of Powers
What is the official job of the Vice President?
Presides over the Senate and the tie-breaking vote in the Senate
What does it mean to be loose in the Supreme Court?
What the society currently needs
What do the implied powers allow Congress to do?
Allows them to make laws that are necessary and proper. That are not listed word for word.
What is representative government?
A political system in which power is exercised by elected leaders who work in the interests of the people
The principle that the people are the ultimate source of the authority and legitimacy of a government
Popular Sovereignty
How does the impeachment process work? Explain the two parts
Procedure carried out by Congress for the potential removal of the president, vice president, or other officials for wrongdoing.
1st: Investigate & Impeach by the House of Representatives
2nd: Trial and Conviction by the Senate
Independent Judiciary (a system of judges and courts that is separate from other branches of government). President elects judges at the national level.
What is the main job of the legislative branch?
To send bills to the president-hopefully to be signed into law. Also, give oversight to the government through various committees.