Legislative
The main responsibility of the Legislative Branch of government.
What is to make/create the laws?
What is to enforce the laws.
The main job of the Judicial Branch of government.
What is interpret the laws?
A proposed law.
What is a bill?
The first ten amendments of the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The two ages required to be a either representative or a senator.
What is 25 and 30?
The age required to run for president of the United States.
What is 35 years old?
The length of term for a Supreme Court justice.
What is a life term or until they decide to resign?
A law that is not in keeping with the meaning and spirit of the U.S. Constitution.
What is an unconstitutional law?
The number of amendments to the Constitution.
What is 27?
The two lengths of term for a representative and senator.
What is two years and six years?
The length of term for the U.S. president.
What is 4 years?
This person administers the presidential oath of office and sits as judge if the president were on trial for impeachment.
Who is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
These are the two ways a person can be convicted of treason.
What is caught in the act or confess in open court?
The 2 reasons for the Bill of Rights.
What is get the states to agree and guarantee individual rights?
This happens when the Senate convicts a person of impeachment.
What is removal from office?
This is the yearly speech made by the president to Congress.
What is the State of the Union?
This is the number of justices that compose the Supreme Court.
What is 9 members?
*Double Jeopardy*
This is double jeopardy.
What is a person cannot be tried twice for the same crime when he was already found innocent?
The number of electoral points needed to win a presidential election.
What is 270?
This person serves as the vice president of the Senate.
Who is the President Pro Tem (Tempore)?
This person serves as the president of the Senate.
The vice president of the U.S.
This jury weighs evidence against a person in order to decide whether or not to charge them with a crime.
What is a Grand Jury?
This law may not punish an individual for a crime committed before the law was passed.
What is an Ex Post Facto law?
*Double Jeopardy*
This determines the number of electoral points for each state.
What is based on Congress (number of senators and representatives)?