Legislative Branch
The main job of the Legislative Branch is to
Make the laws
The main job of the Executive Branch is to
Enforce or Execute the laws
The main job of the Judicial Branch is to
Interpret the Laws/ Judical Review
What is the first step of the Lawmaking Process?
What is Checks & Balances?
How each branch limits the powers of the other 2 branches. Also, this is how each branch is still equal in power.
__________ is the head of the Legislative Branch
Congress
___________ is the head of the Executive Branch
_________ and _________ make up the Judicial Branch
Judges and Courts
What are the 2 things a President can do to the bill in the Lawmaking Process?
Veto or sign it into a law
Congress checks the president by.... (name one example)
- Override presidential vetoes
- Impeaching a president
- Approving the annual budget
- Approving presidential appointments
The two houses of Congress are
House of Representatives and Senate
What is the President's annual speech to Congress called?
The State of the Union
The Supreme Court uses their power of Judicial Review to declare acts of the President and Congres to be....
Constitutional or Unconstitutional
If a bill is passed in the House of Representatives first, it then goes to _____________
The Senate
The President checks Congress by... (name one example)
- Proposing legislation
- Preparing the annual budget
- Calling special sessions of Congress
- Vetoing legislation that Congress has passed
Congress has 2 chambers. What is the vocabulary word that means "two houses?"
Bicameral
When serving as head of the US Armed Forces, the president is acting as the ______-__-_______
Commander-in-Chief
Who nominates all Supreme Court justices?
The President
What happens after a bill is debated on?
The President checks the courts when... (name one example)
- Appointing judges/ justices
- Granting pardons
How many members in Congress IN TOTAL?
535 (435 from the House of Representatives & 100 from the Senate)
Which role is the president exercising if he is acting as the American Foreign policy leader?
Chief Diplomat
What is the highest court in the United States?
The Supreme Court
If Congress really liked the bill that the president vetoed, what can they do?
Override a presidental veto
What is the one way that the courts can check BOTH Congress and the President?
By declaring their acts unconstitutional (Judicial Review)