Legislative
The most powerful branch of government.
What is Congress?
The number of terms a president can serve.
What is two?
What is the Supreme Court?
The supreme law of the land.
What is the Constitution?
This man is one of Texas' senators.
Who is Ted Cruz? Who is John Cornyn?
The primary job of Congress.
What is lawmaking?
The primary job of the President.
What is enforcing laws?
One of the functions of the judicial branch is this.
What is reviews laws? Explains laws? Resolves disagreements? Decides if a law is constitutional?
The first three words of the Constitution.
We the people.
This man is your congressional representative.
Who is Troy Nehls?
The number of members of the House of Representatives?
What is 435?
The governor of Texas.
Who is Greg Abbott?
The number of justices on the Supreme Court.
What is nine?
The principle that stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful.
What is checks and balances?
The age you must be in order to vote for President.
What is eighteen?
The reason some states have more Representatives than others.
What is population?
This power allows the president to reject a law passed by Congress.
What is a veto?
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
Who is John Roberts?
Name three rights enshrined in the First Amendment.
What is speech? Religion? Assembly? Press? Petition?
The primary way American citizens participate in the political process.
What is voting?
What power is given to Congress that many mistakenly believe is given to the President?
What is the power to declare war?
What are two cabinet level positions?
Secretary of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, HHS, Homeland Security, HUD, Interior, Labor, State, Transportation, Treasury, VA. Also: Attorney General & Vice President
The Supreme Court case that gave the Supreme Court the power of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
Name one power that belongs to the states and NOT the federal government.
What is providing schooling and education, protection, or safety? What is give a driver's license? What is approve zoning and land use?
Name one U.S. territory.
What is Puerto Rico? U.S. Virgin Islands? American Samoa? Northern Mariana Islands? Guam?