The Legislative Branch
The lawmaking branch of government.
What is the legislative Branch?
The head of the executive branch at the national level.
Who is the President?
The highest court in the United States.
What is the Supreme Court?
Government rules that control how land is used.
What is zoning?
The two houses of Congress.
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
Orders issued by the president that carry the force of law.
What are executive orders?
The right to an attorney for those who cannot afford one.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
The government’s power to take private property for public use.
What is eminent domain?
What is the House of Representatives?
The group of advisors to the president who head executive departments.
What is the Cabinet?
The case that ended segregation in public schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
The largest source of federal government revenue.
What are taxes (especially income taxes)?
The process of redrawing voting district boundaries.
What is redistricting?
The role in which the president directs the military.
What is Commander in Chief?
The rule that illegally obtained evidence cannot be used in court.
What is the exclusionary rule?
Economic policy dealing with taxes and spending.
What is fiscal policy?
Supreme Court case that established “one person, one vote.”
What is Baker v. Carr?
The system used to elect the president.
What is the Electoral College?
The amendments that protect due process in criminal cases.
What are the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 8th Amendments?
The total value of goods and services produced in a country.
What is Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?
This principle ensures that no one is above the law, including government officials?
What is the rule of law?