Legislative Branch
This house of Congress has 100 members, two from each state.
What is the Senate?
This branch of government is comprised of the courts and it interprets and applies the law. Its main function is to evaluate laws by determining their meaning, applying them to individual cases, and deciding if they are constitutional, providing a system of checks and balances on the legislative and executive branches.
What is the judicial branch?
The members of this house of Congress serve two-year terms.
What is the House of Representatives?
The President needs this many electoral votes to win the Presidential election.
What is 270 electoral votes?
Article I of the U.S. Constitution establishes the legislative branch, the Congress, which is made up of two houses: the House of Representatives and the Senate. It details the powers of Congress, such as the ability to make laws, levy taxes, and declare war, as well as the powers of the individual states, like a ban on issuing their own currency. It also outlines the procedures for creating laws and the qualifications for both Representatives and Senators.
What is Article I of the U.S. Consitution?
The definition of this term is "a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money."
What is inflation?
The members of this house of Congress serves six-year terms.
What is the Senate?
These judges are the three liberal judges of the SCOTUS:
Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson
This Article of the U.S. Constitution establishes the Executive Branch, vesting power in the President, outlining election via the Electoral College, defining a four-year term, and detailing presidential powers like Commander-in-Chief, treaty-making (with Senate consent), appointments, and ensuring laws are faithfully executed, while also addressing impeachment and succession
What is Article II of the U.S. Constitution?
The definition of this term is a "tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports"
What is tariff?
This allows the President to serve as the Commander-in-Chief, allowing them to deploy troops without Congressional approval, citing national security?
War Powers Act
This Supreme Court justice is the longest serving member of the SCOTUS.
Who is Clarence Thomas?
This Supreme Court case highlighted the first amendment right to Freedom of Expression. A student wore an armband to protest the Vietnam war.
What is Tinker v. DesMoines (1969)
President Trump used this act to impose tariffs citing national security.
What is IEEPA? (International Emergency Economic Powers Act)
These are the three requirements to run for President:
What is
Be a natural-born citizen of the United States
Be at least 35 years old
Have been a resident of the United States for 14 years
This First Amendment case went to the Supreme Court where students protested the Vietnam war by wearing black armbands.
What is Tinker v. Dec Moines?
This amendment states "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause..."
What is the 4th amendment?
This 2025 case interpreted the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, citing that a judicial warrant may not be needed in an emergency situation:
What Case v. Montana (2025)?