Legislative
Length of a senator's term
What is 6 years?
Age required to run of the presidential office.
What is 35?
Length of term for Justice
What is lifelong?
First ten amendments of the Constitution
What are the Bill of Rights?
What is cooperative federalism?
Length of a representative's term
What is 2 years?
Nonofficial treaties between the president and foreign heads of government
What are executive agreements?
The number of justices that have to agree to take a case
What is 4?
Amount of House that agrees to Amend Constitution
What are three branches of government?
Amendment that allowed for direct election of Senators
What is the 17th Amendment?
Independent agencies under the President (i.e. NASA)
What is the bureaucracy?
Allows Supreme Court to declare laws unconstitutional
What is Judicial Review?
Original Constitution before Madisonian
What are the Article of Confederation?
Method to prevent government from getting too much powers
What are checks and balances?
Chamber of Congress that can declare war
What is the Senate?
What is the President's role in the military?
What is Commander in Chief?
Cases the Supreme Court has to take
What are Original Jurisdiction Cases?
Number of Amendments
What is 27?
The 13th, 14th, 15th, and 19th Amendment
Group that calculates Congress' budget.
What is the Congressional Budget Office?
Group that calculate's president's budget
What is the Office of Management and Budget?
Title of lower courts
What are district courts?
Year Constitution was ratified
What is 1787?
When Congress and President are controlled by different parties
What is divided government?