I've Got the Power
This particular power belongs to the legislative branch.
What is making laws?
The age a congressman/congresswoman has to be in order to be elected.
What is 25 years old?
How often do district line have to be redrawn?
What is after every census? What is every ten years?
The number of senators that make up the US Senate.
What is 100?
Before a mandate becomes a law it is considered this.
What is a bill?
The powers that the constitution specifically grants to congress.
What are enumerated powers? (granted powers)
In order to be eligible for election, a senator must be a citizen for this many years.
What is nine years?
What is the name of the court case that mandated that legislative districts be redrawn?
What is Baker vs. Carr?
This is a special power of the US. Senate
A group of congressmen/congresswomen that discuss and debate over a bill.
What is a committee?
These set of powers are not expressly stated in the constitution but they are necessary and proper.
What are implied powers?
The age requirement for a senator to be elected to office.
What is 30 years old?
This term refers to the manipulation of district lines to give an advantage to one political party over the other.
What is gerrymandering?
These articles of the constitution gave power to the branches of government.
What are articles 1, 2, and 3
The amount of votes needed to override a presidential veto.
What is 2/3 vote?
These powers are possessed by the state and the federal government.
What are concurrent powers?
The number of years a congressman/congresswoman must be a citizen in order to be eligible for election.
What is seven years?
These two words were combined to form the term gerrymandering.
What is Gerry and salamander?
This group of people have the power to start the presidential impeachment process.
What is the House of Representatives?
A law that changes the constitution.
What is an amendment?
These set of powers protect the citizens of the United States.
What are denied powers?
This term states that a senator or a congressman/congresswoman must be a resident of the state they are elected in.
What is inhabitancy?
A government in which the people vote for delegates to vote on issues on their behalf.
What is representative democracy?
The number of members in the House of Representatives.
What is 435?
The number of amendments in the constitution.
What is 27?