Legislative Branch
The Legislative branch controls appropriations , what does that mean?
Power of the Purse.
They control the money, power of the purse.
How many years & terms do President for?
4 years / 2 terms MAX
How many Justices in the Supreme Court?
9
What is an ACT
a law that's been successfully passed.
Give me one sngle example of Checks & Balance?
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What type of states benefit from the set up of 2 senators per state?
Why do big states perfer the set up of the House of Reps?
Small states
Bigger the population, the more reps they get.
Who do the President Represent?
The entire country
What did the Brown vs Board of Education Ruling do?
Ended Segregation
What does a Sponsor of a Bill mean?
They are the one who introduced it.
How can the Judicial Branch check on the other two branches?
Rule their actions to be Unconstitutional.
How many years & terms do Reps & Senate serve for?
Reps : 2 years / unlimited Terms
Senators : 6 years / unlimited Terms
What does the department of Homeland Security do?
Name one agency under them and their function.
Protect U.S from domestic threats.
Secret Service, FEMA, TSA, ICE.
What did the Roe vs Wade decision do?
Permitted Abortion within the first trimester of pregnancy.
If all 100 senators, the President and Supreme court support the Bill, does it become a law?
Who is missing from this equation?
House of Reps
When the President wants to go to war with a country, how can Congress stop him?
Declare War
Money
Impeachment
What is the name of the building that Congress works in? And what city?
Capital Building, Washington D.C
Give me two federal departments and two federal agencies
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Give me three Supreme court cases and their rulings?
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When a President vetos a Bill, Congress has has one more chance, what can they do?
And what's the percetnage, fraction , or number needed to overcome the Veto?
Override the Veto, 2/3
Who acts as the Ultimate check on the three branches?
And how?
We the People
Elections
Qulifications to be a Representative and Senator
Rep : 25 years old, live 7 years in the U.S, citizen ( naturalized , or natural born ) , live in state they represent.
Senator : 30 years old, live 9 years in the U.S, citizen ( naturalized , or natural born ), live in state they represent.
Give me the Qulifications to be a U.S President.
14 years live in U.S
Natural born Citizen
35 Years Old
The Supreme Court acts as a check and balance against democracy ( popular rule ) and disraged public opinion. How do you that the court doesn't care about public opinion? What do they only care about?
They are not unelected
the Consititution
Explain the purpose of why the framers of the Constitution purposefully made the process so hard and slow for a Bill to become a Law?
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Which Branch is the most powerful on paper without a doubt if 2/3 of its members work together? Explain with one good reason.
And how does that branch act as a check and branch against itself?
Various answers.
Two chambers.