The House
This is how the number of Representatives for each state is devided
What is population
This is the number of current Senators
What is 100
The President is widely known as the head of this branch of government
What is the Executive Branch
This is the number of current members of the Supreme Court
What is 9
Why checks and balances exist in the first place
What is to limit one branch of government from becoming too powerful
This is the number of members in the House of Representatives
What is 435
This is the building in which both the Senate and House meet to do their work.
What is the Capitol Building
This is the main role o the Executive Branch of government
What is to enforce the law
This is the main function of the Supreme Court
What is to interpret the law
The Congress can check the power of the Supreme Court and the President by doing this
What is by NOT approving the Presidential appoinments to the Supreme Court
The Legislative Branch's main duty
What is to make laws
This is the length of term of a Senator
What is 6 years
This number is the number of years of a presidential term, times the number of terms a president can serve
What is 8
This is the term of a Supreme Court Justice
What is for life, as long as they are on "good behavior"
This is the process that the House and the Senate can use to try and convict a President, a Vice-President, or other government official and remove them from office
What is impeachment
This is the youngest you can be to serve in the House of Representatives
This is the youngest someone can be to become a Senator
What is 30 years old
The way in which the President assembles his cabinet
What is by appointing them with Senate approval
These are the states that must abide by the rulings of the Supreme Court
What is all of them (50)
The Supreme Court can declare a law unconstitutional. This would be a check on which other branch of government
What is the Legislative Branch (Congress)
This is the length of a Representative's term
What is 2 years
The way states are represented in the Senate is closest to this plan, debated during the Constitutional Congress
What is the New Jersey Plan
This is the ratio of Senators needed to approve appointments by the President
What is 2/3
This is the name of the document that the Supreme Court relies upon to determine if a law will stand or will be struck down
This branch may use the power of the veto (power to reject a decision or law) to check the power of this other branch. In other words the ________ branch can veto the _________ branch.
What is the Executive can Veto the Legislative