Legislative
What is a history of the Legislative?
This body is responsible for confirming justices.
What is the Senate?
How long is one term?
4 years long.
This occurs when the president does not sign a bill within 10 days, Congress adjourns.
What is a Pocket Veto?
Where can you find these rules?
In the U.S. Constitution (Article I for Legislative, Article II for Executive, Article III for Judicial).
What is the main purpose of the Legislative Branch?
To make laws.
Total number of justices (judges) in the Supreme Courts.
What is 9?
What is the age requirement for being the President?
At least 35 years old.
Congress holds this power, allowing them to bring changes against a President or judge.
What is a Impeachment?
What is a "check" and "balance"?
A check is a control one branch has over another, and balance is the distribution of power among them.
How long are the terms of the Senate and the House of Representatives?
The Senate serve six years; Representatives serve two years.
This position leads the Supreme Courts.
What is the Chief Justice (judge)?
What happens when the President dies? (25th Amendment)
The Vice president immediately becomes president, which is governed by the 25th Amendment.
Congress can override a presidential veto with this fraction of votes in both houses.
What is a 2/3rds vote?
What are the three Branches and their main jobs?
Who is in charge of the House?
The Speaker of the House.
This person nominates the judges.
What does the President do?
What does the President appoint?
The President appoints the Supreme Courts justices (judges).
This power allows the Supreme Court to declare laws unconstitutional.
What is a Judicial Review?
Why did Framers separate the power?
To prevent the concentration of power in one person or group, protecting against tyranny.
What are the two parts of the Legislative Branch
The Senate and The House of Representatives
Life terms are served by these individuals.
Who are the Supreme Court justices (judges)?
What is the main role of the executive branch?
To carry out, enforce, and apply the laws passed by Congress.
The power of the President to reject a bill passed by Congress.
What is a veto?
What is separation of powers?
It is the division of government responsibilities into distinct branches to limit any one branch from exercising the core functions of another.