How a Bill becomes Law
The word which means the start of a Law
What is a Bill
The Electoral College
The process to select the president of the united states
Senate and House of Representatives
What are the two houses of congress
Gerrymandering critiques
It can manipulate our democracy
This compromise divides power between a national government and state governments.
Federalism
The branch responsible for law writing
What is the legislature?
The compromise of the electoral college
the compromise between letting congress or citizens vote for president
2/3 majority vote
the vote needed for both houses to pass law
This type of gerrymandering spreads voters of one party across many districts to weaken their voting power.
What is cracking?
These are powers shared by both the federal and state governments
What is taxing and building infrastructure ( roads, highways, etc)
The location an idea of a law starts in
What is a committee
The number of electors based on representation and how their vote is counted toward the total electors.
what is the significance of the number 270, winner takes all.
What branch roles include, head of military, head of state in international conflict, and can appoint judges for life
Roles of the executive branch
Gerrymandering is
This is the practice of drawing voting district boundaries to benefit a political party or group
This type of power belongs only to the national government
Declaring War and Printing Money
The three ways a president is used in the law writing process
Veto, Pocket Veto, Suggest Laws
In 2024, the states were Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
What are 2024's swing states/ purple states?
The presidential cabinet
Gerrymandering affects this part of government by influencing who gets elected and how fairly voters are represented.
What is the house of representatives.
These powers are reserved for the states under the 10th Amendment
Running schools, Gun laws, Regulations, Holding Elections
To change old rules citizens have to follow, to create solutions to new problems, modify the budget of public entities or change expectations of state and federal government.
The reasons for new laws to be introduced to congress
The modern critiques of the electoral college as it relates to our democracy
What is the idea that a candidate can win the presidency while losing the national popular vote, meaning your vote does not directly matter to the election.
The way executive orders can be created
Use of cabinet departments to accomplish presidential goals, no need for congressional vote.
This type of gerrymandering packs many voters of one party into a single district to limit their influence in others.
What is packing
A major difficulty of Federalism
Confusion and Overlap of whose job is whose in times of disasters or crimes