Whose Power is it Anyway?
Checks and Balances
Lawmaking Process
Executive Roles
Vocab
100

Appoints cabinet members, federal judges and ambassadors

Executive

100

True or False, Congress can check the judicial branch by appointing supreme court justices

False, why?

100

Ideally, congressmen make laws based on the issues facing who?

The community they represent

100

Who is the leader of the executive branch

President

100

To deny a bill becoming a law and sending it back to Congress

Veto

200

Declare war

Legislative

200

How can the Supreme Court check the legislative branch?

Declaring their laws unconstitutional

200

Where does a bill go after it's introduced?

Committee

200

By helping to influence policy with events such as the state of the union address, the president is acting as what?

Chief legislator

200

Someone who goes to another country while representing ours. Appointed by the president.

Ambassador

300

Judicial Review

Judiciary

300

Nominating judges to the Supreme Court is an example of the ___________ branch checking the ____________ branch

Executive, Judicial

300

What does the president do in the lawmaking process?

Signs the bill or vetoes it

300

If the president is ordering troops, he is fulfilling his role as...

Commander in Chief

300

Powers given specifically in the constitution.

Expressed Powers

400

Prepare the annual budget

Executive

400

What are three ways the legislative can check the executive branch?

Approve appointments
Approve the budget
Override a veto
Impeach and Convict

400

If a bill starts in the Senate and is being debated, which step will happen next?

It will be voted on in the Senate

400

When a president is making foreign policy, he is fulfilling his responsibility as...

Chief diplomat

400

Powers NOT specifically listed in the constitution but taken anyway

Implied Powers

500

Regulate interstate and foreign trade

Legislative

500

What are checks and balances?

*Teachers choice*

500

If the president vetoes a bill, how can congress override the veto?

2/3 of both houses

500

As the face of the nation, the president is fulfilling his duty as...

Chief of state

500

Define Judicial Review

*Teachers Choice*

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