Legislative Branch
Primary function of this branch
To make laws
Formally charging the president or other officials with misconduct
impeachment
Complete forgiveness of a crime by the president
Pardon
Minimum number of members needed to transact business
Quorum
Belief that people are the ultimate source of the government's authority
Popular sovereignty
Leader elected by the Senate who serves as the group leader when the VP is absent
President Pro Tempore
This occurs when a president doesn't sign a bill and Congress adjourns within 10 days
Pocket Veto
Original Jurisdiction
A court's power to hear a case before it is considered by any other court
What is the franking privilege?
The right of an official to send mail free of charge
The process where a foreign born person gains his citizenship to the U.S.
Naturalization
The journal of daily proceedings in each house of Congress
The group of elected representatives from each state that elects the president
Power of the courts to consider the constitutionality of laws passed by the legislature
Judicial Review
Defaming a person verbally and in writing
Slander and libel
What is federalism?
The division of power between the state and national governments
What is appropriation?
Money allocated by Congress for a certain purpose
The president and vice president today
Trump and Vance
A court's power to decide a case that has already been tried in a lower court
Appellate jurisdiction
A crime that requires a confession or two eyewitnesses for conviction
Treason
Six purposes in the Preamble
*form a more perfect union *establish justice * insure domestic tranquility *provide for the common defense *promote the general welfare * secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity
Congress has the authority to complete future tasks that are unspecified in the Constitution
(2 names for this)
Necessary and proper clause or elastic clause
Three requirements of a presidential candidate in order to run for office
* Natural born citizen
*at least 35 years old
*resident of the US for at least 14 years
The Constitutional provision that upholds the Constitution, federal laws and treaties as the highest law of the land
Supremacy Clause
Writ of habeas corpus
Forces authorities to charge an arrested person quickly or release them
Means "you should have the body"
Six basic principles in the Constitution
1. Limited government
2. Separation of power
3. Checks and balances
4. Judicial Review
5. Federalism
6. Popular Sovereignty