Checks and Balances
The branch that can veto a bill.
What is the Executive Branch?
The certain power that the Legislative Branch has.
What is to make laws?
The age requirement to run for President.
What are 35+ years?
Clause two of the Congressional powers states "to borrow ______"
What is money?
The President of the United States.
Who is Donald Trump?
The branch of government that can declare something unconstitutional.
What is the Judicial Branch?
The article that discusses the Executive Branch and it's powers.
What is Article II?
The number of qualifications a candidate is required to possess to run for any position.
What are three qualifications?
The total number of Powers that Congress has (that we went over in class).
What are 16 Powers of Congress?
The person who presides over the President's impeachment hearing.
What is the Chief Justice/John Roberts?
The two branches that can impeach, appoint, or reject the appointment of judges.
What are the Executive and Legislative branches?
The group, as stated in the Constitution, that prevails over all three branches.
What are the people of the United States?
The easiest position (President/Vice President, Senator, Representative) to be elected into based on the requirements.
What is a Representative for the House of Representatives?
Congress has the power to establish post offices: true or false.
What is true?
The first two phrases of the Preamble.
(the phrases that go before "establish justice, insure domestic tranquility...")
What is "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union."?
The two ways (that we went over during class) that the Executive branch can check the Judicial/Legislative branches.
What is vetoing a law and appointing judges?
The number of associate justices in the Supreme Court.
What is eight associate justices?
(I said associate justices. Not justices.)
The number of years that the President must have been living in the US to run for President.
What is 14 years?
What two divisions are the powers of Congress divided into?
What are peacetime and war powers?
Maine's four Electors.
Who is Chellie Pingree, Jared Golden, Susan Collins, and Angus King?
The way that the Legislative branch specifically checks over the President.
What is impeachment?
This term describes both the nation and the state government power.
What is Federalism?
The number of years that a presidential candidate must be a legal US citizen at the time of the election.
What is their entire life?
(trick question, badly worded)
How many powers does Congress have relating to war?
What is six powers?
The total number of Electors.
What is 538?