Article I
The two houses of Congress.
What are the Senate and the House of Representatives?
The supreme law of the land.
What is the Constitution.
This branch of government passes laws and spends money.
What is the Legislative branch?
The number of electors: includes senators, representatives, and those from the District of Columbia.
What is 538?
This is the hightest court in the land.
What is the Supreme Court?
The length of term for a member of the House of representatives.
What is a two-year term?
The first constitution of the United States.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This branch of government interprets the laws.
What is the Judicial branch?
The first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
What is Election day?
The amount of time a judges serves on the Supreme Court.
What is for life?
A counting of the population every ten years.
What is a census?
When something is added to the constitution.
What is an Amendment?
This branch of government enforces the law.
What is the Executive branch?
The president must be an American born citizen and be at least this many years old.
What is 35 years old?
It means a court has first opportunity.
What is Original Jurisdiction?
The length of term for a member of the Senate.
What is a six year term?
Name for the first ten amendments.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The upper house of the Legislative Branch.
What is the Senate?
George Washington add "so help me God" to this swearing in.
What is the Oath of Office?
It means it must be tried in a lower court first.
What is Appellate Jurisdiction?
The name of the person elected when the VP is absent from the Senate. (Means: for the time being)
Who is: the president pro tempore?
The number of states it took to ratify the constitution.
What is 9?
System that keeps one branch of government from becoming stronger than others.
What is the system of Checks and Balances?
This can be granted to criminals by the U.S. President.
What are pardons?
(or reprieves)
To be convicted of this one must confess or there must be two eyewitnesses to the fact.
What is treason?