How many members are in the House of Representatives?
435
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What is one of the cases called that you learned in class?
Gideon v. Wainwright
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What are 2 of the powers that the president possesses?
Commander in chief, Head of State, Head of party, Keeper of the economy, Chief Executive, Agenda setter
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What is a law called before is is officially called a law?
Bill
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Who are 3 of the founding fathers?
George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine, Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, Alexander Hamilton, Gouverneur Morris
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How many houses are in legislative branch?
2
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What is the name of the highest court?
The Supreme Court
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If the president dislikes a bill what can he do?
Veto
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What are the two branches, in order, a law must travel through to become a law?
Legislative and executive
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What year was the constitution written?
1787
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What are two of the requirements to be part of the senate?
1) Must be 30 years old 2) 9 year U.S citizen 3) live in the state
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What is The Supreme court's purpose?
Take the cases that deal with disputes about whether a law goes against the constitution. They have the power over federal laws. Decision of judicial review
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Can the rejection from the president be overruled? if so how?
Yes, if their is a ⅔ vote to pass the Bill in the Legislative Branch
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Which part of government publishes the law?
Executive
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Does the constitution allow one branch to become stronger than the others?
No
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Besides the HOR(House of Represntatives) who else runs the legislative branch?
Senate
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If people find the case unfair who may they take the case to?
The Court of Appeals
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Can the president declare war?
No, but he can take other actions to fight against the enemy
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If the president rejects the law, what two action can people do to try to make it a law again?
They may edit the law so the president will sign it off of pass it with ⅔ majority in congress
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Why did the federalist and the anti-federalist disagree about the constitution?
They disagreed on how the states should be represented in congress.
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Name 2 of the responsibilities of the legislative branch
1) power to collect taxes. 2)regulate trade. 3) create lower Fed. courts. 4) Declare war
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If verdict is sustained by both courts can their sentence be made worse?
No
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What part does the president take in the process of making a law?
He signs and passes makes it a law
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When making a law who should the legislative think about?