Legislative Branch
This is the term for the two-house structure of Congress.
Bicameral
The minimum age to become President of the United States.
35
An order directing a lower court to send records for review is called this.
Writ of Certiorari
The branch that can override a presidential veto with a two-thirds vote.
Legislative Branch
The first ten amendments to the Constitution are known as this.
Bill of Rights
Part 1: The total number of voting members in the House of Representatives.
Part 2: How many Senators that each state has.
435 Total House Members
2 Senators from each state
The President can reject a bill passed by Congress using this power.
Veto
How many Justices are there on the Supreme Court.
+100 for each correctly named Justice
9 Total
Chief Justice John Roberts, Sonia Sotomayor, Clarence Thomas, C, Samuel Alito, Elena Kagan, Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, Ketanji Brown Jackson
The President can appoint federal judges, but this branch must confirm them.
Senate (Legislative Branch)
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
The type of power shared by both state and federal governments, such as taxing and law enforcement.
Concurrent Powers
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
After Congress sends a bill to the President, this term refers to if the President takes no action for ten days while Congress adjourns, this occurs.
Pocket Veto
The group that formally elects the President of the United States.
Electoral College
The Supreme Court case that established in Marbury v. Madison that the Supreme Court has the ability to review the constitutionality of the actions of the other two branches.
Judicial Review
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Presidents shape how laws operate (but not create laws) by issuing these directives to executive agencies.
Executive Orders
The clause that makes the Constitution the "supreme law of the land."
Supremacy Clause
This is the most powerful position in the House of Representatives.
Speaker of the House
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
The annual speech outlining presidential priorities to Congress is called this.
State of the Union
The type of jurisdiction the Supreme Court has over cases involving ambassadors and states.
Original Jurisdiction
Congress can remove a President from office through this process.
Impeachment
This concept prevents any one branch of government from becoming too powerful by giving each branch its own unique powers and responsibilities.
Separation of Powers
The clause in the Constitution that gives Congress the power to pass laws deemed "Necessary and Proper."
Elastic Clause
Name and explain 2 of the 6 roles of the President.
Chief Executive Directs the federal bureaucracy and enforces all federal laws
Commander in Chief Exercises supreme command over the nation's military and security
Chief Diplomat Conducts foreign relations and directs US foreign policy
Chief Legislator Sets the legislative agenda by proposing, signing, or vetoing bills
Chief of State Serves as the symbolic and ceremonial head of the US government
Chief of Party Leads their respective political party and supports its electoral goals.
This case ruled that students have free speech rights in schools unless it disrupts learning.
Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
The only branch that can formally declare war.
Legislative Branch (Congress)
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
The system where power is divided between national and state governments.
Federalism