Legislative Branch
This is the responsibility of the legislative branch of government in regard to the laws.
What is making the laws?
This is the responsibility of the executive branch of government in regard to the laws.
What is enforce the laws?
This is how many US Supreme Court Justices that serve "for-life" terms.
Nine
This group of people refused to ratify the US Constitution unless it protected individual rights.
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
This Amendment guarantees rights of freedom, speech, assembly, petition, and press.
What is the First Amendment?
What is declaring war?
This situation occurs if the president does not sign or veto a bill after ten days while Congress is still in session.
What is the bill becomes a law?
This is the responsibility of appellate courts.
What is decide if a lower court made errors?
This document guarantees individual freedoms such as peaceful assembly and a speedy trial.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This amendment provides rights for the accused.
What is the Fifth Amendment?
This is the role of the Vice President in Congress.
What is the tie-breaking vote in the Senate.
This part of the federal government can impeach the president.
Who is the House of Representatives?
This is how trial and appellate courts different.
What is trial courts persuade a citizen jury?
This is the clause in the Constitution that puts federal law over state law and the Constitution over both.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
This amendment defines citizenship.
What is the Fourteenth Amendment?
The Legislative Branch is made up of the ____________ and the _______________.
What are the House of Representatives and The Senate?
These are the three constitutional qualifications to become President of the United States.
What is be 35 years old, 14 year resident of the United States, and be a natural-born citizen.
This is how the power of the judicial branch is limited by the U.S. Constitution.
What is lacking the ability to approve new legislation.
This is the aspect of the US Constitution that proves Montesquieu's influence.
What is separating power among the three branches of government?
This amendment stops the quartering of soldiers.
What is the Third Amendment?
Being thirty years old, living in the state you are elected from, and at minimum a US citizen for nine years are the requirements to be this part of Congress.
What is a Senator?
This is reason the US Constitution requires the president to give a State of the Union Address to Congress.
What is Congress and the president must consult each other because both branches play a role in making law?
The President of the United States has nominated someone to serve as justice of the Supreme Court. This action is necessary before the nominee can serve on Court.
What is the Senate must confirm the nominee after the President nominates them?
This is the purpose for adding "We the people" into the introduction of the US Constitution.
What is to express the importance of people's power in the government.
This amendment allows women's suffrage.
What is the 19th Amendment?