Lawmaking
The 'lower' part of our legislative branch
What is The House of Representatives?
How old a person must be to serve in the lower house.
What is 25 years old?
How old a person must be to serve in the upper house.
What is 30 years old?
The month and year of the next Federal Election.
What is November of 2026?
Bonus: What is the formula for the exact day of the election?
The minimum number of members necessary to conduct business in either part of the legislature (vocabulary word).
What is a quorum or a majority?
Bonus: How many is it in the upper House?
Lower House?
the legal authority granted to a court or other legal entity to hear and decide cases, or the territory within which that authority extends. It's about the power to interpret, apply, and declare the law
What is jurisdiction?
The Amendment that protects against "unreasonable search and seizure".
What is the 4th Amendment?
To accuse a public official of a crime.
What is impeachment?
Bonus: What are the 4 things listed in the Constitution for which a person can be impeached?
The upper part of our national legislature
What is the Senate?
How the Speaker of the House is chosen.
What is popular vote among Representatives?
Bonus: Who is the current Speaker of the House?
The length of a term of a person elected to the upper house.
What is 6 years?
The number of people that represent Arizona in our National Legislature.
What is 11?
An "Appropriations" Bill has to do with this subject.
What is MONEY?
The process of becoming a citizen of a country in which you were not born.
What is Naturalization?
Bonus: About how many people are "naturalized" in the U.S. each year?
the temporary release of an accused person awaiting trial, sometimes on condition that a sum of money be lodged to guarantee their appearance in court.
What is Bail?
Bonus: What Amendment guarantees bail will be "reasonable"?
2 of the presidents that have been impeached.
name all 3 for double points.
Who are Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton and Donald Trump?
Bonus: Who is the only President to be impeached more than once?
Another name for our national legislative branch.
What is Congress?
The length of a term for a person in the lower house.
What is 2 years?
The State that has the most representation in the Senate.
What is they are all the same?
The number of times a person can be election the United States Legislature.
What is Unlimited?
The President of the upper house, their name, elected position, political party and the state they represent.
Worth Double
Who is JD Vance, the Vice President of the United States, a Republican from Ohio?
The division of power between different levels of Government and what those levels are, top to bottom.
What is Federalism?
Constitution
Federal Law
State Law
County Law
Local / City Law
Written and spoken defamation.
2 answers
What are Libel and Slander?
The 2 things for which William Jefferson Clinton was impeached?
What are Perjury and Obstruction of Justice?
Bonus: What "evidence" proved that Clinton was guilty and who had the evidence?
The number of people who serve in the upper part of our national legislature.
What is 100?
How vacancies in the House of Representatives must be filled.
What is a special election?
The current Majority Leader of the Upper House, his home state and political affiliation.
Worth Double
Who is John Thune, South Dakota and Republican?
This is how a vacancy in the Senate is filled.
2 answers
What is appointed by the Governor OR Special Election?
The month and type of year a new Legislative session begins.
Month and odd or even year
What is January and in odd years?
The place where a person or company goes to file for bankruptcy.
What is a bankruptcy court?
2 of the places where former President Trump faced criminal indictments.
Name 3 for double points
Name all 4 for triple points
What are New York City, Georgia, Washington D.C. and Florida?
Bonus: What were the charges in any of those cases? Points for each you can name.
The 2 steps of the process to remove a President from office.
What are a majority vote in the House of Representatives and a 2/3rd vote in the Senate
The number of people who serve in the lower part of our national legislature.
What is 435?
The part of Congress that has the sole power of impeachment.
What is the House of Representatives?
As the longest serving member of the majority party in the U.S. Senate, Chuck Grassley is in the line of succession to the Presidency as the holder of this title.
What is the President Pro Tempore?
The U.S. Legislative district to which we belong in the U.S. House of Representatives AND who represents us.
2 Answers
What is district 2 and Eli Crane?
The 3 things a President can do with a bill when it comes to him after being approved by Congress.
What are:
1 - Approve
2 - Veto
3 - Just let sit
The group or body that is create by this part of the Constitution: "To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions"
What is the National Guard?
The reason why it is easier to take a person's money as opposed to putting them in prison.
What is The Preponderance of the Evidence vs. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt?
What are the "Perfect Phone Call" and "January 6th"?
The name of the building where the U.S. Federal Legislature meets and the state it is located in.
What is the U.S. Capital Building and not in a state... it is in the District of Columbia?
The Minority leader in the lower house, his home state and political affiliation.
Who is Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat from New York?
The current minority leader in the Upper House, his political affiliation and the state he represents.
Worth Double
Who is Chuck Schumer , New York, Democrat?
The approximate re-elections rates and approval rates of Congress, in general.
2 answers
What is high re-election rates ~90% vs. low approval rates (~20-30%)
The practice of drawing legislative districts to benefit certain people or groups, especially the politicians drawing the boundaries.
What is Gerrymandering?
The nickname of the last power granted to Congress, the power that allows them to make any law they deem "necessary and proper", and why it has that nickname.
What is the Elastic Clause and it allows Congress to "stretch" their powers to just about anything...?
Name at least 4 things that are part of due process in the United States of America.
What are: Right to remain silent
Right to a lawyer
Right to be informed of the charges against you
Right to Grand Jury indictment
Right to a jury trial
Right to a speedy trial
Right to a fair trial
Right to post bail
Right to subpoena witnesses
Double Jeopardy
The law that Andrew Johnson "violated" that led to his impeachment.
What is the Tenure of Office Act?