Amendments
This Amendment gives citizens the right to own guns.
What is the 2nd Amendment?
This person is the leader of the Executive Branch.
Who is the President?
These are the 2 Houses (or parts) of the Legislative Branch.
What are the Senate and House of Representatives?
The Judicial Branch includes this highest court.
What is the Supreme Court?
The President is the Commander in Chief, but this Branch of Government has the power to Declare War.
What is Congress or Legislative Branch?
The number of Amendments to the Constitution that have been approved or ratified.
What is 27 Amendments?
The minimum age at which you can become United States President.
What is 35?
What is write or make the laws?
This person nominates Supreme Court Justices.
Who is the President of the United States?
Only Congress can create laws, but this branch has the power to interpret laws and find them unconstitutional.
What is the Judicial Branch?
This Amendment protects citizens from cruel or unusual punishment, and excessive bail and fines.
What is the 8th Amendment?
What is the length of term of office for the head of the Executive Branch?
What is four years?
This house of Congress serves the longer term of 6 years.
What is the Senate?
The length of time that Supreme Court Justices serve.
What is a lifetime appointment?
What is veto the law?
This Amendment protects people from unreasonable searches or seizures, requiring a search warrant with probably cause.
What is the 4th Amendment?
The president has the power to nominate ambassadors, public ministers, judges, and this other group.
What is the Cabinet?
Congress has the sole power to do this to our taxes.
What is propose laws to change or raise taxes?
The Judicial branch can do this to laws created by Congress.
What is decide if laws are fair and constitutional?
The people elect the President, but this group can start an impeachment Process.
What is the House of Representatives?
This Amendment states that the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution are reserved to the states respectively (states can make laws too).
What is the 10th Amendment?
The President cannot write laws, but he can issue these.
What are Executive Orders?
This group approves or confirms the President's nominations of judges, ambassadors, and Cabinet members.
What is the Senate?
The Supreme Court is made up of one Chief Justice plus this number of Associate Justices.
What are 8 Associate Justices?
Congress must do this to override a Veto by the President.
What is pass the act by a 2/3 vote in both houses of Congress?