Legislative Branch
The US Legislature has two chambers, the House of Representatives and the Senate. What do you call a Legislature with two Chambers?
BiCameral
What is one role the President has in the Executive Branch?
Chief Executive
Commander in Chief
Head of State
Chief Diplomat
Chief Legislator
Political Party Leader
What is the Highest Court in the United States?
The US Supreme Court
True or False: South Carolina CAN make a treaty with North Carolina.
False. Only the National Government can make treaties.
The first three articles of the Constitution create three co-equal branches of Government. What are they?
Legislature
Executive
Judicial
How many members are their in the Electoral College?
538
Which Branch of Government has the greatest amount of people working in it?
Executive Branch
Decided in the Court Case of Marbury v. Madison, what is the Supreme Courts main check in the Legislative Process?
Judicial Review
What are the three levels of Government in the US Federal System?
National (Federal)
State
Local
How many articles are in the Constitution?
7
What is the name of one of South Carolina's two Senators?
Lindsey Graham
Tim Scott
Are the bureacrats that you run into everyday (i.e. School Teachers, Police Officers, etc.) mostly members of the Federal or State Bureacracy?
State
What is the Highest Court in the State of South Carolina?
The Supreme Court of South Carolina
Powers not given to the National Government are left to the states. These powers are called:
Reserved Powers
True or False: It is easy to amend the Constitution.
False
What is the name of the US Representative from SC's first District (Representing HHI among other Coastal Communities)?
Nancy Mace
Who is the President of the Senate and first in line for Presidential Succession?
The Vice President (currently Kamala Harris)
What is the job of the Judicial Branch?
To interpret laws.
Powers like taxation and declaring war are directly written in the Constitution. Are these expressed or implied powers?
Expressed
Breifly explain what one of the last four articles (4-7)
4: Federal System
5: Amendment Process
6: Establishes the Rule of Law (The Constitution in the Supreme Law of the Land)
7: Ratification Process for the Constitution
Explain in some detail how a Bill becomes a law.
1. Introduction of Bill
2. Committee Approval
3. Floor Vote
4. Joint Committee & Repeat in other Chamber
5. Joint Committee to present to President
Who are the three Presidents who have been impeached in the History of the US?
Andrew Johnson
William Clinton
Donald Trump
Name a Landmark Court Case that overturned Precedent in US History.
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education in Topeka, KS
Roe v. Wade/ Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Healh Organization
Citizen's United
...etc.
If you have a problem in your community, what level of government would be best equipped to help solve your problem in most cases?
Local
What is the Rule of Law?
The country is based on ideas and principles, not on leaders. No person is above of the Law. The Constitution is the Supreme Law of the Land, etc.