Legislative Branch
Another name for Legislative Branch
What is Congress?
The person with whom executive power is vested
Who is the President?
The group vested with judicial power in the United States
What is the Supreme Court?
An Executive check on the power of the Legislative Branch
What is the Presidential Veto?
The right given to the people in the 8th Amendment
What is protection against cruel or unusual punishment?
The Houses of Congress
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
The main power of the Executive Branch?
What is enforcing laws?
The main power of the Judicial Branch
What is interpreting laws?
A Legislative check on the power of the Executive Branch?
What is multiple responses (impeach, override vetos, deny nominations)?
3 of the rights protected by the first amendment
What are freedom of speech, religion, the press, assembly, and to petition the government?
The main power of the legislative branch
What is making laws?
The term length of the President
What is 4 years?
The term length of a Supreme Court Justice (or any other Federal Judge)
What is for life (good behavior)?
The reason why power is separated into 3 branches of Government
What is preventing power from being concentrated into the hands of one person or group?
Two of the rights protected by the 5th Amendment
What are due process, double jeopardy, compensation for property, remain silent?
The term lengths for Senators and Representatives
What 6 years (senators) and 2 years (representatives)?
Three powers of the President
What are multiple answers?
The term to describe a law or executive action that violates the Constitution
What is unconstitutional?
A Judicial check on the power of the other two branches?
What is declaring laws or executive actions unconstitutional?
Due Process
What is the right to a trial by jury and the right to an attorney?
Three examples of powers of Congress
What are multiple responses?
Challenge: The term limit of the president
What is 2 terms?
Challenge: The number of Supreme Court Justices
What is 9?
An Executive check on the power of the Judicial Branch?
What pardoning criminals or nominating judges?
An unconstitutional scenario
What is multiple responses?