Constitution
The supreme law of the land in the United States
What is the Constitution?
Who is the Commander-in-Chief?
The number of voting members in the House of Representatives
What is 435?
The person who steps in if the President can no longer serve
Who is the Vice-president?
The first African-American Supreme Court Justice?
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
The number of Cabinet Departments in the White House
What is 15
The first 3 words of the Constitution, which capture the idea of self-government
What are, "We the People?"
Who has the ability to make federal laws
Who are Congress?
What is the Legislative branch?
The Chamber of Congress that has less prestigious, younger members who serves 2 year terms
What is House of Representative ?
Signs bills to become laws
Who is the President?
The 44th President of the United States?
Who is Barack Obama?
The amount of Supreme court Justices
What is 9
An addition or change to the Constitution
What is an amendment?
What are the names of the two houses of Congress?
What are the House of Representatives & the Senate?
The number of U.S. senators
What is 100?
If the President does not agree with a bill presented to him by Congress, he can do this
What is "veto the bill?"
Current Speaker of the House
Who is Nancy Pelosi?
The president's power to excuse a crime
What is Pardon
The number of amendments in the Constitution
What is 27?
The idea that power is divided by and shared between the federal government and the states.
What is federalism?
How many years does a Senator serve in office?
What is 6 years?
Specifically, who has the power to approve presidential appointments?
What is the Senate?
Who is considered to be the father of the Constitution?
Who is James Madison?
The amount of Elections that occur across the United States during the Presidential Election
What is 51?
The formal name of the "elastic" clause.
What is the "necessary and proper" clause?
What is the term that defines two houses in one Congress?
What is Bicameralism?
The day when presidential elections are held in the United States
What is the tuesday after the first Monday in November
The vote need by congress to override a presidential veto
What is 2/3?
Who is the newest member of the Supreme Court?
Who is Ketanji Brown-Jackson?
If the Electoral College fails the _____ elects the president from the top three canidates
What is the House of Representatives
The first major compromise made when the Constitution was written to create two houses of Congress
What is the Connecticut Compromise
What is a Filibuster?
The number of votes it takes to stop unlimited Senate debate.
What is 60?
Power to confirm Presidential Appointees and conduct Impeachment trials and convictions
Who is the senate?
The First President to set the precedent for serving two terms as president
Who is George Washington
The idea that the Supreme Court has the last word on Constitutional interpretation.
What is Judicial Supremacy?