Executive
The President is the head of this branch, which is responsible for this task regarding laws.
What is Enforcing (or carrying out) laws?
This "bicameral" body is made up of the House and the Senate.
What is Congress?
This is the highest court in the United States.
What is the Supreme Court?
To be President, you must be a "natural born" citizen and at least this many years old.
What is 35?
This presidential power allows the Chief Executive to reject a bill passed by Congress.
What is a Veto?
This group of advisors heads 15 executive departments, like State and Defense.
What is the Cabinet?
There are this many total voting members in the U.S. House of Representatives.
What is 435?
Federal judges and Supreme Court Justices serve for this length of time.
What is Life (or during good behavior)?
This system is the process by which the President is actually elected, rather than by direct popular vote.
What is the Electoral College?
Congress can "override" a presidential veto if they secure this fraction of votes in both houses.
What is Two-thirds (2/3)?
This executive agency is responsible for collecting taxes and enforcing internal revenue laws.
What is the IRS (Internal Revenue Service)?
A Senator is elected to a term that lasts this many years.
What is 6 years?
This power, established by Marbury v. Madison, allows the Court to declare laws unconstitutional.
What is Judicial Review?
If both the President and Vice President are unable to serve, this person is next in line for the presidency.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
This "Upper House" of Congress has the sole power to conduct impeachment trials.
What is the Senate?
This is the only person who serves in both the Executive Branch and as the President of the Senate.
What is the Vice President?
This "Clause" in Article I gives Congress the power to pass all laws "necessary and proper" for carrying out its list of powers.
What is the Elastic Clause?
There are currently this many Associate Justices (not counting the Chief Justice) on the Supreme Court.
What is 8? (9 total, including the Chief Justice)
The 22nd Amendment, ratified in 1951, officially limited the President to this many elected terms.
What is Two?
The President has the power to nominate federal judges, but this body must "Advice and Consent" (confirm) them.
What is the Senate?
This specific "Office" within the Executive branch helps the President prepare the federal budget and monitor agency spending.
What is the OMB (Office of Management and Budget)?
This is the term for a procedural tactic used in the Senate to delay or block a vote on a measure by speaking for an extended period.
What is a Filibuster?
This legal Latin term refers to the principle of following precedent (letting a previous court's decision stand).
What is Stare Decisis?
This is the only U.S. President to serve more than two terms, leading to the eventual creation of the 22nd Amendment.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This rarely used "check" allows the Legislative branch to propose these to effectively "undo" a Supreme Court interpretation of the Constitution.
What are Constitutional Amendments?