Executive Branch
What is the Role of the Executive Branch?
To Enforce Laws
Role of the Legislative Branch
Make Laws
How many Judges sit on the Supreme Court
9
Head of the KS Executive Branch?
Governor
U.S. President that called Abilene KS home
Eisenhower
How long is a term for a President
4 Years
How many Senators are there on the Federal level?
100
Role of the Judicial Branch?
To interpret laws
How many Senators & Representatives
40 & 125
Town in KS that is named after the Union Civil War winning General
Ulysses KS
Temporary Law created by this branch
Executive Order
How many Representatives are there on a federal level?
435
Life, retirement or Impeachment
How do KS Judges get elected?
Nominated, serve 1 year, go up for re-election, then if approved come up for every re-election every 6 years
Kansas State Motto
Ad astra per aspera
To the stars through the difficulties
Veto
How this branch checks the Executive branch?
Override Veto
How this branch checks the legislative branch
Says a law is unconstitutional
Lt. Governor
Notre Dame Football coach with the highest winning % ever that died in a plane crash in Kansas
Knute Rockne
Third in Command in this branch
Secretary of Defense
Length of term for Senator & Representative
Senator - 6 Years
Rep - 2 Years
How many circuit courts are there?
13
How many Judges sit on the KS Supreme Court
7
Pro Slavery town in Kansas that rivaled Topeka & the push to be a slave state
Lecompton KS