Branches of Government
The apprenTEST
SCOTUS say what?
Fake news, real consequences
TWEETS
100

Branch of government responsible for enforcing the laws.

What is the executive branch?

100

Trump highlighted this legislative check twice, in 2019 & 2021

What is an impeachment?

100

This branch of government repeatedly limited President Trump’s executive orders, showing that no one — not even the President — is above the law.

What is the judicial branch?

100

In 2017, President Trump popularized this phrase to discredit mainstream media reports critical of his administration, framing journalists as political opponents.

What is fake news?

100

100


President Donald J Trump

200

This branch can impeach the President or federal judges.

What is the legislative branch?

200

During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln suspended this legal process, allowing for the detention of individuals without trial.

What is habeas corpus?

200

The amount of Supreme Court judges Trump appointed

What is 3 of 9 judges?

200

The 2021 attack on the US capitol was partially fueled by the widespread circulation of false claims about this.

What is the 2020 Presidential election?

200

200

California Governor Gavin Newsom

300

This 1803 Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review, allowing courts to invalidate unconstitutional executive actions.

What is Marbury v. Madison (1803)?

300

Based on the NYT article, this group of people claims that any legal challenge against the administration is "nothing more than an attempt to undermine the will of the American people".

What is the Trump administration? 

300

In 2025, the SCOTUS allowed the Trump administration to revoke this immigration protection for tens of thousands of people – overruling a prior federal judge’s decision – in a 6-3 ruling.

What is Temporary Protects Status? 

300

This crisis led to the fear and mistrust of science under the presumption that the federal government was using vaccines to implant trackers into the American public.

What is the COVID-19 pandemic?

300

300

Elon Musk

400

The separation of powers among the three branches was first formally proposed in this Enlightenment philosopher’s writings.

Who is Montesquieu?

400

In 2024 the Trump administration attempted this executive overreach affecting schools.

What is withholding federal funds approved by Congress?

400

Federal courts halted several 2025 executive orders targeting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs, citing likely violations of these two constitutional amendments.

What are the First and Fifth Amendments?

400

This form of voting is considered invalid or fraudulent by Trump and some of his supporters.

What is mail-in/absentee ballots?

400

400

The official White House social media account

500

Only President to be a Supreme Court Judge. 

Hint: bathtub

Who is William Howard Taft?

500

Executive order that is contested because it contradicts the 14th amendment

What is "ending birthright citizenship"?

500

In both 2020 and 2024, courts across the country — including many Trump-appointed judges — rejected dozens of lawsuits claiming election fraud, reinforcing this democratic principle.

What is the rule of law?

500

JD Vance had an uncomfortable interaction with this household item.

What is a couch?

500

500

Gavin Newsom