Judicial
This is the highest court in the U.S..
What is the Supreme Court?
The number of U.S. Senators in Congress.
What is 100?
The current head of the Executive Branch.
Who is our president, Donald Trump?
The split authority among the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Branches. It makes sure that no one branch can get to powerful.
What is Separation of Powers?
Powers the Constitution does not give to the National Government that are kept by the states.
What are Reserved Powers?
System in which our federal courts deal with federal laws while the 50 state courts deal with their own state laws.
What is the Dual-Court System?
In the U.S. House of Representative this party is considered the political party that more than half of the members belong to.
What is "majority party"?
$400,000 a year plus personal cost and travel.
What is the salary of the President?
This branch can impeach the President, override a veto, reject appointments, and can refuse to approve treaties.
What is the Legislative Branch limitation on the Executive Branch?
Powers shared by state and federal governments.
What are Concurrent Powers?
The court's authority to hear and decide cases.
What is jurisdiction?
This person is in charge of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
People don't vote on the president directly. Each State & the District of Columbia have a certain number of electoral votes equal to the number of House and Senate representatives each state has.
What is the Electoral College?
What branch can declare a Presidential Act unconstitutional?
What is the Judicial Branch?
A Government Project Grant that primarily benefits a congress person's home district of state.
What is a pork-barrel project?
Authority of a court to hear a case appealed from a lower court.
What is appellate jurisdiction?
The three types of Congressional Committees.
What are:
- Standing Committee
- Temporary Committee
- Joint Committee
This Amendment makes it clear that after a President dies or resigns from office, the Vice President will be the one that becomes President.
What is the 25th Amendment?
This branch can call Congress into special sessions.
What is the Executive Branch?
Someone who represents interest groups who contacts lawmakers or other government officials to influence their decisions.
What is a lobbyist?
The court case that established the power of "judicial review".
What is Marbury vs. Madison?
A court order that requires police to bring a prisoner to court to explain why they are holding the person.
What is Writ of Habeas Corpus?
The 4 goals of U.S. Foreign Policy.
What are:
- National Security, Build trade with other nations, Promote World Peace, Advance Democracy Around the World.
This branch was formed to limit the power of the other branches?
What is the Judicial Branch?
The maximum number of years a President could serve.
What is 10 years? If you become President with 2 years left from the previous President, you could serve those 2 years and 2 more full terms.