The House
This is how states are awarded seats in the House of Representatives
What is by population.
This is the numbers of seats in the Senate awarded to each state, no matter how big or small.
What is 2?
The Congress alone has this power.
What is the power to declare war?
This is how long someone serves as president before running for re-election.
What is 4 years?
This is how long people serve as federal judges, including the Supreme Court.
What is for life?
This power gives the House a lot of power
What is control of the national government's money?
The Senate must approve appointments made by this other branch.
What is the executive branch?
All laws must be passed by this before going to the executive branch to be signed or vetoed.
What is both houses of Congress?
Some say that this is the chief job of the executive branch.
What is the enforcement of the laws passed by Congress?
This is the person who nominates someone to the Federal judiciary.
Who is the president?
This is how long people serve in the House before running for re-election.
What is 2 years?
The Senate must also approve this other action by the executive branch.
The Congress can do this to a presidential veto.
What is override it?
The president is the commander in chief of this.
What are the armed forces of the United States?
This is the number of people currently serving on the Supreme Court.
What is 9?
Along with the Senate, the House may do this to appointed or elected officials if the person is suspected of a crime
What is impeach them?
This is how long people serve in the Senate before running for re-election.
What is 6 years?
Congress agreed not to tamper with this for at least 20 years after the Constitution was written.
What is the slave trade that kidnapped people and brought them to the United States?
Other members of the executive branch must have their appointments approved by this house of Congress.
What is the Senate?
This branch approves appointments to the Federal judiciary.
What is the Senate?
This clause said that what percentage of enslaved people (until 1865) would be counted for a state's seats in the House.
What is 3/5ths?
This person acts as the president of the Senate and can cast a tie-breaking vote in case of an even number of votes in the Senate.
Who is the vice-president?
This clause allows the Congress to make any laws that it thinks are needed.
What is the elastic clause or the "necessary and proper" clause?
This is how the president can try to stop proposed laws from becoming actual laws.
What is by using their veto power?
This power allows the judiciary to overturn laws made by the national government, state governments and local governments.
What is the power to decide if a law is unconstitutional?