Checks and Balances
Each branch checks in on the others and makes sure that one doesn't have all the power.
Why do we have three branches of government?
The legislative branch creates laws for our nation.
What power does the legislative branch have?
You must be a U.S citizen to become president.
Do you have to be a U.S citizen to become president?
The two subjects are peacetime powers and war powers.
What are the two subjects of Article 1, Section 8?
Maine's republican representative is Susan Collins.
Who is Maine's republican representative?
The legislative branch can impeach the president and override a veto.
How does the legislative branch check the executive branch?
The supreme court is withing the judicial branch, it has the power to decide whether laws are unconstitutional or not.
Which branch does the supreme court belong to, and what power does it hold.
You need to be 25 or older to join the House of Representatives.
How old must you be to join the House of Representatives?
12 clauses talk about peacetime powers.
How many clauses talk about peacetime powers?
The preamble in the Constitution talks about the purpose of the Constitution and what it does.
What does the preamble in the Constitution talk about?
The legislative branch can impeach judges as well as the president, they can also override a veto.
How does the legislative branch check the judicial branch and the executive branch?
The executive branch can veto a bill if she/he doesn't agree with the bill proposed by congress, the judicial branch can also deem laws unconstitutional.
How do all branches work together on creating great laws from the legislative branch?
Senators must be at least 30 years old and have been a U.S citizen for at least 9 years.
What are two requirements to join the Senate?
Clauses 11,12,13,14,15, and 16.
What six clauses talk about provisions about war powers?
The head justice is John Roberts.
Who is the head justice in the Supreme Court?
There would be no one to tell us which laws were unconstitutional, so there would be no purpose for the constitution anymore.
What would happen if we had no judicial branch?
The Legislative and Executive branches work together, congress makes the laws while the executive branch enforces them.
Which two branches work together, and why?
People in the Senate and House for representatives can serve an unlimited amount of terms.
How many terms can people from the Senate and House of Representatives serve?
Clause 7 talks about the ability to establish post offices, the overall category this clause fits into is peacetime powers.
Which clause talks about the ability to establish post offices and what overall category does this fall into?
A candidate must win at least 270 electoral votes to continue on to victory.
How many electoral votes must a candidate win to continue to victory?
There would be too much power placed on the president and it would turn into a monarchy.
If we got rid of the legislative and judicial branch, what would happen?
The legislative branch and the judicial branch both have clashing powers, congress has the power to make laws but the judicial branch can deem them unconstitutional and remove them.
The legislative and the judicial branch both have clashing powers, how so?
Mark cannot run for office as a senator, all senators must be over 30.
Mark is 29, he lived in brazil for 5 years, but 10 years ago he moved back to the U.S where he was born. Right now could Mark run in an election to become a Senator?
Clause 12 talks about war powers, Its subject is creating and maintaining armies.
On clause 12, what is it specifically discussing, and what power is it talking about?
The speaker of the house is the judge during the impeachment prosses.
Who is the "judge" during the impeachment prosses?