Constitutional Vocabulary
Vocab word meaning: To Approve
What is Ratify?
This branch holds the power to interpret laws and settle disputes.
What is the Judicial Branch?
The 3 Levels of Government
What are: Local, State, Federal?
The amendment gave 18 year olds the right to vote
What is the 26th Amendment?
The President and Vice President of the United States
Who are Joe Biden and Kamala Harris?
A proposed law not yet passed by Congress.
What is a bill?
This Branch of Government can Veto a law, but the Veto can be overturned with a two-thirds vote in both the House and the Senate
What is the Executive Branch?
Where and when the constitution was written
Where is Philadelphia, 1787?
The 22nd Amendment
What is A President can only serve for 2 terms?
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Who is John Roberts?
When a President refuses to sign a bill into law
What is a presidential veto?
The ability of Congress to override a presidential veto is an example of this.
What is checks and balances?
Requirements to be elected to the House of Representatives
What is 25 years old, a citizen for 7 years?
This amendment gives you the right to be silent
What is the 5th Amendment?
One of two U.S. Senators from California
Who is Alex Padilla OR Laphonza Butler
The process through which a criminal can be returned to the U.S. to stand trial is known as
Extradition
Has the power to declare war
What is Congress?
Number of electors a candidate needs in order to win the Presidential election.
What is 270?
The number of amendments in the U.S. Constitution?
What is 27?
The Attorney General of the United States
Who is Merrick Garland?
How many votes are needed for a conviction in an impeachment trial, and who acts as the jury for the trial?
two-thirds, Senate
Writ of Habeas Corpus
What is when arrested a person must be charged with a crime or released from jail?
Has the power to state a law or court ruling is Unconstitutional
Who is the Supreme Court?
The frequency which Congress must meet
What is Once every year on January 3?
3 of 5 parts of the First Amendment
-Freedom of Religion
-Freedom of Assembly
- Freedom of Press
- Freedom of Petition
- Freedom of Speech
The position that Antony Blinken occupies.
What is Secretary of State?
The Number of Justices on the Supreme Court
Nine: One Chief Justice and Eight Associate Justices