Executive
This person is the head of the Executive Branch
Who is the President?
These two chambers make up the U.S. Congress.
What are the Senate and the House of Representatives?
This is the highest court in the United States
What is the Supreme Court
This clause states that federal law is the supreme law of the land.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
This clause allows Congress to stretch its power.
What is the Necessary and Proper or Elastic Clause?
As Commander in Chief, the President is in charge of these military forces.
What are the Army and Navy?
A legislature with two houses is called this.
What is a bicameral legislature?
This power allows courts to decide if laws violate the Constitution.
What is Judicial Review?
This amendment reserves powers to the states or the people.
What is the 10th Amendment?
Appoint officials without Senate approval.
When the Senate is on break, what can the President do temporarily?
The President can recommend these to Congress
What are new laws?
This leader runs the House of Representatives.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
This Supreme Court case established judicial review.
What is Marbury v Madison?
This level of government shares power with the national government
What are state governments?
Ambassadors or states
The Supreme Court has “original jurisdiction” in cases involving?
This group of advisors helps the President make important decisions
What is the Cabinet?
Only the Senate has the power to do this during impeachment.
What is try impeachment cases?
This type of court hears a case first.
What is a trial court or court of original jurisdiction?
Under federalism, both state and national governments have this type of power.
What are shared powers?
When an appeals court agrees with the trial court.
What is affirm the decision?
This is the number of main departments in the Executive Branch.
What is 15?
Bills that raise money must start in this chamber of Congress.
What is the House of Representatives?
When a losing party asks a higher court to review a case, it is called this.
What is an appeal?
This system prevents the national government from having all the power.
What is federalism?
When the Supreme Court makes a decision, lower courts must follow it.
What is a precedent?