Executive Branch
Someone much meet these qualifications in order to become President of the United States.
What are 35 years old, natural born citizen, and 14 years of residency?
The US Census is important to the House of Representatives because it does this.
What is Determines the Apportionment of Representatives among the States?
This basic principle was created through the 1803 Marbury v Madison court case, which established a new check on basic government decisions by the Federal Courts.
What is Judicial Review?
A Legislature with two distinct houses is known as this.
What is Bicameral?
Approving treaties, overriding a presidential veto, and approving constitutional amendments requires this amount of congressional approval.
What is 2/3rds or 67%?
One of these is NOT a title of the President of the United States:
Chief Executive
Chief Diplomat
Chief Justice
Commander in Chief
What is Chief Justice?
In order to keep the senate balances with experienced senators, their terms are structures this way.
What is One-Third of Senate terms expiring every two years?
This is the primary purpose of the US Court of Appeals.
What is reducing the load of The Supreme Court?
The manipulation of an electoral constituency's boundaries so as to favor one party or class is known as this.
What is Gerrymandering?
Judges and Government officials are appointed by this branch then approved by this house.
What is the Executive Branch and the House of the Senate?
This many Electoral College votes are required to win the presidency.
What is 270?
The Bicameral structure of congress was established from this.
What is The Great Compromise?
Due to the Supremacy Clause of the constitution, when the Supreme Court makes a decision this is the scope of its application.
What is affecting the entire country?
The principles or guidelines established by courts in earlier cases that frame the ongoing operation of the courts, steering the direction of the entire system is known as this.
What is a Precedent?
This is the act of charging a government official with serious wrongdoing, which in some cases may lead to the removal of that official from office.
What is Impeachment?
In order to make the jobs in the Bureaucracy earned based on merit this act was passed.
What is the Pendleton Act of 1883?
If the President neither signs nor vetoes a bill within 10 days this happens.
What is The bill automatically becomes law?
This case would not fall under federal jurisdiction:
A lawsuit between citizens of different states involving $100,000 in damages
A case alleging violation of a federal civil rights statute
A dispute arising under the US Constitution
A robbery charge prosecuted under a state criminal statute
What is a robbery charge prosecuted under a state criminal statute?
This is a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.
What is a Bureacracy?
The Judicial Branch checks the other branches by doing this.
What is deeming laws or executive orders unconstitutional?
If Congress passes a law like the Clean Air Act, the executive branch takes this action.
What are relevant agencies (like EPA) writes rules and implements the policy?
If the House and Senate pass different versions of the same bill then this has to happen.
What is A Conference Committee resolves the differences and then is voted on again?
This case established that congress have implied powers under the "Necessary and Proper Clause."
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
This was the 1803 Supreme Court case that established the courts’ power of judicial review and the first time the Supreme Court ruled an act of Congress to be unconstitutional.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
The Executive Branch checks the judicial branch by doing this.