The Legislative Branch
This is the larger chamber of Congress, with representation based on each state's population.
What is the House of Representatives?
The president serves a term of this many years.
What is 4?
This is the highest court in the United States, with the final say on constitutional questions.
What is the Supreme Court?
Congress passes a law, but the President refuses to sign it — this power is called this.
What is a veto?
This term describes Nevada's system in which the governor shares power with several other separately elected officials, rather than holding it alone.
What is a plural executive?
This is the smaller chamber of Congress, where every state gets exactly two members.
What is the Senate?
This is a rule or directive issued by the President that does not require Congress's approval.
What is an Executive Order?
This is the title given to a judge who serves on the Supreme Court.
What is a Justice?
When the Senate refuses to approve a Supreme Court nominee chosen by the President, this branch is checking this branch.
What is the Legislative branch checking the Executive branch?
This is how often the Nevada Legislature meets in regular session.
What is biennially (every two years)?
This term describes a legislature made up of two chambers, like the House and Senate.
What is a bicameral legislature?
After both chambers pass the bill, it goes to this person, and if signed, it becomes this.
What is the President, and it becomes a law?
This is the power of courts to decide whether a law or government action is constitutional.
What is Judicial Review?
When Congress passes the same bill again with two-thirds approval from both houses after a presidential veto, this has occurred.
What is a veto override?
This agreement divides water rights to a major river among Nevada and several other western states.
What is the Colorado River Compact?
This term refers to powers written directly in the Constitution.
What are enumerated powers?
A person must be at least this age in order to run for the office of president.
What is 35 years old.
What is Judicial Review?
What is a criminal case?
The requirement that the Senate must approve treaties made by the President is an example of this type of power.
What is a formal power?
In this type of government system, power is shared between a national government and state governments.
What is federalism?
This term refers to powers Congress has that aren't specifically listed, but are reasonably needed to carry out its other duties.
What are implied powers? (informal powers)
This presidential role means the President is the top commander of the U.S. armed forces.
This presidential role means the President is the top commander of the U.S. armed forces.
This type of case involves a disagreement between people or groups, rather than a crime.
What is a civil case?
Resolving disputes between two states is considered this type of power of the Judiciary.
What is a formal power?
After introduction, a bill is sent here to be studied and debated in detail.
What is a committee?