Legislative Branch
The main job of the legislative branch
What is to make laws?
The main job of the executive branch
The main job of the judicial branch
What is to interpret laws?
The principle that divides the powers of government into three branches
What is separation of powers?
The number of people in the Senate
What is 100?
The two houses of Congress
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate
What is the President?
The federal court that never hears cases first (only has appellate jurisdiction)
The system that allows each branch to limit the power of others
What is checks and balances?
The number of people in the House of Representatives
What is 435?
The age a person needs to be in order to serve on the House of Representatives and the Senate, respectively
The role the president is exercising when they call up the army
What is Commander-in-Chief?
The three levels of the federal court system
What are District, Appeals, Supreme?
The branch that approves federal judges and Supreme Court justices
What is the legislative branch (more specifically the Senate)?
The amount of Supreme Court justices
9
Redrawing voting district lines to favor one political party
What is gerrymandering?
The group of people who advise the President and lead executive departments
The power to decide whether laws or government actions are constitutional
What is judicial review?
What are checks and balances?
The amount of judges on the District Court
What is 1?
The first and final step in the bill to law process
The President can check the power of the legislative branch by
What is vetoing a bill?
The role that requires the President to oversee and manage the federal government's massive bureaucracy, including hiring and firing cabinet members, is the
What is 15?