Executive Branch
Who is the most important person in the Executive Branch?
The President
What is the purpose of the Legislative Branch?
What is the highest level of court in the United States?
Supreme Court
How many points are needed to win the Electoral College?
270
How can the President check the Legislative Branch's power to make laws?
The President is able to veto bills from becoming laws
What is the purpose of the Executive Branch?
Carry out/Enforce Laws
Only a Congress member can introduce a Bill to become a law
How long can someone serve on the Supreme Court for?
Define the Electoral College
The Electoral College are representatives from each state that select the president based on what the majority of the state wants.
How is the President's job as Chief Executive checked by another branch of Government?
Congress has to approve the President's selection of Supreme court Justices
What are the jobs of the secretaries in the President's Cabinet?
To advise the President on problems in different departments of American society
How many TOTAL members of Congress are there?
535- 435 house of representatives, and 100 senators.
Explain what Judicial Review is.
The Supreme Court and the judicial Branch is able to review laws to make sure they are Constitutional.
Why is the Electoral College controversial?
What is the division of power between the National Government and the State Governments called?
Federalism
What is the term limited government mean?
The President and the rest of the government only have power that the constitution gives them.
How long is the term of a US Senator?
6 years.
What type of cases does the Supreme Court hear?
How does a presidential candidate receive Electoral College points from a state?
The win the popular vote in that state by a simple majority.
By making sure the laws that are being passed align with the Constitution.
What are the main jobs of the President?
(I will accept 5)
Legislative Leader
Commander in Chief
Chief of State
Chief Diplomat
Guardian of the Economy
Chief Executive
Chief of Party
Who are your two senators in NY?
Chuck Schumer, and Kirsten Gillibrand.
What was the decision in the court case New Jersey vs. T.L.O.?
Schools can search your property if they have a reasonable cause of something suspicious.
Name a time when a president won the popular vote but did not become president, because they lost the Electoral college votes.
Hillary Clinton 2016
Al Gore 2000
Samuel Tilden 1876
What happens if a law is vetoed by the President?
It goes back to Congress and they vote again. (If Congress votes a 2/3 majority the bill becomes a law)