Pros and Cons
The length of a Senator's term
What is 6 years
The part of the Constitution about the Executive Branch
What is Article II
The Supreme Court case that overruled segregation established in Plessy v. Ferguson
What is Brown v. Board of Education
The institution through which social order is maintained.
What is government
Describes the rules of American government
Who is the Constitution
This many people are in the House of representatives.
What is 435?
This person becomes the president if both the president and the vice president are unable to perform there duties.
Who is the Speaker of the House
The number of justices on the Supreme Court
What is 9
A loose union of independent states with a weak central government
What is a confederacy
The first American government prior to the Constitution
What are the Articles of Confederation
Laws passed about raising money for the federal government
What are revenue bills
The president relies on this group for advice on specific topics
What is the Cabinet
The ability to hear and rule on a court case
What is jurisdiction
When a state(country) has complete authority within its boundary
What is soveriegnty
The decision to make Congress a bicameral legislature with the House and Senate
What is the Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise)
The reason why members of Congress are more likely to be re-elected
What is name brand recognition (franking privileges is also accepted)
DAILY DOUBLE
What is the Secretary of State
Although disagreeable to most, this action is protected by the first amendment according to the Supreme court
What is burning an American flag
The system of government in the United States (specifically)
What is a Constitutional Republic
Who is John Locke
Where a bill goes if it has different wording in the House and Senate
What is the conference committee
The president does not always have to testify before Congress or a court
What is Executive Privilege
Relying on the decisions in past cases
What is precedent
Divine Right to Rule, Mandate of Heaven, and the Social Contract Theory
What are theories of the origin of a state
Gives Congress the power to make all laws that are "necessary and proper"
What is the Elastic Clause