Congress & Lawmaking
What branch of government makes laws
What is the Legislative branch?
The president is the head of this branch.
What is the executive branch?
This branch interprets laws.
What is the Judicial branch?
A person accused of a crime is called this.
What is a defendant?
This system prevents any branch of government from having too much power.
What are checks and balances?
The two parts of Congress and the Senate are this.
What is the House of Representatives?
The president can reject a bill using his power.
What is a veto?
What is the Supreme Court?
This amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is the 4th amendment?
Congress can override a presidential veto with this fraction of a vote from both houses.
What is 2/3s?
A proposed law is called this before it is passed.
What is a bill?
The president serves a term of this many years.
What is four years?
Supreme Court judges are called.
What are Justices?
The name of the first 10 amendments in the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The Supreme Court can strike down any law that violates the Constitution.
What is declared unconstitutional?
The number of Senators each state has.
What is two?
This title means the president is in charge of the U.S. Military.
What is Commander-in-Chief?
The term of judges.
A group of citizens who decide guilty or innocent.
What is a jury?
The president appoints federal judges, but this body must confirm them.
What is the Senate?
This happens when both houses of Congress approve of the same bill and send it to the president.
What is the Passage of a Bill?
The president chooses these people to help run executive departments.
What is a cabinet?
The principle allows courts to declare laws unconstitutional.
What is judicial review?
The standard of proof required to convict someone in a criminal trial.
What is beyond a reasonable doubt?
This process allows Congress to take charge and potentially remove the president from office.
What is called impeachment?