Legislative Branch Powers
This power allows Congress to create laws.
What is lawmaking?
The President is the Commander-in-Chief of this.
What is the military?
This is the highest court in the United States.
What is the Supreme Court?
Congress can override a presidential veto with this.
What is a two-thirds vote in both houses?
The President can check on Congress by doing this to a bill.
What is vetoing it?
Congress can check the courts by impeaching and remove these.
What are federal judges?
Congress has the power to declare this.
What is war?
The President can make treaties with other countries, but they need approval from this group.
What is the Senate?
The courts have the power to interpret laws and determine if they are constitutional. This is known as...
What is judicial review?
The Senate can check the president's power to make treaties by doing this.
What is refusing to ratify a treaty?
The Supreme Court can check Congress by declaring laws to be this.
What is unconstitutional?
The President checks the courts by doing this with federal judges.
What is appointing them?
This power allows Congress to approve or reject presidential appointments.
What is confirmation?
The President can reject a bill passed by Congress by using this power.
What is a veto?
This landmark Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
The Supreme Court can check the president's power by declaring executive orders to be this.
What is unconstitutional?
The President can influence the legislative agenda by doing this to Congress.
What is giving the State of the Union address?
Congress can check the courts by changing the number of justices on this court.
What is the Supreme Court?
Congress can use this power to charge a federal official with misconduct.
What is Impeachment?
The President has the power to grant these to people convicted of federal crimes.
What are pardons?
Federal judges serve lifetime appointments to ensure this.
What is judicial independence?
This process can be used by Congress to remove a president from office for wrongdoing.
What is impeachment and removal?
Citizens can check Congress by doing this during elections.
What is voting for or against members of Congress?
Congress can check the courts by proposing these to overturn a Supreme Court decision.
What are constitutional amendments?
This gives Congress the power to make laws that are "necessary and proper" for carrying out its expressed powers.
What is the Elastic clause?
This power allows the President to issue directives with the force of law.
What are executive orders?
This type of jurisdiction allows a court to hear a case for the first time.
What is original jurisdiction?
The War Powers Resolution limits the president's ability to do this without Congressional approval.
What is deploy troops?
This amendment reserves powers not given to the federal government to the states and the people, limiting the power of Congress.
What is the Tenth Amendment?
The President and states can sometimes refuse to enforce this.
What is a Supreme Court decision?