Bills Approval
House and Senate Majority
Appointment Approval
Senate Majority
Treaties
2/3 supermajority senate
Executive to Leg
-Veto, special session, interpret laws by senate, v.p. tie breaker
Leg to Executive
-Pres veto, impeach, reject appointments and treaties, refuse law or funding
Executive to Judicial
-Nominate S.C. Justice, Fed. judges, Refuse court decision
Judicial to Executive
-Action unconstitutional, warrants, presides over impeachment
Judicial to Leg
-Law unconstitutional, presides over impeachment
Leg to Judicial
-Size of court, Const. amendments, reject judges, impeach & remove
Original Constiitution Rep.
-Senate (state leg), House (pop vote)
-Representative (25, U.S. Citizen 7 years, residency in state)
Qualifications
-Senator (30, U.S. Citizen 9 years, residency in-state)
Qualifications
-President (35, U.S. Citizen 14 years, nat. born)
Qualifications
Lack of Suffrage
States decided
15
Race
19
Women
24th
Poll tax
Original Liberties
Ex Post Facto law - States cant make laws against liberties in const.
U.S. Constitution Amending
-2/3 Congress & 3/4 State leg
U.S. Constitution Amending
-2/3 Congress & Convention with 3/4 state leg
U.S. Constitution Amending
-Convention with 2/3 Congress & 3/4 state leg
U.S. Constitution Amending
-Convention with 2/3 congress & convention with 3/4 state leg
1st
-Freedom of speech, press & assembly, establish and expression clause
2nd
Right to Bear arms
3rd
Housing of soldiers
4th
Search and Seizure
5th
Miranda rights, grand jury, self-incrimination, eminent domain, and double jeopardy
6th
Right to a lawyer, speedy trail
7th
20 dollars, jury of peers
9th
There are other rights
10th
Powers of gov only what’s in the const.
U.S. Constitution Branches (Undemocratic)
Senate, executive, jucial
Undemocratic
Slavery, senate rep, suffrage, judicial, electoral college,
Constitution Similar
Strong fed (6)
Strong bicameral leg (3)
Unequal rep in upper house (4)
Judicial Review (2)
Electoral System (2)
2 Party (3)
Electoral College (0)