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legislative branch
made up of the house of representatives and the senate
house of representatives has how many members?
435 members
the senate has how many members?
100 members
house of representatives qualifications
25 years old
live in states you represent
live in the nation for 7 years
senate qualifications
30 years old
live in the state you represent
live in the nation for 9 years
legislative powers
make laws
control finances
approve treaties
levy taxes
regulate trade
who is involved in the executive branch?
president
president requirements
35 years old
natural born citizen
exceutive branch powers
run the military
enforce laws
appoint justices
negotiate treaties
judicial branch requirements
there are no requirements
judicial branch powers
settles disputes between states
settles disputes between people
judges constitutionality of laws
checks and balances
The system in government developed to ensure that no one branch of government would become too powerful.
the judicial checks the executive through
ruling against the executive branch
the judicial checks the legislative through
declaring laws unconstitutional
the executive checks the legislative through
vetoing bills
the executive checks the judicial through
appointing judges and justices
the legislative checks the executive through
overriding vetoes
impeaching and removing the president
controlling the funding of programs
the legislative checks the judicial through
impeaching and removing justices
amending the constitution
how does an amendment pass?
2 methods:
1: 2/3 vote in each house of congress
2: at national convention by congress, requested by 2/3 of states legislatures
→ ratification: must be ratified by either ¾ of state legislatures of by conventions in ¾ of states
bill of rights
the first 10 amendments
1st amendment
freddom of speech, religion, the press
right to peaceably assemble and send grievances to government
2nd amendment
right to bear arms
3rd amendment
freedom from having to house soldiers
4th amendment
freedom from illegal searches and seizures
5th amendment
no double jeopardy, cannot be forced to testify against yourself, cannot be jailed without a trial, cannot have property taken without compensation
6th amendment
right to speedy trial, jury trial, confront witnesses against you to a lawyer (abt criminal cases)
7th amendment
right to jury trial (abt civil cases)
8th amendment
no excessive bail and no cruel and unsual punishments
9th amendment
there are more rights than listed here
10th amendment
states retain the powers they did not give to the federal government
federalism
the sharing of powers between state gov and central gov
expressed powers
powers expressly spelled out in the constitution
implied powers
power not expressly stated but inferred from express powers that evolve congress to carry out its functions
inherent powers
powers held by the national gov (though not expressly stated) bcs its a national gov in a sovereign state in the world community
reserved powers
powers not granted to the national government + not denied to the states
issuing licenses
reserved power
running public schools
reserved power
concurrent powers
both federal and state governments have
run courts
concurrent power
create laws
concurrent power
tax citizens
concurrent power
spend money
concurrent power
regulate commerce
concurrent power
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