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Nickname for the House of Representatives
Lower House
Nickname for the Senate
Upper House
Nickname for the President of the United States
POTUS
Supreme Court
SCOTUS
Representation is based on population of a state
Proportional Representation
House of Representatives Representation
Proportional Representation
Equal amounts of representatives in every state
Equal representation
Senates Representation
Equal Representation
Number of Representatives from MA in the House
9
Number of Senators from MA
2
House of Reps term length
2 years (unlimited terms)
Senate term length
6 years (unlimited terms)
President term length
4 years (2 term limit)
Supreme Court term length
No limit
Minimum age for House of Reps
25 years old
Minimum age for Senate
30 years old
Minimum age for President
35 years old
Minimum age for Supreme Court
No minimum
Minimum citizenship for House of Reps
7 years
Minimum citizenship for Senate
9 years
Minimum citizenship for President
Must be a natural born citizen
Minimum citizenship for Supreme Court
no minimum
Total number of house of reps
435
Total number of senators
100
Total number in the Executive branch
1 president, 1 vp, and 15 appointed cabinet members
Total number of Supreme Court juctices
9
Presiding officer of the House of reps is
Speaker of the House (Mike Johnson)
Presiding officer of the Senate
Vice President (J.D Vance)
Presiding officer of the Executive branch
The President (Donald Trump)
Presiding officer of the Supreme Court
Chief Justice (John Roberts)
Separation of Powers
Power evenly split between the 3 branches of government so that no one branch has to much power.
Shared Powers
Powers that both the federal government and the state governments have. Also known as Concurrent Powers.
Reserved powers
powers not explicitly given to the government but also not explicitly denied for the states are reserved for the states and the people as said in amendment 10.
Checks and Balances
A system that allows each branch to limit the powers of the other branches to make sure no one branch has to much power.
Delegated Powers
Powers that are explicitly given to only the Federal government
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