legislation test

Case work

helping people specifically in your state

Ex Post Facto Laws

congress cannot pass these

someone cannot be charged with a crime that isn’t a crime / isnt illegal

Bill of Attainder

congress cannot pass laws that punish someone without trial by jury or due process

Writ of Habeas Corpus

5th amendment

people / prisoners are supposed to know what they were charged / accused of

congress cannot suspend this

Joint session

meeting with both houses

Packing (gerrymandering)

putting opposing party in as little districts as possible

cracking (gerrymandering)

spreading opposing party out in as many districs as possible

true or false: districts must be continuous

true

Shaw v Reno

north Carolina

redrew lines in order to get African American representatives

they lost in court

ruling made it so that you cannot gerrymander to benefit one group of people over another

Baker v Carr

Tennessee

ruling made it so that you must redraw district lines when population changes (every 10 years with census)

pocket veto

automatic veto if the president doesnt sign a bill within 10 days of congress being out of session

automatic law if the president doesnt sign a bill within 10 days and congress is still in session

which party redraws district lines

majority party

what type of district is usually larger in gerrymandering

rural

where do all fiscal bills start

house of reps

where do most bills die

committee

rules committee

they determine if the bill will make it to the floor

only house of reps

ways and means committee

deals with tax policies

only house of reps

partisan v bipartisan

partisan = one party participates

bipartisan = both parties participate

current speaker of the house

mike johnson

how many members in the house of reps currently

435

requirements to be in the house of reps

25 years old

legal resident of usa

usa citizen for at least 7 years

2 year term

no term limits

no laws against insider trading

requirements to be senator

30 years old

legal resident of the state

usa citizen for at least 9 years

6 year term

no term limit

no rules against insider trading

impeachment

house of reps bring charges to the senate

senate has the trial

president pro tempore

leader of the senate day to day

vice president

actual leader of the senate

senate tie breaker

senate whips

go around tallying votes to see if a senator’s bill is worth voting on

try to convince people to vote for a senator’s bill

current president pro tempore

chuck grassley

current majority leader

john thune

current minority leader

Charles e. schumer

cloture rule

60 senators can petition to limit the filibuster time to 1 hour

17th amendment

allowed us to vote for our senators

concurrent powers

powers given to both the federal and state governments

e.g. tax, crime punishment, borrow money, courts

10th amendment

reversed powers

powers that are not given to the federal government automatically belong to state governments

war powers act of 1973

president must inform congress within 48 hours of sending troops

congress has 60 days to decide to continue funding the war or the combat must stop

cease fires restart the clock

article 1

legislative

article 2

executive

article 3

judicial

standing committee

permenant

special committee

one time

for special reasons (e.g. COVID)

how to override a veto

2/3 vote from congress

implied powers

necessary and proper clause / elastic clause

mcculloch v maryland

enumerated / expressed powers

powers specifically given to congress in the constitution

whats the name of the current congress

119th

new name every 2 years

great compromise / Virginia and new jersey plan

created bicameral legislature