Division of powers and checks and balances (GOV)

executive branch

-article

-function

-positions

-building

art. II

enforces laws

president/ VP/ cabinet/ bureaucracy

white house

Judicial branch

-article

-function

-positions

-building

art. III

interprets laws

judges, federal courts

supreme court building

Legislative branch

-article

-function

-positions

-building

art. I

makes laws

senate, house of reps, congress

capital building

executive checks over leg.

veto legislation

commander in chief

make treaties

leg. checks over exe.

override veto 2/3

declare war

approve treaties

exe. checks over jud.

appoint supreme court and federal judges

grants pardons, reprieves and amnesty

may refuse to enforce decisions

jud. checks over exe.

judicial review

appointed for life

jud. checks over leg.

judicial review

appointed for life

leg. of jud.

create lower courts

may impeach and remove federal judges

senate approves appointment

rung of ladder

constitution

federal and national

state constitution

state laws

local ordinance

what does ladder mean and where is it found?

all laws have to comply with rung above, Art. VI

delegated powers

national

powers granted/given

expressed powers

national

powers spelled out

coin money

implied powers

National

necessary and proper

paper money

inherent powers

national

all countries have powers

deport aliens

reserved powers

state

powers kept

age of consent laws

concurrent powers

N. and S.

sharing of powers

collect tax

denied to national

state laws

e. …

individual rights

freedom of speech

powers denied to state

national laws