Study Guide #2


Day #1



Parts of government and power

Part of government 

Power

Judicial

 

The power to make laws.

Executive


The power to enforce laws.



Legislative 


The power to interpret the law



Terms and Requirements

Positon

Requirements



Representative


  • 25 years old

  • citizen for 7 years

  • Must live in the state they are reprresentating





Senator



  • 30 years old

  • 9 year citizen

  • Must be a resident or their state



President



  • Must be born in the USA

  • 35 years old

  • Must have lived in the US for 14 years



Supreme Court

Justice


  • Appointed by the president confirmed by the senate.








Position 

Term length

Term limits 

Appointment/Elected 

Representatives

2 yrs

none

Elected

Senator


6 yrs

none

Elected

President 

4 yrs

2 terms

Elected

Supreme Court Justice

no specific length

none

Appointment





Legislative Branch

Executive Branch

Judicial Branch


To Impeach

To run the country like a CEO.

To protect individual

rights


To make laws and override vetoes

To sign, veto or pocket veto bills.

To delcare

laws unconstitutional


To fund or not fund an executive order.

To give executive orders.

To make sure that federal money is spent constitutional

To pass laws to spend money on the budget


To draw up budgets with the help of advisors.

To make sure that federal money is spent constitutionally.


To approve or reject treaties

To negotiate treaties.

n/a


To approve or reject appointments

To appoint officials, including judges.

n/a

To declare war and spend money support troops


To command the military.

n/a

n/a


To pardon people.

To decide the innocence and guilt of people.




A Bill is…



A. The division of power among branches to prevent one from having too much power

 

B. A proposed law



C. The division of powers that prevents one branch from controlling the others



D. Has the power to enforce laws

What are Checks and Balances?



A. A proposed law



B. The division of power among branches to prevent one from having too much power



C. The division of powers that prevents one branch from controlling the others



D. Terms and requirements to become president


The Executive Branch…



A. Contains the division of powers that prevents one branch from controlling the others



B. The power to make laws



C. Can interpret laws and applicant of laws



D. Has the power to enforce laws

The Legislative Branch can…



A. Create laws



B. Enforce laws



C. Interpret meaning of laws and application



D. Divide the powers among the three branches to prevent one from gaining all the power


Separation of powers



A. The division of power among branches to prevent one from having too much power



B. is are the powers to make laws



C. The division of powers that prevents one branch from controlling the others



D. Is a proposed law


The Judicial Branch has the power to…



A. Enforce laws



B. Create laws



C. Interpret meaning of laws and application



D.  Contains the division of powers that prevents one branch from controlling the others














Day 2



1.Where do bills start? The House and the Senate


2. Before a bill can go to the floor of the whole House or Senate for a vote, where is it generally sent? Committee


3. When the House and the Senate have made and passed two different forms of the same bill, where does the bill go to write the final wording? House and Senate Conference Committee.



4. After a bill has passed both houses of Congress, where is it sent? The president

5. If a President likes a bill, what must he do so that it becomes a law? sign it

6. If a President really dislikes a bill and vetoes it, what must Congress do in order for the bill to become a law? The House/Senate can override it if 2/3 from each party want it to be a law.


7. If a President holds a bill for more than 10 days and doesn't do anything to it, this is considered a pocket veto.


8. If a President holds a bill for 8 days and the Congress adjourns, what happens to the bill? It does not become a law.


9. If a President holds a bill for 10 days and the Congress stays in session, what happens to the bill? It can still become a law.


Day 1

                       Powers and roles of Congress- make laws





   1 Power of the Purse                                  2   Provide Common Defense

                  


 1

Congress controls

what is collected


1

Congress controlls

what is spent

2

Provide Common

Defense



  Borrow Money




Coin Mint Moneu





















     

Powers and roles of the president 

                                    Carries out and enforces the law




Chief Diplomat

Commander in Chief

CEO

                                         




















                                              Supreme Court

                         Interprets the law in two jurisdictions











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1 Make laws _____

2 Veto bills _____

3 Sign bills into law _____

4 Interpret the law _____

5 Appoint judges _____

6 Has power of the purse _____

7 Negotiate treaties _____

8 Declare war _____

9 Coin money _____

10 Impeach federal officials _____

11 Send troops to foreign lands _____

12 Ratify (approve) treaties _____

13 Begin the process of amending the Constitution _____

14 Finance and run the government of Washington, D.C. _____

15 Regulate commerce with foreign countries or among states _____

16 Borrow money _____

17 Declare laws as unconstitutional _____

18 Pay for the Armed Forces _____

19 Decide on the location of lower courts _____

20 Can pardon convicted criminals _____

21 Override vetoes _____

22 Set federal minimum wage _____

23 Call up the militia _____

24 Presides over the Cabinet _____

25 Approve or reject appointments ____