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AGov 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How does the president check the powers of Congress and the Courts? | *Appoint Supreme Court Justices *Appoint other federal judges *veto legislation *May call special sessions of Congress |
| How does Congress check the power of the President and the Courts? | *Impeach federal judges and/or the President *Create lower courts *Override President's veto *Approve appointments of judges *Approve treaties |
| How do the courts check the power of the President and Congress? | *May declare executive acts unconstitutional *May declare acts of Congress unconstitutional |
| Expressed Powers (Enumerated Powers) | Powers that are delegated to the National Govern. in so many words written in the Constitution |
| Examples or Expressed Powers | Lay and collect taxes-coin money-regulate foreign & interstate trade-Raise and maintain armed forces-Declare war-Grant patents & copyrights |
| Supreme law of the land | The Constitution |
| Preamble | Introduction to Constitution |
| Articles | Seven sections of Constitution dealing with Legislative, Judicial, Executive branches, Supremacy, Amendments, Ratification |
| How many Articles comprise the Constitution? | Seven |
| Popular Sovereignty | All political power is held by the people |
| Limited government | No government is all powerful *Government may do only those things the people have given it power to do |
| Constitutionalism | Government must be conducted according to Constitutional principles |
| Rule of Law | Government and its officers are always subject to and never above the law |
| Separation of Powers | In a presidential system powers are distributed among the three distinct and independent branches of government |
| President's job (Executive Branch) | Enforce the laws |
| Judicial Branch's job | Interpret and apply the law in cases brought to them |
| Legislative Branch's job (Congress) | Make laws |
| Federalism | Division of power among a central government and several regional governments |
| Unconstitutional | Illegal |
| Judicial Review | Power of courts to determine if what a government does is Constitutional |
| Marbury v. Madison | Set Judicial Review |
| Which two Presidents have been impeached? | Andrew Johnson 1868, Bill Clinton 1998 |
| Who impeaches? (Brings Charges against?) | House of Representatives |
| Congressional vote needed to override a President's veto | 2/3 vote in each house |
| Veto | Reject |
| Checks and balances | Each branch of government can oversee/ check the operation of the other two branches of government |
| Amendment | A provision for changing the written words of our Constitution |
| Number of formal amendment processes | Four |
| Describe each process of formal amending the Constitution | *Proposed 2/3 vote Congress,Ratified by 3/4 state legislatures *Proposed 2/3 vote Congress,ratified 3/4 States at convention *Proposed 2/3 vote Congressional convention, ratified 3/4 State legislatures *Proposed national convention, ratified n. convention |
| Of the 10,000 proposed amendments that have been proposed by Congress, how many have been sent on for ratification by States? | Thirty three were passed on, 27 were ratified and became law |
| Dillion v. Gloss | Decision-Congress can place a reasonable time limit on ratification process |
| How many formal changes have been made to the Constitution? | Twenty Seven |
| What is the Bill of Rights? | First ten Amendments to the Constitution |
| What does the Bill of Rights guarantee? | Personal Freedoms |
| Five basic informal ways to change the Constitution | Basic legislation-executive action-customs-political parties-Supreme Sourt decisions |
| Executive Agreement | Pact made by Pres. with the head of a foreign state (No Senate approval required) |
| Treaty | Formal agreement between to sovereign states (Senate approval required) |
| Electoral College | Group that makes formal selection of the nation's President |
| Does the Constitution make any mention of political parties? | NO |
| Cabinet | Heads of the fifteen executive departments that advise the President (Custom) |
| Senatorial courtesy | Senate approve only those pres. appointees who are acceptable to the Senate or Senators from the state involved (Custom) |
| Who tries an impeachment case? | The Senate |
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