government branches - exam review Flashcards
legislative branch
make the laws split into the house of reps and senate all bills have to pass both in the house and the senate
house of rep
counted by population
senate
each state gets 2
executive branch
carries out the laws has the president and the vice president. they are elected by the electoral college.
judicial branch
Judges laws and people has the supreme court the head of the house is the chief justices.
checks and balances
keeps the branches power equal
legislative can override
executive bills
executive can veto
legislative bills
judicial can reject
unconstitutional laws from the legislative branch
judicial can also reject
treaties that are unconstitutional from executive branch
executive can nominate
supreme court justices from judicial branch
legislative approves
appointments of supreme court justices from judicial branch