SS test Flashcards
Executive branch main job
Enforce laws
3 requirements to be president
35 years old, born in us, resident in us for 14 years
Why can’t the president declare war?
Too much power for one person, so the the congress who has 535 people can declare it.
Who is the presidential cabinet and how do they help?
They are the presidents advisor, and help to make sure the president doesn’t have to much work, divide jobs up
What is the chief of state?
Head of the government, works with all foreign affairs
3 branches of government
Judicial - interprets the laws, legislative - makes the laws, executive - carries out
Number of judges and how they get their seat
9 judges and get a seat by getting voted by the president and the senate
Reasons for amendments
Society is constantly changing and we need to keep up with it
2 steps to appoint supreme court justice
the senate votes to appoint them and then the president appoints them
Why its important for the supreme court
The supreme court it to hear cases that involved two or more states and unbiased and keep order among the states
What are the bill of rights
The first ten amendments that were added and were made to give citizens simple rights and limit power against the people
1st amendment
Freedom of speech, press, assemble, religon, and petition
Freedom to speech, religion, and petition
Able to speak freely about what you want, free choice of what religion you are, able to protest against ceritan laws or rights
4th amendment
protection against unreasonable search and seizure
5th amendment
the right to a fair and speedy trial, also cant have double jeopardy - can be accused of the same crime twice.
