Study Constitution Test Flashcards
What does the legislative branch do
Create laws
What’s a bill?
A bill is a proposed law by a community that goes through a process to possibly become a law
How a bill becomes a law
Bill is introduced by the House of Reps or the Senate, Bill goes to another house and repeats steps 1-3., Bill goes to the Conference Committee to work out differences, Bill goes to President who has two choices…
HoR & Senate (what are their options when a bill is placed in front of them?)
What the HOR & Senate can do when a bill is placed in front of them is discuss, debate, and vote on whether it should continue the process.
What happens if the president vetoes a bill
If the president vetoes a bill the congress can override this with a ⅔ vote in both houses.
Senators
How many: 2 per state (100)
How long: 6 years
Illinois: Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin
House of Representatives:
How many: 435 in total
How long: 2 years
The Vice President is what
The Vice President is the chief of the Senate
Executive:
What does it do?
enforce laws.
Qualifications to become president
Chief Executive
4 year term (can serve up to 2 terms)
Qualifications:
Natural-born U.S. citizen
At least 35 years old
Resident of the U.S. for at least 14 years
Responsibilities of president
Give the State of the Union Address in January
Call special sessions of Congress
Adjourn (end) sessions of Congress
Receive visits from foreign leaders and diplomats
Suggest laws to Congress
Succession order
Vice President*
Speaker of the House*
President Pro tempore*
Inauguration process
Jan 20
Electoral votes
How many total? 538
How many needed to win? 270
How many does Illinois have? 19
Popular vote
Is the vote that the citizens most voted on (different from the electoral votes)
Winner takes all
Is when the citizens of states vote and whoever party receives the most votes takes the electoral votes of the states
Problems of the Electoral College
It doesn’t every citizen a decision and it’s just the most popular vote instead
Judicial:
What does it do?
Interprets laws
How many supreme court members?
9
Who is the current supreme court justice?
Chief Justice John Roberts. …
Process of supreme court seeing a case
Judicial system and federal or constitutional issues
How long do judges serve
life
who appoints them
prez
Where does the supreme court meet?
The Supreme Court building Washington DC
Difference between district court, appeals court, and supreme court
The district court handles civil and criminal cases, the appeals court reviews the decisions of the district court, and the Supreme Court can interpret the constitution and federal law
Difference between district court, appeals court, and supreme court
The district court handles civil and criminal cases, the appeals court reviews the decisions of the district court, and the Supreme Court can interpret the constitution and federal law
Where does the supreme court meet?
Washington dc
Qualifications to become a justice
noting
1st Amendment
Freedom of speech. press, religion, assembly, and petition.
2nd Amendment
RIght to bear arms (guns). Mmmmmmmmmmmççp
3rd Amendment
Citizens do not have to house soldiers
4th Amendment
No unreasonable search or arrest.
5th Amendment
No double jeopardy or no witness against yourself.
6th Amendment
The right to a speedy and public trial
7th Amendment
The right to a jury trial in civil matters of $20 and over.
8th Amendment
No excessive bail or cruel punishment
9th Amendment ,,
People get rights not listed in Constitution
10 th Amendment
Any rights not given to the federal government are given to the states and people.
13th Amendment
Abolish slavery
14th Amendment
If you are born or naturalized in the U.S. then you are a citizen of the U.S. (essentially granting citizenship to all former slaves)
15th Amendment
You cannot prevent a person from voting because of race, color, or creed.
18th Amendment
Prohibition (Drinking alcohol is illegal; this caused quite the chaos in the US).
19th Amendment
Women can vote
21st Amendment
“lol sike y’all can drink alcohol now I guess just chill out”
22nd Amendment
Two term limit for president.
24th Amendment
Anti poll tax (voting is free)
26th Amendment
18 years old to vote (was 21 before this amendment)
majority of waht
Majority of senate needs to vote for a bill to go thorugh
Amount of states needed to ratify (approve) an amendment
3/4
Amount of votes needed for Congress to propose an amendment
2/3
