What is the role of the Executive Branch?

To enforce the laws

What is the role of the Judicial Branch?

To interpret the laws

What are the three branches

of government

for the United States?

Legislative

Executive

Judicial

Which Article of the Constitution defines the Executive Branch?

Article II

Which Article of the Constitution

defines the Judicial Branch?

Article III

Which Article of the Constitution

defines the Judicial Branch?

Article III

What are the two divisions

of Congress?

Senate 

and 

House of Representatives

How long is the term of a Senator?

6 years

How long is the term for

a representative in the House?

2 years

Why do Senator's have a longer

term in Congress?

To promote longer discussions/debate with experience in the Senate

How many representatives for the Senate are appointed for each state?

2

What is the state representation in the House based on?

the population of the state

What is the House role for

a presidential impeachment?

to bring charges against the president

What is the Senate role related

to presidential impeachment?

The Senate will hold a trial

What is a bill?

a WRITTEN proposal to become a law

Who is the titled president

to the

 Senate?

Vice President

What does "e pluribus unum"

mean?

Out of many, one

What is the Electoral College?

the process of electing a president through electorate assigned to states

List three requirements

under Article II to be a

presidential candidate:

1. 35 years old

2. resided in the US for 14 years

3. US citizen

What is one term for a president?

4 years

What is the maximum terms

that a president can serve?

2 terms (or 8 years)

What is the State of the Union Address?

Who gives this address?

When?

A report of the progress/status of the nation

The president

Beginning of the year

Who choices a president if the Electoral Vote is equal for candidates?

House of Representatives

Who choices a vice president if the Electoral Vote is equal for candidates?

Senate

Define:  Commander in Chief

President shall command the military 

Define: Chief Executive

The president shall lead the executive branch (be sure laws are executed)

Define: Chief Diplomat

the president shall be

the most important

representative in foreign relations

What are the roles

of the Vice President?

lead the Senate

and

whatever else the president assigns

What is the presidential Cabinet?

the advisory group to the executives departments

What security measures protect the president?

Secret Service

Special Transportation: Air Force One, protected vehicles

What are the

three types of Federal Court?

District

Court of Appeals

Supreme

What does it mean to be

the plantiff in a case?

the individual or group that brings the complaint

What is the difference

between a

plantiff and prosecution?

Prosecution is a criminal case

brought by a government body

Define the term "defendant"

person or party that

answers a complaint

and defends against it

What is a jury?

a group of peers deciding facts of a case

What is jurisdiction?

the region/authority to hear a case

What is the purpose

of the court of appeals?

To review the process of the lower courts and make a decision:

affirm, reverse, remand

The Supreme Court will hear appeals for cases related to ___________rights.

Constitutional

Marbury vs. Madison

(1803)

Brown

vs.

Topeka Board of Education

(1954)

Is there a jury in the court of appeals?

No, only judges review cases

Who appoints the

Supreme Court Justices?

the president

How long is the term

of a

Supreme Court Justice?

Until death or resignation

Plessy

v.

Ferguson

(1896)

This case was about segregation on railroad cars, determined it was okay to have

"separate but equal"