Title: American Government 101
1American Government 101
2 3Separation of Powers
- Executive Branch
- Legislative Branch
- Judicial Branch
4- What is Congress main duty?
- What type of legislature is Congress?
- What are the 2 houses?
- How many Senators are there?
- What is the House of Reps. based on?
5Legislative Branch Makes the Laws
- Bicameral Legislature
- Senate
- 2 each state
- 100 Senators
- 6 year terms
- Must be 30
- House of Representatives
- Based on state population
- 435 representatives
- 2 year terms
- Must be 25
6Capitol
7Duties of the Legislative Branch
- Appropriate government monies
- Approves federal budget
- Makes amendments to Constitution
- can declare war
- Impeachment
- Override a presidential vote by 2/3 vote
- Approve presidents appointments
- Ratify treaties
8Elastic Clause
- necessary and proper clause
- Congress pay any laws
- Drones?
- Stem cell research
9Im Just a Bill
- You are going to hate me for this!!!
10Speaker of the House John Boehner
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12NJ Congressman Frank Pallone (D) 6th District
13President of the Senate Joe Biden
14Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
15Senators
16- Who is part of the Executive Branch?
- What is their main duty?
- How many years does a president serve in a term?
- How many terms can they serve?
- How many years can a person be a president?
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18Executive Branch- Enforce the Law
- President
- 4 year terms
- 2 terms
- 10 years
- Must be 35 and born in the US
- Vice President
- Cabinet (Sec. of State, Treasury, etc.)
- Federal Authorities (FBI)
19President Barack Obama
20Duties of the Executive Branch
- Makes Treaties
- Appoints ambassadors, federal judges, and other
officials - Vetoes (rejects) bills
- Commander- in Chief
- Pardons Criminals
- Call Congress into special session
- State of the Union Address
21- What is the main duty of the judicial branch?
- What is the highest court in the US?
- How many judges are there?
- How long do they hold the position?
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23Judicial Branch Judges Laws
- Supreme Court
- 9 judges
- Chief Justice
- Have position for life (death, retirement,
impeachment) - Judge laws unconstitutional
- Highest appellate court in US
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25Chief Justice John Roberts
26Federalism
Concurrent
Delegated
Reserved
27Supremacy Clause
- National laws trump state laws
- Marijuana
- Abortion
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29Checks and Balances - Example
- President suggests a law in his State of the
Union Address - Congress creates a bill and sends to Pres.
- President vetoes the bill
- Congress overrides the veto with a 2/3 vote and
makes it into a law - SC hears a case on the law and deems it
unconstitutional - Congress can
- Impeach SC members
- Change the law so it is now constitutional
30Electoral College Choose the POTUS
- Yep, still gonna hate me!!!
- Popular vote most votes throughout country
- Doesnt matter!!!
Obama Romney Obama Romney Obama Romney Obama Romney
Popular vote 65,915,796 60,933,500
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