CONSTITUTION FACTS
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- THE THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT ARE:
- LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIAL
- THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT IS CALLED:
- CONGRESS
- CONGRESS IS DIVIDED INTO 2 PARTS. WHAT ARE THEY?
-
THE UPPER HOUSE (SENATE)
THE LOWER HOUSE (HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES) - THE MAHOR DUTY OF THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH IS TO:
- MAKE AND PASS LAWS
- THE SENATE HAS HOW MANY MEMBERS AND WHAT ARE THEY BASED ON?
- 100 BY EQUAL REPRESENTATION FROM EACH STATE
- A SENATOR'S TERM IS HOW LONG?
- 6 YEARS
- QUALIFICATIONS FOR SENATOR ARE:
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BE > 30 YEARS OLD
BE U.S. CITIZEN FOR AT LEAST 9 YEARS
BE LIVING IN THE STATE HE/SHE REPRESENTS - THE PRESIDNET OF THE SENATE IS ALSO:
-
THE VICE PRESIDENT OF HTE U.S.
(DICK CHENEY) - THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE HAS HOW MANY MEMBERS AND WHAT ARE THEY BASED ON?
- 435 BASED ON THE POPULATION OF EACH STATE
- A REPRESENTATIVE'S TERM IS HOW LONG?
- 2 YEARS
- QUALIFICATIONS FOR REPRESENTATIVE ARE:
-
BE AT LEAST 25 YEARS OLD
BE A U.S. CITIZEN FOR AT LEAST 7 YEARS
BE LIVING IN THE STATE HE/SHE REPRESENTS - ALL BILLS TO RAISE REVENUE MUST START WHERE?
- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IS CALLED WHAT?
- SPEAKER OF TEH HOUSE (DENNIS HASTERT)
- WHO IS THE HEAD OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT?
- THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
- WHO ARE THE PRESIDENT AND THE VICE PRESIDENT?
- GEORGE W. BUSH AND RICHARD CHENEY
- WHAT IS THE LENGTH OF TERM OF OFFICE FOR PRESIDENT? HOW MANY TERMS CAN HE/SHE SERVE? WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM YEARS IN THIS OFFICE?
-
TERM = 4 YEARS
CAN SERVE 2 TERMS AND A MAX OF 10 YEARS - HOW IS THE PRESIDENT ELECTED?
- BY GETTING THE MAJORITY OF THE ELECTORAL VOTES
- THE 2 MAJOR DUTIES (EXECUTIVE POWERS) OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH ARE:
- ENFORCE LAWS AND DIRECT OR MANAGE THE WORK OF THE GOVERNMENT
- QUALIFICATIONS FOR PRESIDENT ARE:
-
BE A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN
BE 35 YEARS OLD
HAVE LIVED IN THE US AT LEAST 14 YEARS - THE PRESIDENT LINE OF SUCCESSION IN CASE OF REMOVAL FROM OFFICE OR DEATH IS:
-
PRESIDENT
VICE PRESIDENT
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
PRESIDENT - PRO-TEMPORE
SECRETARY OF STATE - THE PRESIDENT IS SWORN IN WHEN AND BY WHOM?
- JANUARY 20TH BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE
- THE HEAD OF THE JUDICIAL BRANCH IS CALLED:
- THE SUPREME COURT (JOHN ROBERTS)
- THE PERSON WHO PRESIDES OVER THE COURT IS CALLED:
- THE CHIEF JUSTICE
- HOW MANY SUPREME COURT JUSTICES ARE THERE?
- 9
- HOW LONG DO SUPREME COURT JUSTICES HOLD THEIR POSITION?
- FOR LIFE
- WHAT IS THE DUTY OF THE SUPREME COURT?
- TO INTERPRET THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS PASSED UNDER IT. THIS MEANS THEY CAN DECLARE LAWS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
- WHAT IS GUARANTEED TO EVERY CITIZEN BY THE CONSTITUTION?
- TRIAL BY JURY AND AN ATTORNEY
- ILLINOIS' STATE SENATORS ARE:
- RICHARD DURBIN AND BARACK OBAMA
- WHAT CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT DO WE LIVE IN?
- 8 OR 10
- ILLINOIS' STATE REPRESENTATIVE IS:
- MELISSA BEAN OR MARK KIRK