Three Branches of Government
Terms
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- Executive
- Is Commander-in-Cheif of the U.S. Military force
- Executive
- Enforce Laws
- Executive
- President serves a 4 year term
- Judicial
- Can declare laws unconstitutional
- Legeslative
- Makes Laws
- Executive
- President must be 35, a 14 year resident, and native born
- Legeslative/Senate
- Must be 30 and a citizen for 9 years
- Legislative/House of Representatives
- Serve a 2 year term
- Legeslative/Senate
- Can try the president after impeachment
- Legeslative/Senate & House of Representatives
- Can propose laws
- Executive
- President, Vice President, Cabinet
- Legeslative/Senate & House of Representatives
- Can declare war
- Judicial
- Cheif Justice presides over impeachment trial of the president
- Judicial
- Supreme and Federal Courts
- Executive
- Makes treaties with foreign government
- Legeslative/Senate
- Can approve presidential appointments
- Legeslative/Senate
- Serve a 6 year term
- Judicial
- Interprets Laws
- Legeslative/House of Representatives
- Must be 25 and a citizen for 7 years
- Executive
- Has the power to approve/veto laws
- Executive
- Appoints cabinet members
- Legeslative/House of Representatives
- Can propose tax laws
- Judicial
- Justices of the Supreme Court serve for life
- Legeslative/Senate & House of Representatives
- Can override the president's veto with 2/3 vote
- Legeslative/House of Representatives
- Can impeach the president
- Judicial
- Can settle diputes involving the U.S. or between the states
- Legeslative/Senate & House of Representatives
- Can propose amendments to the Constitution with 2/3 vote
- Legeslative/Senate
- Ratify treaties with foreign government
- Legislative
- Congress
- Executive
- Nominates judges to the Supreme Court