US Constitution Study Guide

Right to vote

How is representation in the Senate determined?

What president(s) has/have been impeached?

How old must you be to serve in the Senate?

Typically help with research and office duties

Term length for House

Sum of money or property the accused person agrees to give up if he or she fails to return for trial

An order to bring a prisoner before a judge so that the judge can decide if the prisoner is being held lawfully

Who is the leader of the House?

Keep track of where party members stand on proposed legislation

Guidelines that protect a person's rights during the legal proceedings

Actually provide the money for each program or activity

Proposed Law

Efforts to punish another nation by imposing trade barriers

Declares someone guilty without a court trial

Accuse a government official of wrongdoing

Provides information for making budgetary decisions

How is representation in the House determined?

Numbered and listed powers of Congress

Who acts as the jury during an impeachment trial?

A president or member of Congress waiting to leave office after failing reelction or announcing their retirement

Written by a justice who agrees with the majority for different reasons

Cases involving disputes about individual rights and legal obligations

Government's power to take private property for public use

Court order allowing law enforcement officers to search a suspect's home/business and take specific items as evidence

Creates projects like the space shuttle program and establish how much money can be spent on them

Who presides over the trial if the president is being impeached?

2 houses

Ban of printed materials or films merely because they contain alarming or offensive ideas

Freedom we have to think and act without government interference or fear of unfair treatment

Who is the leader of the Senate?

Who has the sole power to impeach?

An agreement among a group of nations that prohibits them all from trading with a target nation

One state can ask another state governor to help capture and return suspects for trial

How old must you be to be the president?

Deliver messages and run errands

Saying a lie meant to damage someone's reputation

How many enumerated powers are there?

Decides if there is good reason to believe the accused person is guilty

How many Represenatives are there?

Investigative arm of Congress in financial issues

How many Senators are up for re-election every 2 years?

Part of the Library of Congress that looks up facts and spells out arguments for and against bills

Written by a justice who disagrees with the majority's decision

How old must you be to serve in the House?

An assembly that makes laws for the nation

Who is the leader of the Senate when the official leader cannot be there?

Tries to make sure laws Congress passes are in the best interest of their own party

How many Senators are there?

What are the requirements to serve in the House?

A minimum number of members needed before an organization can act

Term length for Senate

A formal agreement between the government of 2 or more countries

Printing a lie that is meant to damage another person's reputation

Term length for President

Who is the only president to resign?

Supreme Court justices go back over facts of case & decide to uphold or reverse the decision of the lower court

Vote to put an hour restraint on the discussion of a bill

People hired by private groups to influence government decision makers

Talking a bill to death

Makes someone guilty of a crime committed before the act was made illegal

Who can propose tax laws?

How were Senators originally chosen?

Making war against the US or helping its enemies

How many votes are needed to convict during an impeachment trial?

Which house places limits on how long its members may talk?

What is the last step of the impeachment process?

Presents the view of the majority of the justices on a case

Refusal to sign a bill

What are the 3 major jobs of Congress?

What are the requirements to be the president?

Cannot be tried twice for a crime, if found innocent the first time

An agreement between the president and the leader of another country