There are three branches of the United States Government: Legislative branch, Executive branch, and the Judicial branch. Listed under are the terms that relate to each branch in your list. Attached is a more detailed explanation of the answers.
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LEGISLATIVE BRANCH:
100 members
2-year term
435 members
6-year term
Approval of presidential appointments
must be 25 years of age
Declare Wars
bills
Article I
Citizen for 9 years
Makes laws
Jury
jurisdiction
gerrymander (known to be something always talked about with regards to the legislative branch)
bicameral
Amendments
Fiscal bills (Spending bills)
Midterm elections
Mandate
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EXECUTIVE BRANCH
State of the Union Speech (Done annually by the President except on the first year of their term)
1 member
4-year term
committees
Political parties
Article II
Cabinet
Enforces laws
Executive orders
Electoral votes
Amnesty
Natural born citizen
Pardon
Make treaties
Veto
Department of Homeland Security
Commander-in-Chief (Of ALL US military Services like the Army, Air Force, Navy and the like)
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JUDICIAL BRANCH
9 members
Article III
Interprets laws
Create lower courts
13 circuits
Supreme Court
Appeal
Life term
Again, please see the attached documents for the specifics.
Under is also some terms not discussed thoroughly in the attachments. (It did not fit)
OTHER LEGISLATIVE TERMS
on the list:
Approval of
Presidential Appointments:
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When the president appoints federal judges, the
Legislative Branch has to approve it first.
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The same goes for the treaties that are
negotiated. The Legislative branch needs to approve it first.
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They also have the power to investigate the
executive branch.
Declare wars:
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Although the Commander-in-Chief of the US army
is the President, it is the Legislative branch that decides when the United
States will go to war as stipulated in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.
Make laws:
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This is the most important role of the
Legislative branch. It is the Congress where the law are written and discussed.
They are then voted on to be passed.
100 members:
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They make up the 100 Senators in the Senate. Each
state will produce 2 senators and they are elected by their own states. They
each have a 6-year term.
435 members:
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They make up the House of Representatives. The
number of representatives of each state will be based on the population of the
state. The bigger the population, the more representatives. Census is the body that determines the
current population of the state and shift the number of Representatives based
on their data.
Amendments:
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Because the Congress is responsible for enabling
laws, they also have the power to amend or make changes to the constitution.
Bills:
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Anyone can propose a bill. They are the laws
that are in the process of being laws. The Legislative Branch introduces the
bill and it is reviewed before it is passed or rejected.
OTHER EXECUTIVE TERMS
on the list:
Department of
Homeland Security
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It is one of the cabinet departments of the
Executive Branch. Here is a list of the different cabinets:
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The Secretary of State
o
The Secretary of the
Treasury
o
The Secretary of
Education
o
The Secretary of
Defense
o
The Secretary of the
Interior
o
The Secretary of
Agriculture
o
The Secretary of
Commerce
o
The Secretary of Labor
o
The Secretary of
Health and Human Services
o
The Secretary of
Homeland Security
o
The Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development
o
The Secretary of
Transportation
o
The Secretary of
Energy
o
The Secretary of
Veterans' Affairs
o
The Attorney General
(Justice Department)
Amnesty and Pardon
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This is the action of the government that grants
a person or a group who have committed a crime IMMUNITY from prosecution. This power is
appointed to the President of the United States. This also goes for pardons,
where the person or group is absolved of guilt for a crime.
