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Our
Constitution

By: Jennifer Ramos

Leaders

Legislature

● Congress
● Senators
● House of representative

Executive

● President

Judicial

● Supreme court

Branches Responsibility

Executive: Legislative: Judicial:

Main Job: enforcing laws Main Job: to create laws Main Job: interpret the
Constitution
Other jobs/Power: Other jobs:
Other Job:
● The power invested in ● appeasement
the president toward the ● Revelating laws
president
● head of state and ● establishing other
commander-in-chief ● Can override vetoes courts to the
of the armed forces with ⅔ the majority Congress
vote
● Directing government ● law passed by
● Originating Congress is not
spending bills allowable

Members of the Three Branches

Legislative: Executive: Judicial:
Number of Justices: 9
Total people in Congress: President: Donald Trump
535
Vice President: Mike Pence
House of Representatives:
435 The Cabinet:

Senate Members: The Secretaries of Agriculture,
2 Commerce, Defense, Education,
Energy, Health and Human
Services, Homeland Security,
Housing and Urban
Development, Interior, Labor,
State, Transportation, Treasury,
and Veterans Affairs, as well as
the Attorney General

Requirements and Terms Years a Resident How long are
the terms
Age Years a Citizen

President 35 Natural 14 years 4 years
born

Senator 30 9 years State in which 6 years

Elected

Representative 25 7 years State in which 2 years
Quote Elected

Leaders, true leaders, take responsibility for
the success of the team and understand that
they must also take responsibility for the
failure.

Checks and Balances

Legislative Executive Judicial

Legislative checks Executive Executive checks Legislative Judicial checks
● Can propose laws’ Legislative
● Can override president ● Can veto laws
veto ● Can declare acts of
unconstitutional
● Confirms executive
appointment

Legislative checks Judicial Executive checks Judicial Judicial checks Executive

● Creates lower federal ● Appoints federal courts ● Can declare executive
courts action
● Can grant pardon to unconstitutional
● Can impeach and remove federal offenders
judges

Current Office Holders and Buildings

Legislative Executive Judicial

● Kamala Harris ● Donald Trump ● John roberts
● Dianne Feinstein ● Mike pence
● Anthony M. Supreme Court

Kennedy

● Clarence Thomas

● Ruth Bader

Ginsburg

● Stephen G. Breyer

● Samuel A. Alito

● Sonia Sotomayor

Us. Capital White House ● Elena Kagan

● Neil M. Gorsuch

Building

Process Constitution

Impeachment process
Johnson became the first president impeached by the House, but he was later
acquitted by the Senate by one vote. The Constitution gives the House of
Representatives the sole power to impeach an official, and it makes the Senate
the sole court for impeachment trials.

How a bill becomes a law
These are the steps in the lawmaking process. A bill may begin in either the
House or the Senate except for money bills, which must be introduced in the
House. 1. Bill is Drafted Members of Congress, the Executive Branch, and even
outside groups can draft (write or draw up) bills.

How to Amend the Constitution
The Constitution provides that an amendment may be proposed either by the
Congress with a two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives
and the Senate or by a constitutional convention called for by two-thirds of the
State legislatures.

Five principles of Government

● Principle 1- Popular sovereignty Power by the people, such as when we elect officials, or when we
vote on laws. Examples include, electing Obama, or the recent mil
levee that was shot down

● Principle 2 -LImited government Power by the people, such as when we elect officials, or when we
vote on laws. Examples include, electing Obama, or the recent mil
levee that was shot down

● Principle 3 - Separation of power The government is broken into three branches. The executive (the
● principle 4 -checks and balances. president) enforces the law, the legislative (congress) makes the law, and
● principle 5 - federalism the Judicial (supreme court) interprets the law. They are governed by
checks and balances to keep them from becoming more powerful than the
others

The separation of power needs to be regulated. This system provides
each branch with power over the others. The president can veto laws
made by congress, and congress can impeach the president by 2/3 vote.

The balance between National Government and State Government. The
Government can't decide on gay marriage, the states decide that for
themselves.