Our Constitution
By. Estrella Pelayo Per.6
Who Presides ● The President of the United States is vested
Over The over the power of the Executive Branch
Branches?
● The Legislative Branch is made up of two of ● The supreme court is part of the the Judicial
congress, the Senate and the House of Branch, the court is made 9 judges that are
Representatives selected by the president, the Chief Of
Justice is the head Judge
Main Jobs
Judicial Branch Executive Branch Legislative Branch
● The main job of the ● The main job of the ● The main job of the
Judicial Branch, is president is house of
kind of like a implementing and representatives and
referee, its the enforcing laws that the senate is to
supreme court’s job are written by make the laws
to decide who is congress
correct
Who are the members of the 3 branches?
Judicial Executive Legislative
Branch Branch Branch
There are 9 members The President of the The Legislative Branch
of the supreme court, United States is head consists of the House Of
the current Chief of the Executive Representatives and The
Justice is William H. Branch, with help Senate. There are
Rehnquist. from the Vice currently 100 Senators,
President. 435 Representatives, 5
Delegates, and 1
Resident Commissioner
What are the AGE YEARS YEARS HOW
Requirement and OF OF LONG
Terms of Office? ARE THE
CITIZEN PRESIDENT TERMS
PRESIDENT Must be a 4
Years
SENATOR 35 natural born 14
citizen of the
united states
State in
30 9 when 2
elected Years
REPRESE 25 State in
NTATIVE 7 when 6
elected Years
Checks and Balances
Judicial Branch Executive Branch Legislative Branch
● Seats are held on ● Veto power ● Impeachment
● Pardon power power
good behavior ● Recess
● Chief justice ● Override vetoes
appointments ● Enact taxes
Current ● Executive Branch
Office
Holders Donald Trump (president)
& Mike Pence (vice president)
The Linda McMahon, Jeff Sessions, Daniel Coats,
buildings Scott Pruitt, and Mike Pompeo
● Legislative Branch
Kamala Harris (senator of CA)
Grace Napolitano (representative)
● Judicial Branch
Sonia Sotomayor
John Roberts
The Process Amend The Constitution
The constitution provides that
Impeachment process
an amendment may be
The Impeachment process is proposed either by congress or
started by two thirds majority a two thirds majority vote that is
approved by the U.S House of
vote of the parliament to Representatives and the U.S
impeach the president, but
Senate
the constitutional court
decides whether or not the Bill becomes a law
president is actually guilty
If a bill is approved by both
the U.S House Of
Representatives and The
U.S Senate than the Bill
Becomes a law and is
enforced by the law.
Five Principles of Government
Limited Government Separation of Powers Federalism
A limited government defines The separation of powers Federalism is the idea of
how much power government separates the different splitting potential power
can have, we decide how much between a large group and
money a government can have governments into different
depending on the amount of groups so they can focus on smaller groups
people. their own jobs
Popular Sovereignty Checks and Balances
People are allowed to vote on who The checks and balances
represented them in a government system was designed to keep
one government from getting too
position.
much power
The End!!!!!