BHS Civics Final Review

The Constitutional right to a fair trial includes

• The right of appeal

• The right to have a lawyer

• The right to a jury

• All

Ruling that actions taken by the President are unconstitutional is

• Impeaching the president

• vetoing bills

• refusing to approve appointments

• the judicial branch checking the power of the executive branch

To form a more perfect union is found

• Declaration of Independence

• preamble

• English Bill of rights

• Gettysburg address

Congress' power to declare war is found

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Magna Carta

• Leviathan

When th epresident appoints Federal Judges, approval must be given by

• Majority vote from both the house and the Senate

• majority vote form the house

• majority vote from the Senate

• majority votes from both the House and the Senate and approval from the vice president

Property tax is important to which government

• Local

• State

• National

if the President vetoes a proposed law

• If the bill never became a law

• The proposed law is sent to the state conventions for approval

• Congress can override the veto with a two-thirds vote of both houses

• The Supreme Court has the power to pass the law anyway

Jurisdiction was created under the Marshall court to give the Supreme Court

• Common law

• Judicial review

• Administrative law

• Authority to interpret and administer the law

Sewage, Utilities, and Schools are the responsibility of

• local

• State

• national

Congress is in session, and the President is given a bill to sign. He lets the bill sit on his desk for 10 days without signing it. It can be concluded that

• The bill has become a law

• The bill has been vetoed

• The bill will have to go back to committee

• Both houses of Congress will have to vote on the bill again