OP 5 Jud. and Leg. QUIZ

The legislative branch of the U.S. government is also called ________________--

• cabinet

• representatives

• Parliament

• Congress

The main job of the legislative branch

• determine if laws are unconstitutional

• veto laws

• make laws

• approve laws made by the President

Why must the Senate approve the President's Supreme Court Justice nominations?

• It allows part of the Legislative branch to check the power of the Executive branch

• So the Senate can filibuster the President's nomination

• It is required that all Executive decisions go through the Senate

• The Senate wants to feel involved in the government

Two house legislature

• Bicameral

• Federalists

• Legislature

• Unconstitutional

Impeachment is

• the removal of a government official from their office

• the process of bringing charges against a government official for crimes that may have been committed

• the process of a government official resigning from office

• a clause in the Constitution detailing crimes the president cannot commit

In which house does the impeachment process of the president of the U.S. begin?

• The Oval Office

• The White House

• The House of Representative

• The Senate

Who votes on if a president should be removed from office during an impeachment trial?

• Supreme Court

• Senate

• House of Representatives

• Any U.S citizen that can vote

Supreme Court justices are nominated by the _______.

• President

• Senate

• Vice President

• Congress

Role of the judicial branch

• make laws

• interpret laws

• enforce laws

• impeach a president

Highest court in the land

• appellate courts

• trial courts

• district courts

• Supreme Courts