constitution review

The main job of the legislative branch is to

• resolve disputes involving the law.
• enforce and carry out federal laws.
• make laws needed for the country.
• obey laws once they are passed.

The framers designed a system of checks and balances to

• share power between the national and state governments.
• make it difficult but not impossible to amend the Constitution.
• make sure that the Constitution was the supreme law of the land.
• keep any one branch of government from becoming too powerful.

The most important task of the executive branch is to

• resolve disputes involving the law.
• enforce and carry out federal laws.
• decide which laws are constitutional.
• change laws to fit changing needs.

The concept of ________________ divides power between the three branches

• checks and balances

• federalism

• separation of powers

This branch of government interprets laws and decides if presidential actions and legislative laws are constitutional.

• executive

• legislative

• judicial

Which branch approves presidential appointments?

• Legislative
• Executive
• Judicial

A veto is an __________________ to reject a law

• legislative branch action

• judicial branch action

• executive branch action

Impeachment proceedings are are carried out by this branch of government

• legislative

• executive

• judicial

The Supreme Court's power to declare a law unconstitutional is known as

• judicial review.
• veto power.
• federalism.
• the amendment process.

A bill cannot become a law until it is

• approved by Congress and judged constitutional by the Supreme Court.
• proposed by the president and approved by Congress.
• approved by Congress and signed by the president.
• proposed by Congress and ratified by the states.