Who’s Who in Government Constitution Test

Father of the Constitution James Madison

Legislative Branch Power to make all laws…

The House The Senate

HouseSenate North WingSouth Wing Congress contains two houses…

The House of Representatives There are 435 representatives

The number of representatives for each state is based on its population… The more people you have, the more representatives you have Qualifications for a Representative… Term of Office: 2 years Minimum Age: 25 Citizenship: 7 years Residential Requirement: Must live in the State in which elected

Representatives serve only two years because… People can decide whether to re-elect. Forces reps to listen to people’s needs. New reps bring new ideas!

Speaker of the House John Boehner

4th District Representative Tom McClintock

California Congressional Districts 53 Districts

The Senate

Qualifications for a Senator 100 Senators 2 per state Term: 6 years Minimum Age: 30 Citizenship: 9 years Residential Requirement: Must live in the State in which elected.

Vice President: Joe Biden

Two Senators for California Barabara Boxer and…

Senator Dianne Feinstein

Some of the powers they have… 1.Power to impeach: to bring charges against an official for wrongdoing. 2.Power to override (rule against) a President’s veto (cancel) of a law (2/3’s) 3.Power to tax 4.Power to declare war

Executive Branch Power to Enforce Laws

President Barack Obama

Requirements for the job… Term of 4 years At least 35 years old Living in the U.S. for at least 14 years Must be Naturalized (born in the U.S.)

Who elects the President? The Electoral College These are voters from each state who vote for the president. The number of voters for each state is equal to its number of representatives and senators. for example… California has 53 representative and 2 senators Therefore, California has 55 people in the Electoral college who vote for the president

Don’t the people (our parents) vote for the president? Find out on our next worksheet!

How much does he get paid?... The president earns a $400,000 annual salary… along with a $50,000 annual expense account… a $100,000 non-taxable travel account… and $19,000 for entertainment… The most recent raise in salary was approved by Congress and President Bill Clinton in 1999 and went into effect in 2001.Bill Clinton

Power to Enforce the law He’s in charge of the… Department of Defense Department of Homeland Security Secret Service ATF FBI CIA

Some of his powers are… The power to Veto laws of Congress The power to appoint Justices of the Supreme Court

He does not declare war?...but….. The War Powers Resolution of 1973 (50 U.S.C. 1541– 1548) was a United States Congress joint resolution providing that the President can send U.S. armed forces into action abroad only by authorization of Congress or if the United States is already under attack or serious threat. The War Powers Resolution requires the president to notify Congress within 48 hours of committing armed forces to military action and forbids armed forces from remaining for more than 60 days, with a further 30 day withdrawal period, without an authorization of the use of military force or a declaration of war. The resolution was passed by two-thirds of Congress, overriding a presidential veto.50 U.S.C.1541– 1548joint resolutionPresidentU.S. armed forcesCongress United States declaration of warpresidential veto

Judicial Branch: Supreme Court Power to interpret laws

9 Justices Current U.S. Supreme Court Justices Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Samuel Alito Stephen Breyer Ruth Ginsburg Elena Kagan Anthony Kennedy Antonin Scalia Sonia Sotomayor Clarence Thomas

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts

To Interpret the laws according to the Constitution

The Supreme Court building

Hall to the Courtroom

The Courtroom

Where the justices meet to discuss cases…

Supreme Court Library…

One of two spiral staircases in the Supreme Court Building (photographed by Theodor Horydczak, c. ﾊ 1935).

That’s all, folks