legislative branch (4)

impeach (impeachment)

the action of calling into question the integrity or validity of something.

quorum

the minimum number of members of an assembly or society that must be present at any of its meetings to make the proceedings of that meeting valid.

override

use one's authority to reject or cancel (a decision, view, etc.).

bicameral

(of a legislative body) having two branches or chambers.

joint committee

A joint committee is a committee made up of members of both chambers of a bicameral legislature. In other contexts, it refers to a committee with members from more than one organization.

qualifications to be a represenative

Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution sets three qualifications for representatives. Each representative must: (1) be at least twenty-five years old; (2) have been a citizen of the United States for the past seven years; and (3) be (at the time of the election) an inhabitant of the state he or she represents.

governor of Illinois

Bruce Rauner

concurrent powers

Concurrent powers are powers in nations with a federal system of government that are shared by both the federal government and each constituent political unit (such as a state or province).

Illinois district representative

Danny K. Davis

enumerated powers

Image result for enumerated powerstenthamendmentcenter.com The Constitution creates a Federal Government of enumerated powers." For the first time in sixty years the Court found that in creating a federal statute, Congress had exceeded the power granted to it by the Commerce Clause.

the role of reps in impeachment cases

Johnson became the first president impeached by the House, but he was later acquitted by the Senate by one vote. The Constitution gives the House of Representatives the sole power to impeach an official, and it makes the Senate the sole court for impeachment trials.

speaker of the house

Paul Ryan

2 Illinois senators

Sick Durban Tammy duckworth

qualifications to be senator

The Constitution sets three qualifications for service in the U.S. Senate: age (at least thirty years of age); U.S. citizenship (at least nine years); and residency in the state a senator represents at time of election.

the role of vice president in impeachment cases

The President of the Senate may also preside over most of the impeachment trials of federal officers. ... In 1986, the Senate extended this to cover vice presidents as well—the Constitution is silent as to who would preside in the instance where the vice president is the officer impeached.

the role of senate in impeachment cases

The Senate becomes jury and judge, except in the case of presidential impeachment trials when the chief justice of the United States presides. The Constitution requires a two-thirds vote of the Senate to convict, and the penalty for an impeached official is removal from office.

house of represenatives

The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they compose the legislature of the United States.

the role of cheif justice in impeachment cases

The chief justice is only mentioned once in the Constitution. Curiously, it is not in Article III, which establishes the Supreme Court. Rather, it is in Article I, which sets forth the powers of Congress but states that the chief justice shall preside over the Senate during any impeachment trial of the President.

main duty of legislative branch

The legislative branch is one of three divisions of government that works in conjunction with the executive and judicial branches. Its main responsibility is the creation of laws. The United States Constitution outlines the powers of the legislative branch, Congress, which is divided into two houses: the Senate and the House of Representatives. Every state within the country has a legislative branch, which acts in a similar fashion to the federal legislative branch. Article I of the Constitution outlines the federal legislative branch.

vice president and pro- tempore

The president pro tempore designates other senators to preside in his absence, generally new members of the majority party. The Constitution provides for two officers to preside over the Senate. The Vice President of the United States is designated as the president of the Senate.

implied powers

This "Necessary and Proper Clause" (sometimes also called the "Elastic Clause") grants Congress a set of so-called implied powers—that is, powers not explicitly named in the Constitution but assumed to exist due to their being necessary to implement the expressed powers that are named in Article I.

veto

a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body.

bill

a draft of a proposed law presented to parliament for discussion.

congress

a national legislative body, especially that of the US. The US Congress, which meets at the Capitol in Washington DC, was established by the Constitution of 1787 and is composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. "changes in taxation required the approval of Congress"

researved powers

a political power reserved by a constitution to the exclusive jurisdiction of a specified political authority.

habeas corpus

a writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court, especially to secure the person's release unless lawful grounds are shown for their detention. the legal right to apply for a habeas corpus.

pocket veto

an indirect veto of a legislative bill by the president or a governor by retaining the bill unsigned until it is too late for it to be dealt with during the legislative session.

bill of attainder

an item of legislation (prohibited by the US Constitution) that inflicts attainder without judicial process.

senate

any of various legislative or governing bodies, in particular.

elastic clause

elastic clause. noun. 1. a statement in the U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 8) granting Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the enumerated list of powers.

ex post facto laws

ex post facto law definition. A law that makes illegal an act that was legal when committed, increases the penalties for an infraction after it has been committed, or changes the rules of evidence to make conviction easier. The Constitution prohibits the making of ex post facto law. ( See ex post facto.)