Majority and Supermajority (Part III).
2/3 Congress or 2/3 of the States call for national convention
What are two ways amendments to the Constitution can be proposed?
3/4 of Congress or 3/4 of the States' votes in conventions
What are two ways amendments to the Constitution can be ratified?
Congress
What bodies have the power to override a presidential veto?
The Senate
What body has the power to accept of reject a president's nominations to the Supreme Court?
The House of Representatives
What body has the power to choose the president if no candidate wins a simple majority of the total number of electoral votes?
The Senate
What body has the power to convict the president of charges brought against him in the impeachment process and thereby remove him from presidency?
Congress
What body has the power to impeach the president?
The Senate
What body is required to ratify treaties?
Ratifying treaties
What in the Constitution requires 3/4 majority for just one process?
Conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors
What is the standard for impeachment?
A simple majority
What margin is required to choose the president?
2/3 of both houses of Congress
What margin is required to override a presidential veto?
2/3 of the Senate
What margin is required to ratify treaties?
A majority vote
What margins is required to elevate a president's nominee to a seat on the Court?
2/3 of the Senate
What vote is required to impeach?
2/3 of the Senate
What vote is required to remove a president?
Article II, section 2
Where in the Constitution are judicial nominees described?
Article I, section 3
Where in the Constitution is impeachment power described?
Article II, section 2
Where in the Constitution is ratification power described?
Article I, section 7
Where in the Constitution is veto power described?
Article II, section 1 and 12th amendment
Where in the constitution is the Electoral College described? (Two parts).
