Government Cap Examination Study Guide

Senators per state

2

He appoints all federal judges

President

1st African American justice on the supreme court

Thurgood Marshall

Five steps of a bill becoming a law

1)Bill introduced in one of the houses of congress 2)Bill goes through committees and subcommittees to mark-up the bill 3)debate and voting on bill 4)If passed, it goes through the same process in the other house 5) Conference committee combines both versions and president either signs or vetoes the bill

Total number of senators

100

These three amendments all protected citizens' right to vote

15,19,26

Number of members in Missouri's lower house

163

The fraction of Congress that must vote to override a presidential veto

2/3

Number of members in Missouri's upper house

34

The total members of the House

435

4 amendments that protect one's rights when accused of crime

5,6,4,8

Term length for a senator

6 years

Number of Missouri Supreme Court justices that serve on the bench

7

Number of supreme court justices

9

Warrant

Any police authority must first be granted this from a judge before it can search one's home or business for specific items.

Two house Congress

Bicameral

Collect taxes

Concurrent

Enforce laws

Concurrent

Article I, Section 8, Clause 18

Elastic Clause

13th amendment

Ended slavery

Borrow money

Expressed

Coin and print money

Expressed

Coin money

Expressed

Naturalization process

Expressed

Postal System

Expressed

Regulate foreign trade

Expressed

Five freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment

Freedom of speech Freedom of press Freedom of assembly Freedom of religion Freedom of petition

Block workplace discrimination

Implied

Military draft

Implied

Vice President

Joe Biden

U.S Supreme Court Justice

John Roberts

Nearly all judges come from this occupation

Lawyer

The first three articles of the U.S Constitution dealt with these three branches of government, in order

Legislative Executive Judicial

Head of Missouri's upper house

Lt governor

General Assembly

Missouri's legislature

Elections

Reserved

Public schools

Reserved

Regulate trade and commerce within the state

Reserved

1st woman on supreme court

Sandra Day O' Connor

Position that leads Missouri's lower house

Speaker of the House

The most powerful member of the House of Reps

Speaker of the House

Prohibition

The 18th and 21st amendments both dealt with this issue

Judicial opinion

The explanation for a legal decision

Exposed facto

These are the laws that are enforced on one who committed the act before it was against the law. These types of laws are specifically forbidden by the Constitution.

Civil

These cases represent disagreements between people and don't involve any level of government

Criminal

These cases represent disagreements between some level of government and an individual or a group of individuals

2nd amendment

This amendment has only recently been interpreted to protect individual gun-owning rights

22 amendment

This amendment limits the president to two terms or 10 years

Cabinet

This consists of the head of the executive departments and serves as an advisor to the president

Precedent

This is a decision that guides future decisions

Filibuster

This is talking a bill to death in the Senate

Jurisdiction

This is the ability of any court to hear and decide laws

Presidential Inauguration

This is the formal ceremony in which the president takes office

Constituents

This is the name for the people that members of Congress represent

Pardon

This is the president's power to forgive criminal offenses

Libel

This is when one maliciously lies in the printed word

Slander

This is when one maliciously lies in the spoken word

Level of court in Missouri where most cases begin

circuit