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
