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Topic 4 Studdy Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Habeas Corpus | accused of crime you have the right to have a day in court. |
| Ex Post Facto | punished for a crime that’s not illegal |
| Bills of Attainder | a law that punishes a person who has yet to have a trial. |
| Implied Powers of Congress | powers assumed to be congressional powers. |
| Expressed Powers of Congress | blatantly written down powers of congress |
| Constituents | People elected officials represent |
| Oversite | oversees make sure the federal bureaucracy is doing good |
| Franking Privilege | Free mail for congressmen |
| Party Whip | Unify party members on certain issues |
| President pro Tempore | presides over senate when the VP is gone |
| Elastic Clause | Congress can stretch its powers in consideration of bills that weren’t thought about by the founding fathers didn’t think about. |
| John Thune | Senate majority leader |
| Mike Rounds | SD Senator |
| Dusty Johnson | SD HOR |
| J.D. Vance | Vice Preident |
| Mike Johnson | Speaker of House |
| Donald Trump | president |
| What do members of Congress have in common? | Lawyers, college education, connections |
| Where do ideas of bills come from? | The people, partly members, lobbiest |
| Explain why buisness in the House of Representatives ends every two years but never ends in the Senate. | |
| If the president and the vice president were both tragically killed, who would lead? | Speaker of House |
| If no candidate would receive the needed number of votes to become preident, what would happen? | HOR decides the election |
| Explain Congress's role in removing a president, or supreme court judge from office? | to formally charge a president |
| How can Habeas Corpus be waived? Has this ever been done before? | In time of war. Japan-American citizens |
| How many members of HOR | 435 members |
| Title of presiding officers in HOR | Speaker of House |
| HOR age qualifications | 25 years old |
| HOR Term of office | 2 years |
| Citizen qualifications | 7 years |
| How many women in HOR? | 12 |
| Which party holds a majority in the HOR | Republican |
| How many members of Senate | 100 members |
| Title of presiding officers in senate | President of Senate |
| Senate age qualifications | 30 years |
| senate terms of office | 6 years |
| citizen qualifications | 9 years |
| How mnay women are in the senate? | 29 |
| which party holds a majority in the senate? | Republican |
| How a bill becomes law in the HOR | 1) Bill is introduced. 2) Speaker referred to a committee passes by a majority. 3) If passes it goes to House floor for debate. 4) Goes to Senate. |
| How a bill becomes law in the Senate | 1) Bill is introduced. 2) President of senate referred to a committee by the president of senate. 3) goes to senate floor. 4) If bill passes it goes to the president. |
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