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topic 4 gov't test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| If you get accused of a crime you have the right to have a day in court | Habeas Corpus |
| When you're punished for a crime that's not illegal | Ex post facto |
| Punishes a person who has not yet had a trial | Bills of Attainder |
| Powers that Congress has that are not directly written in the Constitution | Implied powers of Congress |
| PLainly written down in the Constitution | Expressed Powers of Congress |
| People who elected officials represent | Constituents |
| Overseeing the performance of gov't agencies | Oversite |
| Free mail for congress members | Franking Privilege |
| Members of Congress who unify party members on certain issues | Party Whip |
| Prosides over the Senate when V.P. is gone | President Pro Tempore |
| Congress has the ability to stretch it's powers to carry out it's listed powers | Elastic Cause |
| President who advocated stronger state rights | Thomas Jefferson |
| Senator/ Senate Majority Leader | John Thune |
| Senator | Mike Rounds |
| Representative | Dusty Johnson |
| Vice Pres/ President of the Senate | J.D. Vance |
| Speaker of the House | Mike Johnson |
| Pres of the U.S. | Donald Trump :( |
| Explain why buisness in the House of Representatives ends every two years but never ends in the Senate | House of Reps. could have new members every two years but 1/3rd of people in the Senate are up every two years |
| What do members of Congress have in common? | Work in the Legislative Branch, they are elected officials, and share similiar powers |
| Where do ideas of bills come from? List three | members of congress, the pres, and citizens |
| if the president and vice president were both tragically killed, who would lead | speaker of the house |
| if no candidate would recieve the needed number of votes to become president, what would happen? | It moves into a contingent election where the House selects the president |
| explain congress's role in removing a president, or supreme court judge from office | to impeach means to formally charge. after impeachment it goes to the Senate and has to be 2/3rd vote to remove them from office |
| How can Haveas Corpus be waived? And has this ever been done before? | -It can be waived in time of war -Yes to Japanese American citizens in concentration camps |
| In the makeup of congress how many members are in the House of Rep and Senate? (next 6) | House- 435 members Senate- 100 members |
| What is the title of presiding officers? | House- Speaker of the House Senate- President of the Senate |
| Age qualifications? | House- must be 25 Senate- must be 30 |
| Term of office? | House- 2 years Senate- 6 year term |
| Citizen qualifications? | House- U.S. citizen for 7 years Senate- U.S. citizen for 9 years |
| How many women? | House- 125 Senate- 26 |
| Which party holds a majority? | House-Republican Senate- Republican |
| How a bill becomes a law in the House of Rep | 1) Bill is introduced 2) Referred to a commitee by SOH. Bill is studied then recommendation is given by majority vote 3) if it passes the Commitee it goes to House floor for debate 4) If it passes by a majority it goes to Senate |
| How a bill becomes a law in the Senate | 1) Bill is introduced 2) Referred to Committee by Pres. of Senate 3) If it passes by majority it goes to Senate floor for debate 4) Goes to Pres. or Govenor if passed by majority |
| How a bill become a law by Pres/Govenor | 1) Signs bill and becomes a law 2) Veto- reject it and it goes back to House and needs 2/3rd vote 3) Pocket veto- Pres does nothing and it goes back to Congress 4) just in SD |
| made up of members of both houses to solve differences between the bill | conference committee |
| In the makeup of SD legislature how many members are in the House and Senate? (next 6) | House- 70 Senate- 35 |
| Title of presiding officers? | House- Speaker of the House Senate- Pres of Senate/ Lt. Govenor |
| Name presiding officers | House- Jon Hansen Senate- Tony Venhuizen |
| age qualifications? | House- 21 yrs old Senate- 21 years old |
| term of office? | House- 2 yrs Senate- 2 yrs |
| how many women? | House- 27 Senate- 12 |
| which party holds a majority? | House- republican Senate- republican |
| the power of an executive to reject specific parts of a bill without vetoing the entire bill | Line-Item veto |
| people of SD can place a bill on a ballot for people to decide | initiative |
| legislatures refer bill to the people to vote | referendum |
| who is the south dakota govenor/ lt. govenor | Larry Rhoden |
| which legislative district is Groton in? | District 1 |
| who are the elected officials from that district? | Logan Manhart Michael Rohl Nick Fosness |
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