Branches of Gov't
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| show | two thirds
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| What fraction of the state legislatures (or state constitutional conventions) is required to ratify an amendment to the U.S. Constitution? | show 🗑
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| What fraction of the senate must vote to convict a president (or other federal office holder) in an impeachment trial and remove them from office? | show 🗑
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| show | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
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| What office serves as the president of the Senate and votes in the case of a tie? | show 🗑
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| show | a private letter of Thomas Jefferson
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| show | 1st and 14th
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| show | Freedom of Religion, speech, press, peaceful assembly, and petition of grievances
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| show | Equal protection under the law for all citizens
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| How many amendments have been made to the U.S. Constitution? | show 🗑
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| show | Donald Trump, George W. Bush, Benjamin Harrison, Rutherford B. Hayes, John Q. Adams; five presidents
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| How many electoral college votes does a candidate need to win the presidency? How many total electoral college votes are there? | show 🗑
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| What portion of the electoral votes allotted to each state skews the total of each state so that it is not entirely proportional based on population to other states? | show 🗑
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| Name three powers that the senate has the authority to vote on that gives it a check on other branches: | show 🗑
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| show | revenue (tax) bills
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| show | pocket veto
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| show | Committees
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| show | Executive
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| show | NASA, CIA, FBI, the Federal Reserve, Social Security, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Military, Department of Education
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| show | 9
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| Who gets to vote on the Supreme Court in the case of a 4 to 4 tie? | show 🗑
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| Who appoints justices to the supreme court? | show 🗑
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| What Supreme Court case established the precedent of Judicial Review ? | show 🗑
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| Which supreme court case established that law enforcement officers must make sure that the accused are aware of their rights? | show 🗑
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| Which supreme court case overturned Plessy vs Ferguson and desegregated public schools in the united states? | show 🗑
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| show | Roe v Wade
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| show | 12th amendment
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| show | House of Representatives
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| Name 3 kinds of laws that are under the jurisdiction of state governments? | show 🗑
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| show | 11, all of Indiana's electoral votes
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| show | Conference committee
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| show | Precedent
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| show | A written constitution, a bill of rights, a difficult amendment process, a Senate with equal representation by state, an electoral college system for electing the president, a representative legislature (where elected officials vote on laws)
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| What check does the supreme court have on the legislative and executive branch? | show 🗑
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| show | The supreme court can strike down laws or executive orders as unconstitutional.
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| What does it mean when the Supreme Court is called the court of last appeal? | show 🗑
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