Constitution SG - Parts 1-10 (2012-2013)

English	Chemistry
Impeach	Charge a government official with a crime or misdemeanor
Veto	Vote against
Pardon	Act of excusing a rime or mistake
Thurgood Marshall	first African American Supreme Court Justice
Sandra Day O:Connor	first female Supreme Court justice
435	Total Number of Members in the House of Representatives
Elastic Clause	the part of the Constitution that permits Congress to make any laws "necessary and proper" to carrying out its powers
25	Minimum age foe a member of the House
7	Citizenship requirement for a member of the House (years)
2	Number of Senators per state; number of terms for the President according to the 22nd amendment; term of office for members of the House
100	Total number of members in the U.S. Senate
30	Minimum age for a U.S. Senator
9	Citizenship requirement for a U.S. Senator (years); number of justices on the Supreme Court; number of Representatives from Tennessee
6	Term of Office for a Senator (years)
Speaker	Presiding officer in the House of Representatives
Vice President	Presiding officer in the Senate
President	Head of the Executive Branch
35	Minimum age for the President
Citizenship requirement for the President	natural born - born in the U.S.
14	Residence requirement for the President (years)
4	Term of office for the Presidency (years)
FDR (Franklin Roosevelt)	President elected for four terms
Andrew Johnson	First President to be impeached
District	Lowest federal court
94	Number of federal District Courts
Court of Appeals	Second highest federal court
13	Number of federal Courts of Appeals
Supreme Court	Highest federal court
Andrew Jackson	Tennessee President; home at the Hermitage in Nashville
Barack Obama	Current President
Bill of attainder	Law that condemns person without benefit of a trial
Bill	Proposed law
Bob Corker	Tennessee's youngest (time served) Senator
Camp David	President's vacation spot in Maryland
Capitol	Building in DC associated with the Legislative Branch
Congress	Another name for the federal legislative branch
Domestic Tranquility	Peace at home
Electoral College	Group elected by the people in each state to choose the President
538	Total number of electoral votes
Founding Fathers	Delegates to the Constitutional Convention in 1787
Gerald Ford	President never elected VP or President; became VP when Nixon's VP when Spiro Agnew resigned; became President when Nixon resigned (Watergate); defeated in his run for the office by Jimmy Carter.
Habeas corpus	Legal order which protects people from being held in prison without formal charges being filed
James Polk	Tennessee President from Columbia, TN
January 20	Date of the Presidential inauguration
Jim Cooper	Current Representative from Nashville
Joe Biden	Current VP
John Kennedy	First President born in the 20th century; assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963
Lamar Alexander	Tennessee Senator; former governor of Tennessee
Naturalization	Process for an immigrant to become a U.S. citizen
Senate	Approves Presidential appointments; elects VP if no majority in Electoral College; conducts impeachment trials
President pro tempore	Presiding officer in the Senate when VP is absent
Preamble	Introduction to the Constitution
Override	Cancel, as the Congress has the power to cancel (or reverse) a Presidential veto
White House	Building in DC associated with the Executive Branch
William Henry Harrison	9th President; caught pneumonia and died one month after his inauguration
Habeas corpus	Legal order which protects people from being held in prison without formal charges being filed
Jurisdiction	Court's authority to hear and decide cases
Grand jury	Group of citizens that decides whether there is sufficient evidence to charge someone with a crime
Petit jury	Trial jury, usually consisting of 12 people, that weighs the evidence presented at a trial and renders a verdict of guilty or not guilty
Defendant	Person accused of committing a crime
Prosecution	Government body (police) that brings charges against a person accused of breaking the law
Criminal	Case which involves breaking a law
Civil	Case that does not directly involve any violation of criminal laws
11	Number of electoral votes for Tennessee
John Roberts	Current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Indict	To officially charge with wrongdoing or a crime
Opinion	Legal document or decision stating the reasons for a judicial decision
Judicial Review	Power of the Supreme Court to declare laws and actions of local, state, or national governments unconstitutional
Air Force One	Presidential airplane
State of the Union	President's address to Congress in January each year; gives the state (conditions) of the country and makes legislative proposal for the coming session of Congress
270	Number of electoral votes needed to become President
Judicial	Branch of government that interprets the laws
Executive	Branch of government that enforces the laws
Legislative	Branch of government that makes the laws
20	Date in January (after the November election) for the President's inauguration