By: Kaylee Propst

Unit 4 Project
Government 1
11/23/14

~Legislative Branch~

Who: House of Representatives and the Senate. These put together create what we call
The United States Congress.
What: They make laws that the citizens will have to follow.
Extra: Approve presidential nominations, control the budget, may remove the president,
and they can pass laws over what the president says with a 2/3 vote of both houses.

Executive Branch

Who: This power is vested in the President of America.

What: He, along with his fellow helpers, are able to enforce and carry out laws that were
made by Congress.

Extra: The big man can also veto (turn down) laws enacted by Congress.

Judicial Branch

Who: Supreme Court

The members are chosen by the President and confirmed by Senate.
What: They are in charge of making sure the laws are constitutional. Which means they
are in charge of interpreting and explaining the Constitution.

Extra: Their decisions that they make are final and they can declare a presidents actions
unconstitutional.

Legislative Branch: Powers Explained

Taxation: Congress may collect taxes

Borrowing Money: Can borrow money on the credit of the USA
Regulating Commerce: Can regulate commerce with foreign nations

Naturalization: Establish a uniform rule of Naturalization

Bankruptcy: Make a world known law on the subject of bankruptcy
Coining Money: Regulate values of money
Post Offices: To provide post offices
Declaring War: Can declare war and make certain calls on captures on land and water
Raising Army and Navy: They must support raising armies and provide a navy

Legislative Branch : REPORTS

Taxation: Congress is

Regulating Commerce: Congress may regulate the rights and liabilities

of employers and employees, as labor disputes adversely affect the free
flow of commerce. Otherwise, contracts that do not involve any
property or activities that move in interstate commerce are not
ordinarily part of interstate commerce. http://legaldictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Commerce+Clause

Borrowing Money: Allowed to

borrow money on the credit of USA.
Borrowing and the Federal Debt. ( <Link)

Naturalization: An example
of naturalization in our
nation, is how immigrants
have to take an oath or
meet certain requirements
legally to become a citizen.

Bankruptcy: On January 23, 2006, the Supreme Court, in Central Virginia

Coining:
Money:http://www.inve
stopedia.com/terms/g/
greshams-law.asp
An Example is
Gresham's law.

allowed to lay and collect

taxes. In Westerville, the
citizens pay taxes, that
come out of their checks,
and it helps goes to help
fund our public schools.

Community College v. Katz, declined to apply state sovereign immunity from

Seminole Tribe v. Florida,[52] to defeat a trustee's action under 11 U.S.C. 547 to
recover preferential transfers made by a debtor to a state agency. The Court ruled
that Article I, section 8, clause 4 of the U.S. Constitution (empowering Congress to
establish uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcy) abrogates the state's sovereign
immunity in suits to recover preferential payments.[53]
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankruptcy_in_the_United_States#Bankruptcy_crimes)

Raising Army and Navy:

An example is if
somewhere in the future
Congress may have to
go to the last resort and
call for a draft if we as a
nation were ever in a
crisis.

Declaring War:
http://america.aljazeera.com/blogs/scrutineer/2014/9/
11/obama-sidesteps-congressindeclaringwar.html.
Obama is sidestepping congress on war issues, but
constitution states that congress has the right to declare
war if chosen.

Post Offices:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/n
ews/volokhconspiracy/wp/2014/10/02/bonidyv-united-states-the-secondamendment-at-the-post-office/
Bonidy v. United States: The Second
Amendment at the post office

Executive Branch: Powers Explained

Commander in Chief: President shall be in charge of the army and navy

Pardons: President has power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences
Treaties: He can make treaties
Ambassadors: Appoint ambassadors with the advice and approval of Senate
Judges: The president can nominate/appoint judges
State of the Union: Must inform Congress about State of the Union from time to time

Executive Branch: REPORTS

Commander in
Chief:
http://www.politico.
com/news/stories/0
110/31896.html
President Obama's
evolution as
commander-inchief

Pardons:
http://www.propublica
.org/article/obamahas-grantedclemency-morerarely-than-anymodern-president
Obama Has Granted
Clemency More
Rarely Than Any
Modern President

Treaties:
http://www.cnn.co
m/2010/POLITICS/04
/08/obama.russia.tr
eaty/
Obama, Russian
president sign arms
treaty

Ambassadors:http://www.was
hingtonpost.com/opinions/ob
amas-ambassador-nomineesare-a-disservice-todiplomacy/2014/02/06/2273ef
9e-8e86-11e3-b22712a45d109e03_story.html
Obamas ambassador
nominees are a disservice to
diplomacy

Supreme Court
Judges:
http://en.wikipedia.
org/wiki/Barack_Ob
ama_Supreme_Cou
rt_candidates
Barack Obama
Supreme Court
candidates

State of the Union:

http://www.whiteho
use.gov/the-pressoffice/2014/01/28/p
resident-barackobamas-stateunion-address
President Barack
Obama's State of
the Union Address

Judicial Branch: Powers Explained

Judicial Review: The Judicial power must extend to all powers

Issues Between States: Part of the power the judicial must extend toooooooo
Treason: Treason must have two witnesses or someone who admits to it, before someone is
convicted of it. Treason against the US will only consist of levying war against them, or
giving the enemies aid and comfort.

Judicial Branch: REPORT

Judicial Review:
http://www.fbm.com/US_Supr
eme_Court_Expands_Judicial
_Review_of_Clean_Water_Act
_Enforcement_Orders_03-222012/
U.S. Supreme Court Expands
Judicial Review of Clean
Water Act Enforcement
Orders

Issues Between States: Current

Issues and Programs in Social
Welfare.
http://www.socialwelfarehisto
ry.com/recollections/currentissues-and-programs-insocial-welfare/

Treason:
http://www.outsidethebeltwa
y.com/treason-and-thewikileaks-case/
Treason And The Wikileaks
Case

Checks & Balances

Legislative checks Executive: The Legislative Branch approves presidential nominations and controls the
budget. They can remove the president and can pass laws over what the president says with a 2/3 vote
from both houses. An example is when Congress passed a farm bill over Bush veto in 2008.

Legislative checks Judicial: Congress can impeach judges and make them the office. An example is when
Judge G. Thomas Porteous Faces Impeachment Trial In Congress in 2010.
Executive checks Legislative: The president can veto congressional legislation. An example is how, Obama
threatens veto of House border-spending bill.
Executive check Judicial: Can forgive a class of crime and they nominate the judges to the Federal Court
System and to the Supreme Court. An example is when Obama nominated Jill Parrish for federal court judge
in 2014
Judicial checks Executive: They can declare presidential acts unconstitutional. An example is when
Legislation Declared Unconstitutional in 2005.
Judicial checks Legislative: Supreme Court can also declare presidential act unconstitutional and can also
declare treaties unconstitutional. An example is during the Riley v. California case in 2014.