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American Government - Coggle Diagram

- - - - behaviors that influence the decisions we make. ideologies and how it translates to action
- - - - must be 35 years old, natural born citizen, 4-year term, 2 terms (23rd amendment, FDR), do not need to be back-to-back,
    - - selected by president, used to be runner up originally,
    - - 3 originally, 15 now, advisors, serve to help president with things they may not know anything about
        
        3 originals: Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Defense
    - - a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body:
    - - assign judges and justices
  - - - 2 houses
    - - lower, proportional to states population, 435 representatives, have to be 25, 2 year term, infinite terms
    - - Senate: upper, equal representation, have to be 30, 6 year terms, infinite terms
    - - remove from office
    - - 2/3 super majority in both House and Senate confirm appointments
  - - - 9 justices, appointed by president and approved by senate, life appointment, can be impeached but happens very rarely,
    - - clerical position, is not any more powerful
    - - review of laws and executive orders to deem them un/constitutional
- - - - The government may not force U.S. citizens to testify against themselves in court
    - - a change or an addition
    - - U.S. citizens have the right to a fair and speedy trial
    - - the government may not force U.S. citizens to shelter soldiers in their homes
    - - U.S. citizens are protected from unreasonable searches of personal property
    - - U.S. citizens are protected from cruel and unusual punishment
    - - U.S. citizens have the right to a trial by jury
    - - The right to keep and bear arms, or own guns
    - - U.S. citizens may have rights that are not listed in the constitution
    - - U.S. citizens have freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition
    - - Powers not given to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution belong to the state or to the people
  - - - Government can only do what is
        in the Constitution
    - - Each branch can “check” on
        others to prevent abuses.
    - - Three branches, each responsible
        for its own thing
    - - National government --> State government -->Local government Each limited to what it can do.
    - - Not a direct democracy, elect
        people to represent us
    - - Government power comes from the people Popular = majority; sovereign = ruler
    - - Bill of Rights (Amendments I – X)
  - - - Individuals have a civic duty to defend these rights for themselves and others.
    - - People have certain inalienable rights, including Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. rights people are born with
    - - That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, meaning the government serves the people, that is its primary purpose, and derives its power directly from them.
    - - All men are created equal