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American Government - Coggle Diagram

- - - - bicameral
        
        two parts of congress
      - House of Representatives
        
        there are 435 representatives in the house
        
        have to be 25 years old
        
        of representatives is proportional to a states population
        
        can serve 2 year terms
      - Senate
        
        equal representation
        
        referred to as the upper house
        
        100 senators total, 2 senators per state
        
        have to be 30 years old, you serve a 6 year term and can be reelected forever
  - - - President
        
        chief executive
        
        elected every 4 years, have to be 35 years old
        
        have to be a natural born citizen
        
        can only serve 2 terms
        
        have a cabinet (group of advisors)
  - - - supreme court justices
        
        nominated by the president and confirmed by a majority senate vote
        
        they hold office as long as they choose to stay
        
        9 Justices
      - chief justice
        
        in charge of who's going to be doing what
- - - - Impeachment
        
        remove from office, can impeach the president and justices
      - Override
        
        override a veto- ⅔ supermajority in both house and senate confirm appointments
    - - Nomination/Appointment
        
        can vote on judges
      - Veto
        
        can say no to a law and it then has to go back to the drawing board
    - - Judicial Review
        
        see’s if the laws are constitutional