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United States Government, Approves - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Senate
        
        100; 2 per state
        
        Serve 6 year terms
      - House of Representatives
        
        435 Reps
        
        Serve 2 year term
        
        Leader: Speaker of the House; chosen by Majority Party
      - Drafts Proposed Laws
      - Confirms/Rejects Pres. Nominations for heads of Fed agencies, judges and Supreme Court
      - Authority to declare war
  - - - President: Head of State, Leader of Fed Gov, Commander in Chief
        
        4 year terms, up to two times
      - VP: Supporter, VP becomes Pres. if they are unable to serve, presides over U.S. Senate and tie breaker in Senate votes
        
        4 year term
      - Cabinet: (Nominated by Pres. and approved by Senate) Advisors to Pres; include VP, Executive Dept.
      - Heads, High Ranking Gov Officials.
  - - - Interprets meaning of laws
      - Apply's laws to individual cases
      - Decides if laws violate Constitution
      - 9 Justices
        
        Serves Until Retirement or DEATH
        
        1967: Thurgood Marshall; 1st African American Justice
        
        2022 Ketanji Brown Jackson; 1st African American woman
    - - District Court
        
        94 District Courts
      - Circuit Court
        
        13 Circuit Courts