Center for Civic Education and Leadership

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Executive Branch

PresidentBarack Obama

Vice PresidentJoseph Biden

What is the role of the Executive Branch?

•Enforces laws

•Appoints cabinet members, judges, and ambassadors

•Makes treaties

•Signs bills into law or vetoes them or ignores them.

•Call Special Sessions of Congress

•Commands the Military

•Appoints judges

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United States Senate

2 Senators from each state• 100 Senators in the Senate

Legislative Branch

John McCain Jon Kyle

United States Senators

United States House of Representatives

Based on population of the state

435 Members in the House of Representatives

Legislative Branch

Lookout Mountain School

is in District 3

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district your

school is in?

Jeff Flake 6th District

Trent Franks 2nd District

Raul Grijalva7th District

Gabrielle Giffords 8th District

Ann Kirkpatrick 1st District

Harry Mitchell 5th District

Ed Pastor 4th District

John Shadegg 3rd District

United States Congress

Arizona Representatives

What are some of the roles of the Legislative Branch?

•Passes bills •Controls the budget•Declares war•Confirms or rejects Presidential appointees

•Overrides presidential veto (2/3 majority)•Ratifies treaties•Confirms or rejects judicial appointees•Establishes courts and number of judges

United States Supreme Court

Judicial Branch

Thomas AlitoGinsburg

Chief Justice

John RobertsStevens ScaliaKennedy

Souter

(Retired)

Breyer

JusticeSonia

SotomayorThe

newestJustice

What is the role of the Judicial Branch?

• Decides cases in the Supreme Court

•Reviews laws to make sure that they do not go against the U.S. Constitution.

•Reviews Presidential actions to make sure they do not violate the law.