Constitution Part 1–Majority Vs. Supermajority – Flashcards
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What bodies have the power to override a presidential veto?
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House of Representatives and the Senate
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What margin is required to override a presidential veto?
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2/3 vote of both houses
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Where in the Constitution is the veto power described?
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Article 1, Section 7, Clause2
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What body has the power to ratify treaties?
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The Senate
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What margin is required to ratify treaties?
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2/3 vote
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Where in the Constitution is the ratification power described?
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Article 2, Section 2, Clause 3
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Who negotiates treaties?
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the President
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What body has the power to impeach the president?
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The House of Representative
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What vote is required to impeach?
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Majority Vote of the House of Representative
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What is the standard for impeachment?
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Treason, Bribery, other high Crimes of Misdemeanor
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What body has the power to convict the president of charges brought against him in the impeachment process and thereby remove him from the presidency?
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The Senate
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What vote is required to convict impeachment/remove a president?
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2/3 of the Senate
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Where in the Constitution is the impeachment power described?
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Article 1, Section 3
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What body has the power to accept or reject a president's nominations to the Supreme Court?
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The Senate
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What margins is required to elevate a president's nominee to a seat on the Court?
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Majority
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Where in the Constitution are judicial nominations described?
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Article 2, Section 2
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What language is used to describe the role of the Senate in Supreme Court nominations?
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Advice & Consent
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If no candidate for the presidency wins a simple majority of the total number of electoral votes, what body has the power to choose the president?
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The House of Representatives
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What margin is required to choose the president?
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Age 35, natural born US citizen (or a citizen at the time of the adoption of the constitution), 14 year resident within the US
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Where in the Constitution is the Electoral College described? (Hint: there are two parts)
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Article 2, Section 1
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What's the vote required for a president to be chosen?
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Simple Majority of the Electoral College
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The Constitution specifies a three-fourths majority for just one process. What?
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Ratification of the Amendments
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Identify two aspects of the Court's structure and composition that the Constitution does not specify. (The Constitution does specify these two basic aspects of structure and composition for the other two branches).
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1. number of people in the judicial branch 2. the requirement to be a justice
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What are two ways that amendments to the Constitution can be proposed?
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1. 2/3 of both houses find it necessary 2. 2/3 of the state legislatures call a Convention to amend the Constitution
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What are two ways that amendments to the Constitution can be ratified?
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1. 3/4 vote of each state legislature 2. 3/4 vote of the Convention
