AP Government and Politics

1. AP Government and Politics By: Amy Miller

2. System of Checks and Balances • Legislative (Congress) • Executive (President) • Override Presidential Veto • Impeachment • House brings charges • Senate holds trial • House: budget control • Senate: advice and consent; ratifies treaties; confirms appointments • Judicial Courts • Confirms presidential appointments • Impeach/ remove federal judges • Establish courts and set number of judges

3. System of Checks and Balances (Cont.) • Executive (President) • Legislative (Congress) • Veto bills • Line-Item veto-used by Governors-reject part of a bill • Call special sessions • Can propose laws • Judicial (Courts) • Appoints federal judges • Grants pardons, reprieves, can commute sentences

4. System of Checks and Balances (Cont.) • Judicial (Courts) • Executive (President) • Declare executive orders unconstitutional • Federal judges and justices appointed for life • Legislative (Congress) • Can declare laws unconstitutional

5. Political Parties and Interest Groups • Democratic Party • Libertarian Democrats • Moderate Democrats • Conservatives • Republican Party • Conservatives • Moderate Republicans • Libertarian Republicans • Independent • Non-party politicians • National Organization for Women • National Rifle Association

6. Are You Registered to Vote??? • No • Is it Important to Vote??? • Yes • Gives individuals a say in government • Gives people the right to have their opinion heard

7. How does the Bill of Rights Affect Me? • First Amendment • Freedom of Speech • Freedom of Religion • Fourth Amendment • Ninth Amendment • Tenth Amendment