Political Process Educational Posters
for the classroom and home schoolers.

The Executive Branch -
The President

Terms
• Elected to serve a four-year term.
• Cannot be elected for more than two terms.
Qualifications
• Must be 35 years old or older.
• Must be a resident of the U.S. for at least 14 years.
• Must be a natural-born citizen.

Duties
• Make sure all federal laws are enforced.
• Is in charge of protecting the nation and seeing to its defense.
• Directs nation's dealing with other countries and makes treaties with them.
• Proposes new laws to Congress.
• Appoints most of the top officials of the executive branch.

Powers Over Other Branches
• Can veot bills passed by Cognress.
• Appoints federal judges, including Supreme Courts Justices.

Presidents pictured: Washington (1789-1797), Van Buren (1837-1841), Lincoln (1861-1865), Wilson (1913-1921), FDR (1933-1945), Kennedy (1961-1963).

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The Legislative Branch-
The Congress
Senate, House of Representatives

Terms
• Representatives: elected to serve a two-year term.
• Senators: elected to serve a six-year term.

Qualifications
• A Representative must be 25 years old or older, a U.S. Citizen for at least seven years, and a resident of the state from which elected.
• A Senator must be 30 years old or older, a U.S. Citizen for at least nine years, and a resident of the state from which elected.

Duties
• Makes all federal laws.
• May propose amendments to the Constitution.
• Conducts investigations and reviews government actions.

Powers Over Other Branches
• Senate must approve all treaties (by a two-thirds vote) and important presidential appointments (by majority vote).
• Congress can “override” presidential vetoes with a two-thirds vote of both House and Senate.
• House “impeaches” and Sentae tries federal officials, including President, for wrongdoing.

The Judicial Branch- Chief Justices: John Marshall (1801-1835), Earl Warren (1953-1969), John Roberts (2006- )

Terms
• Appointed for life.

Qualifications
• Any citizen can be a Supreme Court Justice. The president chooses each justice, but the Senate msut also give its approval.

Duties
• Decides cases having to do with the Constitutuion, federal laws, teaties, and several other kinds of arguments.

Powers Over Other Branches
• Can decide whether a law or executive action is constitutional. Laws or actions declared unconstitutional cannot be enforces.

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A French political cartoon showing First Estate (Church) and Second Estate (Nobility) recoiling in fear from the revolutionary Third Estate or commoners.

Midsummer Madness - a hot but hopeless chase after the presidential butterfly - Cover from the August 13, 1892 Judge magazine.

Details of the 1892 Presidental Election.

Political Statement about the “discovery” of America by Christopher Columbus in 1492.

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