FrontPage: OL on your desk. Which branch of government is most powerful? Why?

Assignment:Read/OL pages 76-79 for Monday

FrontPage: Have the Checks and Balances worksheet on your desk.

Assignment: Read/OL 76-79 for Monday

The Three Branches of Government

Sources of Power and Conflict

The Legislative Branch

Which of these is different from the rest?› What 2 criteria must be satisfied if a law is to be

enacted using the Elastic Clause? What checks exist on Congressional Power?

Constitutional Source of Power?

Examples:

The Executive Branch

What is the Constitutional source of presidential power?› Give an example of a power the president can exercise…

What part of Article II has been interpreted to give the President a great deal of extra power?

What checks exist on the president?

The Judicial Branch What is the Constitutional source of the power

of the Supreme Court?› Jurisdiction = area of control

When the court can rule on a case; what subjects or people the court can hear cases about

What important power does the Court exercise over Congress and the President (and the states as well)?

What is the check on this power?

A way of thinking… You might consider the President and

Congress as having “proactive” powers› They can initiate actions on their own

On the other hand, the judicial branch might be said to have “reactive” powers› They must wait for someone to challenge a law

or executive action