“Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. ” Abraham Lincoln United States and Kansas Government Legislative Executive President Governor Congress Make Laws Judicial Supreme Court Enforce Laws Rule on Laws
Executive Branch Checks on the Legislative Branch Can propose laws Can call special sessions of Congress Can Veto Laws Negotiates foreign treaties Makes appointments Checks on the Judicial Branch Appoints federal judges Can grant pardons to federal offenders
► The White House ► President of the United States: George W. Bush ► Vice President of the United States: Dick Cheney
The President’s Cabinet 15 Executive Departments Advisers to The President of the United States Department of Justice Attorney General Michael Mukasey Department of State Secretary Condoleezza Rice Department of Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates Department of Education Secretary Margaret Spellings
Kansas Executive Branch Cedar Crest Governor's Mansion Kathleen Sebelius ► Cedar Crest Kansas Governor's Seal LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR: Mark Parkinson (D)
Judicial Branch Check on the Executive Branch Can declare executive actions unconstitutional Check on the Legislative Branch Can declare acts of Congress unconstitutional
United States Supreme Court 9 Members John G. Roberts Clarence Thomas Anthony M. Kennedy Ruth Bader Ginsburg John Paul Stevens Stephen G. Breyer David H. Souter Samuel A. Alito Antonin Scalia Supreme Court Building (left) Supreme Court Chambers (right)
“EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW” n Ruth Bader Ginsburg n n Chief Justice John G. Roberts n Clarence Thomas
Legislative Branch Checks on the Executive Branch Can override President’s veto Ratifies treaties Appropriates money Confirms executive appointments Can declare war Can impeach and remove President Checks on the Judicial Branch Creates lower federal courts Can impeach and remove judges Can propose amendments to overrule judicial decisions Approves appointments of federal judges
USA POPULATION = 300, 000 EACH U. S. HOUSE MEMBER REPRESENTS ABOUT 670, 000 U. S. CITIZENS
Senate Leadership Senate president pro tempore Robert Byrd of West Virginia, Democrat Majority leader Harry Reid of Nevada, Democrat Majority whip Dick Durbin of Illinois, Democrat Minority leader Mitch Mc. Connell of Kentucky, Republican Minority whip Trent Lott of Mississippi, Republican
United States Senate 100 Members ► Sam Brownback Senate Chambers ► ► Pat Roberts
U. S. House Leadership 233 Democrats and 202 Republicans 110 th Congress James Clyburn Majority Whip Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the House Steny Hoyer House Majority Leader Roy Blount Minority Whip Minority leader John Boehner of Ohio, Republican
United States Representatives from Kansas Nancy Boyda (2 nd District) Todd Tiahrt (4 th District) Jerry Moran (Big 1 st District) Dennis Moore (3 rd District) ► 435 Members
Ad Astra Per Aspera United States Congressional Districts (4 in Kansas)
Kansas Senate 40 Members § Tim Huelskamp (38 th District) Stephen Morris (Senate President) § John Vratil (Majority Leader) Anthony Henley (Minority Leader) ►
Melvin Neufeld (Speaker of the House) Ray Merrick (House Majority Leader) Dennis Mc. Kinney (House Minority Leader) Gary Hayslett (District 122) ► Kansas House of Representatives ► 125 Members
Kansas Supreme Court Seated left to right: Justice Donald L. Allegrucci, Chief Justice Kay Mc. Farland, Justice Robert E. Davis. Standing left to right: Justice Carol A. Beier, Justice Lawton R. Nuss, Justice Marla J. Luckert, Justice Eric S. Rosen.
Links Kansas Congress United States Congress Kansas House of Reps. Kansas Senate Kansas Supreme Court Kansas Congressional Districts Kansas Capitol Haskell County Web Site Kansas Senators/Representatives Boyda, Nancy Brownback, Sam Hayzlett, Gary Huelskamp, Gary Moore, Dennis Moran, Jerry Roberts, Pat Tiahrt, Todd White House Cabinet
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