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Senators represent whole states while members of the house represent individual districts

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Legislative Current Event - President Biden Impeachment Inquiry

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Legislative Current Event - President Biden Impeachment Inquiry

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Congress is trying to prevent a government shutdown as the GOP deals with the impeachment inquiry. Economic issues such as government funding are present issues as a result of the pending shutdown.

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Majority Leader: Charles E. Schumer
Minority Leader: Mitch McConnell
Colorado Senators: Steve Fenberg, Rhonda Fields, Lisa Frizell, Meg Froelich

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Checks and Balances of Legislative Branch

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Checks and Balances of Legislative Branch

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The congress may be able to confirm or reject the presidents nominees and can remove the president from office in special circumstances

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Members of the House are elected every two years and must be at least 25 years old, A US citizen for at least 7 years, and a resident of the state they reside in

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The Legislative Branch is made of of the House and the Senate, otherwise collectively known as the Congress

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Judicial Current Event - Smith v. United States

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Judicial Current Event - Smith v. United States

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Affirmed 9-0 - Retrial of defendant permitted if trial is held in an improper venue/ a jury drawn from the wrong district. Opinion expressed by Justice Altio

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President: Joe Biden
Vice President: Kamala Harris

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Judicial Current Event - Biden v. Nebraska

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Judicial Current Event - Biden v. Nebraska

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Invoked a student debt relief plan - under the HEROES Act, Biden offered student loan forgiveness. Supreme court ruled 6-3 against enacting this act, saying the Secretary of Education doesn't have the power to enforce it.

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Legislative Current Event - Mitch McConnell

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Legislative Current Event - Mitch McConnell

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On 2 separate occasions this past week, republican minority leader Mitch McConnell exhibited health episodes while in front of a camera. He froze when asked if he'd run for reelection, as well as on the stand. Concerns for his health and competency have sparked a push for term limits, (same as Biden). The Capitol Hill doctor confirmed neither incident was a stroke.

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Executive Current Event - Republican Debate

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Executive Current Event - Republican Debate

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Last week, the republican party held their first presidential debate for the 2024 election. The frontrunner Donald Trump decided not to participate. Candidates such as Ramaswamy, Desantis and Pence made hard stances. Pence threw some shade at Ramaswamy while Ramaswamy held his unpopular views about pulling out of the Ukraine war.

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The president must be a born US citizen, at least 35 years old, and must have lived in the US for the past 14 years

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Executive Current Event - Indictment of Former President Donald Trump

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Executive Current Event - Indictment of Former President Donald Trump

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Former President Donald J. Trump has been indicted 4 times for various crimes including election tampering and racketeering. He has pleaded not guilty to the newest Georgia indictments, which has the most evidence out of the 4.

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The Executive Branch has the power to veto laws that the Legislative Branch passes. The Executive Branch can also appoint justices, and can pardon people who have been convicted

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The President is the head of the executive branch and under him is the Vice President, the Executive Office of the President, and the Cabinet

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The legislative branch was created to make decisions on different government matters. The legislative branch makes all laws, declares war, regulates interstate and foreign commerce, and controls taxing and spending policies.

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they are used to interpret the law, determine the constitutionality of the law, and apply it to certain cases
There is the main Supreme Court and then there are 13 appellate courts underneath it and they are called the U.S. courts of appeal. there are 94 federal judicial districts are organized by the 12 regional circuits, each of which has a court of appeals.
The serration of power in judicial branch exercises judicial review..
leaders of the judicial branch includes Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., Associate Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr., and Associate Justice Elena Kagan.