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“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 Makes appointments Negotiates foreign treaties 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” Ruth Bader Ginsburg Clarence Thomas Chief Justice John G. Roberts Legislative Branch Checks on the Executive Branch Can override President’s veto Confirms executive appointments Ratifies treaties Can declare war Appropriates money 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 = 300,000,000 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 McConnell of Kentucky, Republican Minority whip Trent Lott of Mississippi, Republican United States Senate 100 Members ► Sam Brownback ► ► Pat Senate Chambers Roberts U.S. House Leadership 233 Democrats and 202 Republicans 110th 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 (2nd District) Todd Tiahrt (4th District) Jerry Moran (Big 1st District) Dennis Moore (3rd District) ► 435 Members Ad Astra Per Aspera United States Congressional Districts (4 in Kansas) Kansas Senate 40 Members Tim Huelskamp (38th District) John Vratil (Majority Leader) ► Stephen Morris (Senate President) Anthony Henley (Minority Leader) Melvin Neufeld (Speaker of the House) Ray Merrick (House Majority Leader) Dennis McKinney (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 McFarland, 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 Huelskamp, Gary Roberts, Pat Brownback, Sam Moore, Dennis White House Cabinet Hayzlett, Gary Moran, Jerry Tiahrt, Todd