1. YOUR Government
By Ja’Onda Harris
October 13th 2012
4th Period/Civics & Economics
2. • Have you ever looked into the US government?
• Well today, this presentation is going to inform you
about our nation’s Government.
3. Introduction
• Let’s take a trip to our Nation’s capitol, Washington,
D.C.
• There, we explore the different branches of
government.
4. The 3 main branches of government.
Legislative Executive
Judicial
5. Legislative
• There are many different positions under the legislative branch.
Main positions: Congress, General Assembly, and City or County
Council. Let’s explore them all, shall we?
6. NC General Assembly & Congress:
House of Rep. & Senators
House of Representatives:
Requirements: Must be 21 years old, House of Representatives:
lived in that state district for a year.
Requirements: One, you must be at least 25
There are 120 members years of age. Two, you must be a citizen of
the United States for at least 7 years prior to
Senators: election. Lastly, you must be a resident of the
state you choose to represent. There are 435
Requirements: Must be 25 years old members of the house of Rep. alone.
, lived in the district for a year, and
live in NC for two years. Senators:
There are 50 members
Requirements: A U.S. senator must be at least 30
years old, be a U.S. citizen and live in the state in
which he is elected.
There are 100 members in this part is congress. (2
senators per state)
7. *Separation of Powers- The
separation of powers, is a model
for the governance of both
democratic & federative states.
Committees
They’re as so much many different
committees under the legislative branch, it
almost impossible to list all of them.
City Council
Raleigh City Council is the governing
body for the city of Raleigh, the state
capital of North Carolina.
8. Executive
• There are many jobs under this branch as well; The President,
Governor, Mayor/ City or County Manager all sit here.
*Popular Sovereignty
expresses a concept and does
not necessarily reflect or
describe a political reality.
9. (Federal) President:
Requirements: According to the
Constitution, all candidates for (State) Governor:
president must be at least 35, and be Requirements: 30 years of age, US
natural born citizens and residents of citizen for 5 years, and lived in NC for
the Unites States for at least 14 years. 2 years.
Terms: 2 4-year terms
Terms: Four years; limited two
consecutive terms.
(Local) Mayor:
For most places in the United
States, there are really only three
requirements: (1) You are a US
Citizen, (2) you are a legal adult,
and (3) you are a permanent
resident of the entity you wish to
become mayor of (that is, you are a
*Rule of Law: a state of order in which resident of the city/town/etc. where
events conform to the law.
you are running for mayor).
Terms: 1 Term
Electoral College:
No Legal Requirement
11. Judicial Landmark
Cases
Madison vs. Marbury: William Marbury was justice of the peace in the District of Columbia. The
normal practice of making such appointments was to deliver a "commission," or notice, of
appointment. This was normally done by the Secretary of State which was James Madison at the
time. At the direction of Jefferson, Madison refused to deliver Marbury's commission. Marbury
sued Madison, and the Supreme Court took the case. Madison won, the Supreme Court denied
Marbury's petition, holding that the statute upon which he based his claim was unconstitutional.
State vs. Mann: The 1829 decision of the North Carolina Supreme Court in State v. Mann declared
that chattel slaves had no rights from their masters. The defendant in the case was John Mann, a
North Carolinian who had been renting a slave named Lydia. When she committed a trifling
offense, Mann whipped her. Lydia attempted to escape, so Mann shot her, gravely wounding her.
North Carolina authorities deemed his response to her escape attempt disproportionate and charged
him with assault and battery. A decision in which the Supreme Court of North Carolina ruled that
slave-owners had absolute authority over their slaves and could not be found guilty of committing
violence against them.
