ADJUS-120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: United States Constitution, Legislature

• School: Diablo Valley College
• Department: Administration Of Justice
• Course: ADJUS-120
• Professor: Gaines

Document Summary

36 usc 106 (a) the head of each federal agency or department shall-- (1) provide each new employee of the agency or department with educational and training materials concerning the united. The word shall v. may : shall means must, may means it is up for interpretation. Legislative oversight & immunity: types of oversight. Executive give consent, appointment, issue executive orders, set funding priorities. Judicial power to hold things unconstitutional. Legislative power to reverse and establish policy. Each branch has its own prerogatives trying to gain more power but it will be checked by the other branches hence checks and balances: legislative immunity. Speech and debate clause cannot shut down a speaker while they are on the floor of congress delivering a speech; they are immune" from being taken down i. e. mike gravel. Impeachment: starts with indictment, two stage process. Indictment v. trial: only used a handful of times since its founding for presidential impeachment.