THE U.S.
CONSTITUTION
• US: UK:
• CONGRESS quốc hội PARLIAMENT
• SENATE thượng viện HOUSE OF
LORDS
• HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE HOUSE OF
COMMONS
• Hạ viện
• PRESIDENT PRIME MINISTER
VOCABULARY:
• Opinion
• Legislation
• Living Document
• Repealed = Revoked=abolished
The legislation was repealed/revoked/abolished a five months
later
• Overturned
The results overturned previous findings
PREAMBLE
• The introduction to the Constitution is called
the Preamble.
• The Preamble begins with the phrase “We the
people…”
• What does that mean?
• Why was the Constitution written?
• Who does the Constitution regulate?
AMENDMENT (TU CHÍNH)
• Is a change in the Constitution
• There have been 27 amendments to the
Constitution.
• The first 10 amendments are called the Bill of Rights.
• Trong sách có 26 tu chính- Cập nhật : 27 TU CHÍNH
trong Hiến pháp Mỹ
THE BRANCHES OF
GOVERNMENT
• There are three branches of government: Tam quyền
phân lập trong hệ thống hiến pháp Mỹ
1. The legislative - which makes the laws Lập Pháp
2. The executive - which enforces the laws or make
sure the laws are carried out Hành Pháp
3. The judicial - which judges the laws or explains
the laws and makes sure they are fair Tư Pháp
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
• The legislative branch is called Congress and
is made up of two Houses (parts): Lập pháp
hay gọi là Quốc hội : Trong QH có
• The House of Representatives HẠ VIỆN
• Senate. THƯỢNG VIỆN
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
List_of_current_United_States_senators
THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
• States with the largest populations have the most
representatives in the House. HẠ VIỆN BẦU THEO DÂN SỐ
CỦA STATE: bang có dân số đông nhất là California
• House members must be at least 25 years old or older to
serve.
• House members are elected to a two year term.
• There are 435 members in the House of
Representatives.
THE SENATE
• The Senate is the other part of the Congress
• There are two senators for each state, which means of
course there are 100 Senators.
• Senators must be at least 30 years old.
• Senators are elected to a six year term.
• Mỗi bang chỉ được bầu 2 THƯỢNG Nghị sĩ 2*50= 100
THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH
• The executive branch is headed by the
president.
• The president is the commander-in-
chief of the armed forces. TỔNG THỐNG
NGƯỜI NẮM GIỮ QUÂN ĐỘI
• HÀNH PHÁP: TỔNG THỐNG
THE PRESIDENT
• The president is elected to a four year term.
• The president can only serve two terms.
• The president must be a citizen by birth
• The president must be at least 35 years old.
THE JUDICIAL BRANCH
• The Judicial Branch of the federal government is
headed by the Supreme Court. TƯ PHÁP:
TÒA ÁN TỐI CAO
• Supreme Court justices are nominated by the
president and approved by the Senate.
• There are 9 Supreme Court justices, who are
appointed for life.
White House HÀNH PHÁP
The Capitol: LẬP PHÁP
U.S. Supreme Court
TƯ PHÁP
FEDERALISM
• The power of government is also split between the states
and the federal government.
• This is called Federalism.
• If the Constitution does not have a law, the states can do
what they want.
• State law cannot contradict federal law, or a
Supreme Court Opinion. They must be follow by the
letter.
THE DIFFERENCES AMID FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL
LAWS
Separation of Powers of the three
branches tam quyen phan lap
revised
separation
branches
the people
human rights freedom
justice
Preamble Articles
Admendments
Twenty-seven
