美國政治體制解析課件

1、the political system of American 小組成員:龍泳 王志穎 陳煒斌 李新海 楊尚澤The United States is the worlds oldest surviving federation. It is a constitutional republic.(憲政共和國)Federal(聯(lián)邦) and state judicial(司法的) and cabinet officials are typically nominated(提名) by the executive branch(行政部門) and approved by the legislat

2、ure(立法機(jī)關(guān)), although some state judges and officials are elected by popular vote.(普選) In the American federalist system, citizens are usually subject to three levels of government: federal, state, and local.The government is regulated by a system of checks and balances(相互監(jiān)督與制衡) defined by the U.S. Co

3、nstitution, which serves as the countrys supreme(最高的) legal document. The federal government is composed of three branches:LegislativeExecutiveJudicial Legislative（立法）The United States Capitol(國會大廈), which houses the United States Congress.(美國國會) The United States Congress, made up of the Senate(參議院

4、，上院)and the House of Representatives, (眾議院) makes federal law, declares war, approves treaties, has the power of the purse, and has the power of impeachment,(彈劾) by which it can remove sitting members of the government. The House of Representatives has 435 members, each representing a congressional

5、district for a two-year term. House seats are apportioned (分配)among the states by population every tenth year. The Senate has 100 members with each state having two senators, elected at-large to six-year terms; one third of Senate seats are up for election every other year. Judicial(司法)the United St

6、ates Supreme Court building(最高法院)The Supreme Court, led by the Chief Justice of the United States, has nine members who serve for life. John G. Roberts 17th Chief Justice of the United StatesExecutive(行政)the White Househome and workplace of the U.S. presidentThe president is the commander-in-chief o

7、f the military, can veto(否決) legislative bills before they become law, and appoints(任命) the Cabinet and other officers, who administer(執(zhí)行) and enforce federal laws and policies. The president serves a four-year term and may be elected to the office no more than twice. The president is not elected by

8、 direct vote, but by an indirect electoral(選舉人) college system in which the determining votes are apportioned(分配) by state. The United States has operated(運(yùn)作) under a two-party system for most of its history. Since the general election of 1856, the major parties have been the Democratic Party,(民主黨)

9、founded in 1824, and the Republican Party,(共和黨) founded in 1854. Democratic Party : Liberalism ; Republican Party : Conservatism The winner of the 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, is the 44th U.S. president and the first African American to hold the office. All previous(以前的) presidents were men of solely European descent. (獨(dú)一無二的歐洲血統(tǒng)) The 2008 elections also saw the Democratic Party strengthen its control of both the House and the Senate. President Barack Obama named Hillary Rodham Clinton as his choice for Secretary of State.Secretary