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 - In addition to formal duties, the vice president has both informal and symbolic responsibilities
 - Informal: Advise the president
 - Symbolic: Balance the ticket (Joe Biden was and old and white man, but Kamala was a black woman, 22 years younger. Donald Trump has led a controversial life but Mike Pence is an evangelical Christian who appeals to an important Republican consistency)
-- Tim Waltz is an older white man who was former teacher and high school coach. JD Vance is a Harvard education ... *more on point in slide*
+- Tim Waltz is an older white man who was former teacher and high school coach. JD Vance is a Harvard education ... *more on point in slide*
+
+# Electoral College
+## Gerrymandering
+### 1912 (?)
+- 8/10 most gerrymandered states favor republicans
+- Supreme court has struct down gerrymandering
+- Louisiana - Gerrymandered to Favor Republicans
+- Maryland - Gerrymandered to Favor Democrats
+## Congress
+### Senate
+- Upper House 
+- Elected every six years
+- 2 Senators per state
+- Approves legislation
+- Cooler heads
+### House of representatives
+- Lover house
+- Elected every two years
+- Representatives determined by population (435)
+- Writes legislation
+- Hot heads
+### What does the house do?
+- Impeachment begins in the House
+- The House controls revenue bills
+- It is the House that must initiate tax bills
+- It is the House that initiates appropriation bills (spending)
+- If no president should receive a majority of votes in the Electoral College, then the House of Representatives would choose the next President. In this case, each state would only get one vote.
+- Need 218 for the majority
+Right now, republicans control the house, with 222 seats, democrats have 211
+## Supreme Court
+- Established by Article III of the constitution
+- Highest court in the Federal Judiciary (in contrast to the states)
+- It has jurisdiction over all federal and state court cases that involve a point of federal law and a number of original jurisdictional issues (including Ambassadors)
+- Judicial Review: It can invalidate a statue for violating the Constitution
+- It includes a chief justice and Eight associate justices
+- The justices have a lifetime appointment, but can resign or be removed
+- When a vacancy opens, the president with advice and consent appoints a new justice