Judicial Branch
This court is the only one directly established in the Constitution.
What is the Supreme Court?
This phrase is used b critics to accuse the court of overstepping its role by creating policy.
What is legislating from the bench?
I can amend the constitution rendering what ever issue is at hand unconstitutional.
What is congress?
I work to accomplish the goal of each department.
What are Agencies?
This process allows Congress to ensure the bureaucracy is implementing laws as intended.
What congressional oversight?
This type of jurisdiction allows a court to hear a case for the first time.
What is original jurisdiction?
This principle means "let the decision stand" and guides the court.
What is stare decisis?
When the judicial acts to establish policy intentionally and considers the effects it might have on society.
What is judicial activism?
The connection between the bureaucracy, Congress, and interest groups that strengthens the policy making process.
What is an iron triangle?
These meetings allow Congress to call agency directors to report on their progress and can sometimes become heated.
What are committee hearings?
These courts only have original jurisdiction and are where federal trials begin.
What are US. District Courts?
This supreme court case established that racial segregation in schools was unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board?
4 supreme court justices have to agree to hear a case before it is brought before the court.
What is the rule of four?
system where candidates give governmental positions to friends/supporters after winning office.
What is Spoils system?
This power allows Congress to control the budget and funding of bureaucratic agencies.
What is the power of the purse?
Most cases that reach the Supreme Court fall under this type of jurisdiction, meaning they are reviewed from lower courts.
What is appellate jurisdiction?
This case established the precedent of "seperate but equal" that was overturned.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
The belief that a law should only be struck down if it violates the explicit wording and laws of the Constitution.
What is judicial restraint?
Established in 1967 and exists to maintain all types of travel, including highway and air travel.
What is Department of Transportation?
This 1974 law gave Congress more control over the federal budget at the expense of presidential power.
What is the Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974?
This Supreme Court case established the principle that courts can declare laws unconstitutional, even though it is not explicitly stated in the Constitution.
What is Marbury v. Madison (1803)?
It is the only power the court has that gives it widespread impacts on citizens, despite having no power to create or enforce laws.
What is judicial review?
Which official nominates judges and which governing body approves the nomination
What is the President and Congress?
Exists to protect Americans from terrorism and maintains control over the borders.
What is the Department of Homeland security?
Thus presidential power allows the bureaucracy to be directed to act according to the president's policy agenda.
What is an executive order?