Executive
The role that allows the president to control the armed forces in times of war.
What is Commander-in-chief?
The power of congress (sub)committees to watch over the bureaucracy.
What is legislative oversight?
Commands from the President the bureaucracy has to follow.
What are executive orders?
Past rulings that guide how future cases will be judged.
What is precedence?
The belief that people can impact the outcome of elections/ their vote matters.
What is voter efficacy?
A form of veto that the president CANNOT do; this leads to the prevalence of riders being added to legislations
What is Line-Item Veto?
The votes needed to impeach and remove the president.
What is majority and 2/3rds vote?
The reason people get jobs from a merit system instead of a spoil system.
What is the Pendleton Civil Service Act?
When justices make decisions to push social justice and make large changes.
What is judicial activism?
When information is purposefully revealed to gauge the people's reactions.
An informal power that allows the President to interpret and decide how to implement legislation.
What is a signing statement?
The age requirements for being in the house of reps and senate.
What is 25 and 30 years old?
The type of bureaucracy that sells a product or service on behalf of the government (usually to be more affordable and accessible for people).
What are government corporations?
What are U.S. District Courts?
What is the ideal way to get trustworthy information for a poll?
The group that the President works with to make the budget proposal.
The years of citizenship needed to be in the house of reps or senate?
What is 7 and 9 years of citizenship?
When the gov't and bureaucracy step away from regulation/ responsibility on an issue.
What is deregulation?
An opinion that agrees with the holding but for different reasons.
What is a concurring opinion?
When the people are asked their opinion on a bill that has already passed.
What is a referendum?
A concept used to legitimize the power of the president after they have been elected by the US people. (related to popular sovereignty)
What is electoral mandate?
The thing that forces a bill to be voted on instead of staying within a (sub)committee.
What is a discharge petition?
The power that allows bureaucracy to decide how to implement legislation.
What is administrative discretion?
Something used to request the information of an appealed case that the court decided to take on.
A group of people with shared beliefs, or identities that impact the outcome of elections or policymaking.
What are demographic coalitions?