Congress
What Article in the Consitution deals with the Legislative branch?
What is Article One
How many cabinet departments are there in the executive branch?
What is 15
What was the name of our first form of government?
What is the court case that gave the judicial branch its judicial review?
What is Marbury v. Madison
This foundational document gives the ingredients needed for an energized president
What is federalist paper number 70
How old must a person be to run for House of Representatives?
What is at least 25 years old
Which Act prohibits federal workers from participating in some political activities?
What is the Hatch
What form of legislature, was a result of the Constitutional Convention?
What is a bicameral (two chambers)
What is the court case that orders districts to be as equal as possible in population, "One man, one vote."
What is Baker v. Carr
Which foundational document talks about the misbehaviors of factions?
What is federalist paper number 10
How many years must a person be a resident of the US before running for the House of Representatives?
What is 7 years
Which cabinet departments did Congress create after the 9/11 attacks?
What is the department of Homeland Security
What is the only formal method for ending a filibuster?
What is cloture with approval of 60 senators
What is the court case that guarantees a students right to protest, like wearing arm bands?
What is Tinker v. Des Moines
This federalist paper also says that in order for you to be governed you must first give permission to be governed.
What is federalist paper number 51
Which chamber in Congress was intended by the founders to be the "people's branch."
What is the House of Representatives
What are the three players of the iron triangle?
What is Congressional committees, special interests groups, and bureaucracy
Ruling: Race cannot be a predominant factor when drawing legislative districts.
What is Shaw v Reno?
What is the court case that placed limits on free speech because of a clear and present danger?
What is Schenck v. US
This foundational document argues that federal power is bad and that the Constitution gives too much power to the federal government, that states are better.
What is Brutus #1
The plans that led to the Connecticut Compromise
What is the New Jersey and the Virginia Plan
What is the budget, congressional hearings, and confirmation of its leaders.
What is the clause that gives Congress the right to implied powers?
What is the necessary and proper clause
Which court case said that free speech also protects corporations from government limits, especially close to elections?
What is Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission
This foundational document declared the 13 colonies independence from Great Britain
What is the Declaration of Independence