President 2
Who is the current vice president?
How many members of the SCOTUS are there?
9
Who is the current secretary of state?
Mike Pompeo
Criminal
Which is the most recently created cabinet department
Dept. of Homeland Security
What is the maximum number of presidential terms?
Two Terms (4 years each)
What is a writ of certiorari?
This is a request that the Supreme Court order a lower court to send up the record of the case for review. The Court usually is not under any obligation to hear these cases
Who is the Supreme Court Chief Justice?
Chief Justice John Roberts
What precedent and what case did Brown v Board overturn
Separate but Equal Doctrine/ Plessy v. Ferguson
Define Competitive Service
The government offices to which people are appointed on the basis of merit ascertained by a written exam
Name three presidential powers in the Constitution:
Sign or veto legislation, command the armed forces, ask for the written opinion of their Cabinet, convene or adjourn Congress, grant reprieves and pardons, and receive ambassadors.
Who does the Constitution give the power to set up the US Federal Courts?
Congress
Who is the Senate Majority Leader?
Mitch McConnell
What rule was established in Mapp v. Ohio
Exclusionary Rule
What is an Iron Triangle? (also called an issue network)
A close relationship between an agency, a congressional committee, and an interest group.
What is a pocket veto?
an indirect veto of a legislative bill by the president or a governor by retaining the bill unsigned until it is too late for it to be dealt with during the legislative session.
What is an amicus curiae brief?
(literally, "friend of the court") is someone (interest group) who is not a party to a case and may or may not have been solicited by a party, who assists a court by offering information, expertise, or insight that has a bearing on the issues in the case, and is typically presented in the form of a brief.
Who is current Speaker of the House ?
Paul Ryan
Privacy
What are three forms of congressional oversight of bureaucracies?
No agency may exist without congressional approval
No money may be spent unless it has first been authorized by Congress. Even funds that have been authorized by Congress cannot be spent unless they are also appropriated.
The real power over an agency’s budget is exercised by the House Appropriations Committee.
Congressional Investigations
How long can the president commit troops without Congressional approval?
The War Powers Resolution requires the President to notify Congress within 48 hours of committing armed forces to military action and forbids armed forces from remaining for more than 60 days, with a further 30-day withdrawal period, without a Congressional authorization for use of military force
Describe the differences between Judicial Activism and Judicial Restraint
Activism: a philosophy of judicial decision-making whereby judges allow, mainly, their personal views about public policy to guide their decisions
Restraint: judicial deference to the views of legislatures and adherence to strict jurisdictional standards (looking strictly into the words of the Constitution in interpreting its meaning)
Who is the Attorney General
Jeff Sessions
What clause of the first amendment was the basis for Engel v. Vitale?
The Establishment Clause
What is devolution?
the transfer of powers and responsibilities from the federal government to the states
Much of our federal bureaucracy operates on the principle of “Government by Proxy”- The federal government pays state and local governments and private groups to staff and administer federal programs