Foundations
What are two weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
-No Military
-No Power to Tax
-NO National Currency
-No Power to Regulate Trade
What are two Formal Powers of the executive?
Commander in Chief, Ratify Treaties, Grant Pardons, Commander in Chief, Propose Budget to Congress.
Non-germane amendments to a bill
Riders
Document that states their should be an independent Judiciary?
Federalist #78
How does the president influence the bureaucracy?
Appointment power, budget control, and executive orders.
A form of government where people choose representatives to make public policy
Republic
What are two informal Powers of the President?
Executive Orders, Executive Agreements, Bargain and Persuasion, Signing Statements
Long speech to delay action & prevent a vote
Fillibuster
Creates the Judicial Branch and grants life tenure.
Article III
Who enforces laws made by the bureaucracy?
The Executive
Document that states a large republic is the best way to control factions, to delegate authority to elected representatives, and to disperse power between the states and national government.
Federalist #10
Three Positions that the President Appoints?
Cabinet secretaries, heads of executive agencies, ambassadors federal judges
2 Powers of the Legislative Branch?
Make laws, Pass Taxes, Set Budget, Declare War, Power of the Purse, Ratify Treaties.
Case that established Judicial Review?
Interest Groups, Bureaucracy and Congress
Division of powers between national, state, and local governments
Federalism
Letter that states Executive should be single person.
Federalist #70
Who is third in line for the President?
Speaker of the House
Term for letting the decision stand?
Stare Decisis
How are bureaucratic agencies affected by Congress’s power of the purse?
Congress to control how agencies are funded, potentially influencing their operations, programs, and policies.
Describe Expressed V. Implied Powers
Expressed Powers
AKA enumerated/explicit
Directly stated in the
Constitution
Implied Powers
Not directly stated in the Constitution; claimed by Congress; based on the necessary and proper clause allow Congress to make economic, environmental, and social legislation.
Platform by which the president advocates for their agenda?
Bully Pulpit
Committee that negotiates a bill between the House and the Senate to make sure they are identical for it to pass?
Conference Committe
Courts can and should overrule the other branches when they are wrong and be willing to create bold new policies. Often used to justify striking down laws that trample on individual rights and liberties
Judicial Activism
Name 5 Bureaucratic agencies.
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Transportation
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education
Attorney General (Justice Department)
Federal Elections Commission
Department of Agriculture
Department of Energy