Congress
Why was congress created by the framers of the constitution?
It was viewed as the center of policy making
What does congress use to overturn the president?
Congressional override
How does the Executive branch "check" on the legislative branch?
Through Veto.
How is the president able to fill a position in the government
appointment powers
What is the difference between an activist and restraint judge?
Activist is a democratic judge who bends the Constitution.
Restraint judges are republican who read the Constitution as black and white.
Number of people in the house of representives
435
What uprising created problems with articles of confederation leading up to creation of the constitution?
Shays rebellion
How dos the judicial branch "check" the other three branch?
With judicial review
A rule by the president that has the effect of a law
executive order
What judge created judicial review making the judicial branch equal to the other branch?
John Marshall
Length of a term for a US senate
6 years
How each branch check on each other
checks and balances
What is a legislature with two different chambers
bicameral branch
A power specifically granted to the national government in the Constitution
enumerated powers
Amount of justices in the supreme court
9
Something that is not directly stated in the constitution but is still able to be done
implied powers
Series of papers created to support the constitution
Federalist papers by Hamilton
Political definition of granting powers between the three branch
separation of power
formal accusation of a political leader making them leave office
impeachment
A case that has a legal argument supporting a specific outcome from a third party
amicus curiae brief
What indirectly blocks a bill by time
filibuster
How many amendments have been ratified currently
27
A test of ideological purity used by recent presidents in selecting and senators in confirming judges to nominate to federal courts
Litmus test
The current vice president becomes the president and the new president elects a vice president.
stand on decided cases with past decisions
stare decisis