The Congress
The President
Court Cases
The Bureaucracy
The Courts
100
This type of power is specifically granted to the national government in the Constitution
What is an enumerated or delegated power?
100
This power allows the president to fill a major government office or position which must be confirmed by the Senate.
What is the appointment power?
100
This case set up the exclusionary rule for evidence in court.
What is Mapp v Ohio (1961)?
100
This is the awarding of government jobs to political supporters and friends.
What is patronage or the spoils system?
100
This phrase meaning "to stand on decided cases" is the judicial policy of following precedents established in past decisions.
What is Stare Decisis?
200
This practice dating back to 1790 stalls by using time-wasting maneuvers to block a bill.
What is a filibuster?
200
This 1973 law states the conditions under which the president must get congressional approval to send troops.
What is the war powers resolution?
200
This case voided part of the Judiciary Act of 1789.
What is Marbury v. Madison (1803)?
200
This law established the principle of employment based on merit.
What is the Pendleton Act?
200
This is an order issued by a higher court to a lower court to send up the record of a case for review.
What is a writ of certiorari?
300
This practice involves drawing legislative district boundary lines to get an advantage by manipulating the shape for the dominant party.
What is gerrymandering?
300
Treaties must be approved by this; the response must include a fraction.
What is 2/3 of the Senate?
300
This case protected symbolic speech on school grounds, during the Vietnam era
What is Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)?
300
This is the practice of congress using its power to check up on the bureaucracy.
What is oversight?
300
This document contains a legal argument supporting a desired outcome in a particular case, filed by a third party
What is an amicus curiae brief?
400
This job title in Congress aids majority or minority leaders of the House or Senate.
What is a whip?
400
This type of action by the president has the force of law, but can only affect the function of the executive branch.
What is an executive order?
400
This case established the idea that several Amendments could be combined to protect privacy.
What is Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)?
400
Iron triangles have these three components.
What are congressional committees, bureaucratic agencies and interest groups?
400
This type of jurisdiction is used by the Supreme Court in most cases.
What is appellate jurisdiction?
500
These two agencies project budget numbers for the president and the Congress.
What are the OMB (Office of Management and Budget) and the CBO (Congressional Budget Office)?
500
This provides a procedure to follow in case of presidential disability.
What is the twenty-fifth amendment?
500
These two cases prohibited incorporation and then started incorporation.
What are Barron v. Baltimore (1833) and Gitlow v. New York (1925)?
500
These two cabinet departments are the oldest and newest.
What are the Department of State and the Department of Homeland Security?
500
This judicial philosophy holds that the understandings of the creators of laws should hold sway when determining their meanings.
What is original intent?
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