"The Congress shall have Power ... To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers."
What is the Elastic Clause?
100
Which article of the Constitution deals with the executive branch?
What is 2nd Article
100
The lowest courts in the U.S.
What is district courts
100
What is a linkage institution?
What is a structure within a society that connects the people to the government or centralized authority. These institutions include: elections, political parties, interest groups, and the media.
100
Number of electoral votes needed to win the presidency.
What is 270?
200
Committee that outlines the procedure for debate on a bill; determines whether or not amendments can be added.
What is the House Rules Committee?
200
Situation in which one party controls the Congress and another controls the White House
What is divided government
200
The court's authority to hear and decide a case for the first tiem
What is Original Jurisdiction
200
Who was the first president to host a press conference?
What is FDR
200
The first of these is held in Iowa each election cycle
What is a caucus?
300
Privilege that incumbents enjoy of sending mail to their constituents free of charge.
What is franking privilege?
300
What is a pocket veto?
What is when the President receives a bill and Congress adjourns in less than 10 days and he does not sign it.
300
A jury that decides an individual's innocence or guilt
What is petit jury
300
the entire array of organizations through which information is collected and disseminated to the general public
What is mass media
300
The tendency for states to push forward their primaries and caucuses in order to maximize media attention.
What is frontloading?
400
In this chamber of Congress, the true power is held by the majority leader.
What is the Senate?
400
Amendment providing for the removal of a disabled president
What is the 25th amendment
400
The shared ability between the states & federal courts to hear & try cases
What is concurrent jurisdiction
400
an association of broadcast stations that share programming through a financial arrangement.
What is network
400
A young, Hispanic college student will most likely vote for candidates of this party.
What is the Democratic Party?
500
The process of congressmen becoming lobbyists.
What is revolving door?
500
Total number of electoral votes for president:
What is 538
500
Article ___ of the constitution established the national Supreme Court
What is Article 3
500
the rule that requires broadcast stations to seel air time equally to all candidates in a political campaign if they choose to sell it to any
What is equal time rule
500
Displacement of the party in power by an opposing party.