Constitution
What type of government does the US Constitution establish?
Republic or Representative Democracy
Which Amendment gives states the "police power" or the ability to regulate the health, welfare, safety and morals of the state.
Amendment X (10)
Which article?
I (one)
Which article?
II (two)
None
This rebellion made the Founders want the federal government to rapidly respond to crises.
Shay's Rebellion
If Congress has the power, then this clause gives them dominance over the states.
Supremacy Clause
The primary function of the legislature is to make these.
Laws
The primary function of the President is to _____ the laws.
Execute, enforce or carry out
What is the primary function of the Bureaucracy?
Carry Out Government Policy
Name the Compromise: Two houses of Congress, one by population and one by states.
The Great or Connecticut Compromise
Required case that struck the balance between the federal and state governments, favoring the feds.
McCulloch v. Maryland
Most of the work in Congress takes place in these.
Committees
Even when they don't have the power, the President still speaks on an issue.
Bully Pulpit
The President controls the bureaucracy through these things they sign, not subject to congressional approval.
Executive Orders
The numbered essays, or "papers", persuading people to support the ratification of the Constitution.
Federalist Papers
If the feds don't have the power to compel a state to do something they can still achieve their means with money through these.
Grants
These required cases banned malapportionment but not Gerrymandering. Name one
Baker v. Carr
Shaw v. Reno
Law designed to reign in the President's power to send troops into harms way, requiring removal after 60 days without congressional approval
War Powers Resolution
Congress controls the bureaucracy through these two things. Name one.
Funding or Hearings (Usually in committees)
Because it gave too much power to the federal government and threatened democracy, this group opposed ratification of the Constitution.
Antifederalists
Required case that scaled back the Court's interpretation of the Commerce Clause.
US v. Lopez
This makes passing things in the Senate really difficult because it requires 60 votes to end debate.
Filibuster (also accept Cloture but Cloture is a vote to end a filibuster).
The President's policy advisors not subject to Senate confirmation.
White House Office/Staff
When someone is covered by the "merit system" it is very difficult to _____ them because of the 14th Amendment's Due Process Clause.
Fire