YOUR RIGHTS ARE "CIVIL"
SUPREME COURT APPROVED "SEPARATE BUT EQUAL" FACILITIES IN THIS CASE
WHAT IS PLESSY VS FERGUSON?
THIS THEORY DESCRIBES THE APPROACH TAKEN BY REPRESENTATIVES WHO VOTE THE WAY THEIR DISTRICT VIEWS AN ISSUE
WHAT IS THE "DELEGATE" THEORY OF REPRESENTATION?
What is an express power assigned to the president by the Constitution over the Army and Navy ?
Prior cases whose principles are used by judges as the basis for their decisions in present cases
What are precedents?
The method of determining the number of electoral votes assigned to a state
What is adding the number of members of the House of Representatives to the two members of the Senate from that state?
This case reversed Plessy vs. Ferguson
What is Brown vs. Board of Education?
IN EXCESS OF 80%
WHAT IS THE RATE OF RE-ELECTION OF INCUMBENT MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES?
A pact made by the President with a foreign country that does not require approval by the Senate
What is an Executive Agreement?
Body in which the Constitution vests the "judicial power of the United States?
What is the Supreme Court?
2000 and 2016
Which two presidential elections in the 21st Century saw the popular vote winner not elected president?
Congress used this power to prohibit employment discrimination by businesses with more than 15 employees
What is the power to regulate interstate commerce?
THE TERM USED TO DESCRIBE LEGISLATION THAT DIRECTS FEDERAL PROJECTS TO DESIGNATED STATES OR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS
WHAT IS "PORK BARREL" LEGISLATION?
National Security Council and Office of Management and Budget
What are two formal resources available to the president?
The judicial doctrine that a previous decision by a court should apply as a precedent in similar cases until that decision is overruled
What is stare decisis?
Which are the only two states that do not assign electoral votes on a "winner take all" basis?
RACE, GENDER AND NATIONAL ORIGIN (ETHNICITY)
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, ARMED SERVICES AND APPROPRIATIONS
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE STANDING COMMITTEES IN CONGRESS?
What is the term used to describe the ability of the president to use the power of his office to advance his policy agenda?
4
What is the number of justices that must vote to place a case on the Supreme Court docket for argument and decision?
State legislatures
Which state body determines the method for selecting electors?
THIS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT GRANTED THE RIGHT TO VOTE TO PERSONS OVER 18
WHAT IS THE 26TH AMENDMENT?
IN A TRIAL OF AN IMPEACHMENT OF THE PRESIDENT, THE CONSTITUTION PROVIDES THAT THIS PERSON SHALL PRESIDE OVER THE SENATE
WHO IS THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT?
Used by President Trump shortly after he took office to limit immigration from Muslim countries
What is an Executive Order?
The method for obtaining review of a case by the Supreme Court?
What is a writ of certiorari?
Puerto Rico, Guam, U. S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa
Where are American citizens not able to vote for president?