What is negotiates treaties, recognizes foreign governments, and makes executive agreements.
100
The body of judge-made law is known as
What is common law.
100
To be elected president one must receive
What is a simple majority of the electoral vote.
100
Reapportionment is
What is the allocation of seats in the House to each state after each census.
100
Informal advisors to the president are called
What is the kitchen cabinet.
200
. Logrolling is when a
What is member "trades" his or her vote on a particular bill with another member in exchange for their votes on other legislation.
200
A class-action suit is a
What is lawsuit seeking damages for "all persons similarly situated".
200
The Office of Management and Budget
What is helps the president prepare the annual budget.
200
Most petitions for writs of certiorari to the Supreme Court are
What is denied.
200
The Cabinet is
What is an advisory group selected by the president to aid in making decisions.
300
Rewarding faithful party workers with government employment is called
What is patronage.
300
The president, in his capacity as head of state, is responsible for
What is engaging in activities that are largely symbolic or ceremonial in nature.
300
An earmark is
What is a member's request for a special appropriation that is attached to a bill to gain votes.
300
Almost __ percent of presidential nominations to the Supreme Court have been either rejected or not acted on by the Senate
What is 20
300
After a bill has been introduced and referred to a committee
What is the committee may hold hearings to explore the merits of the bill.
400
Obstructing the administration of justice or bringing the court into disrespect is considered
What is criminal contempt.
400
Who was the youngest person to be elected President of the United States?
What is John F. Kennedy
400
Executive privilege
What is involves the ability of the president and executive branch officials to withhold certain information from Congress and the courts.
400
The State of the Union message
What is is required by the Constitution and gives a broad view of what the president wishes the legislature to accomplish during the session.
400
The following two presidents are the only ones in American history to have actually been impeached
What is Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton.
500
A justice who agrees with the result reached by the majority of the Court but wants to voice disapproval of the grounds on which the decision was made would write a(n)
What is concurring opinion.
500
As of 2010, the most recent appointment made by President Obama to the U. S. Supreme Court was
What is Elena Kagan
500
A lawmaker who uses different pragmatic views of representation is using a(n)___style of representation.
What is politico
500
Which President vetoed the War Powers Resolution only to have it pass anyway as Congress overturned the veto?