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The binding legal rule from a court decision that lower courts must follow in similar cases.
What is the holding?
Supreme Court justices and federal judges serve for this length of time, which helps insulate them from politics.
What is life tenure?
This Cabinet official leads the military and advises the president on military policy.
Who is the Secretary of Defense?
Agencies create detailed regulations that have the force of law.
What is rulemaking?
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The Supreme Court’s built-in correction mechanism when it explicitly reverses an earlier legal rule it created.
What is overruling precedent?
The power that allows courts to invalidate laws or executive actions that conflict with the Constitution.
What is judicial review?
This top White House official manages the president’s schedule, staff, access, and daily operations.
Who is the White House Chief of Staff?
When agencies carry out laws by running programs and distributing benefits.
What is enforcement or implementation?
RFK Jr. is this.
What is the secretary of health and human services?
Two “checks on itself” that can limit sudden change: one is precedent; the other is when justices write separately to disagree and shape future debate.
What are dissenting opinions?
The opinion that becomes the Court’s official ruling and sets precedent because it has the most votes.
What is the majority opinion?
This Cabinet official oversees revenue collection, federal finances, and economic policy.
Who is the Secretary of the Treasury?
Congress writes broad laws and gives agencies flexibility to interpret and apply them; that flexibility is called this.
What is discretionary authority?
Marco Rubio is this.
What is the secretary of state?
A Gainesville student is suspended for wearing a shirt that silently criticizes a school policy. The student sues, claiming a First Amendment violation. This SCOTUS case should be applied as precedent.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
The judicial philosophy that argues courts should be cautious about overturning elected branches and should generally defer unless clearly unconstitutional.
What is judicial restraint?
This Cabinet official leads the Department of Justice and serves as the nation’s chief law enforcement officer.
Who is the Attorney General?
A national park ranger sees a cigarette bud on the ground in the park, and makes a rule that no one can smoke in the park. The bureaucrat is using this power.
What is rulemaking power?
Susie Wiles is this.
What is the White House Chief of Staff?
A state redraws districts after a census, and makes sure to include majority-minority districts. There are questions about the contiguity of the districts. The precedent of this SCOTUS case should be applied.
What is Shaw v. Reno?
Brown v. Board of Education overturned the precedent of this SCOTUS case.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
A major hurricane hits Florida. The president orders a rapid federal response coordinating FEMA, TSA emergency travel rules, cybersecurity support for critical infrastructure, and coordination with state/local emergency management. The Cabinet official who oversees this department is questioned in a congressional hearing about preparation and interagency coordination.
Who is the Secretary of Homeland Security?
After a chemical spill, congress passes a law, upping the budget for the EPA. The EPA contracts out a cleanup company. The media reports on it for a week straight and health organizations get involved. This scenario is evident of this type of coalition.
What is an issue network?
James Garfield got elected in this year.
What is 1880?