given to a court where cases are heard on appeal from a lower court.
What is appellate jurisdiction?
100
a tradition in which nominations for federal judicial positions are not confirmed when opposed by a senator of the president’s party from the state in which the nominee is to serve or from the state of the nominee’s residence.
What is senatorial courtesy?
100
the number of electoral college votes needed to win the presidency in the general election.
What is 270?
100
passed in 1883, it created the federal Civil Service.
What is the Pendleton act?
100
bureaucrats who are in constant contact with the public.
Who are street-level bureaucrats?
200
the way similar cases have been handled in the past is used as a guide to current decisions.
What are precedents?
200
a presidential appointee who is in charge of the appellate court litigation of the federal government.
What is the solicitor general?
200
the number of cabinet departments in the executive branch?
What is 15?
200
passed in 1940, prohibits government workers from active participation in partisan politics.
What is the Hatch Act?
200
the very top level of the bureaucracy.
What is the senior executive service?
300
litigants must have serious interest (sustained direct and substantial injury) from a party in a case.
What is standing to sue?
300
cases which permit a small number of people to sue on behalf of all other people similarly affected.
What is a class action suit?
300
The number of senate votes needed in order to remove a president in an impeachment trial?
What is 67?
300
a hiring and promotion system based on knowing the right people.
What is patronage or the spoils system?
300
provide services that could be handled by the private sector but that generally charge cheaper rates than a private sector producer.
What government corporations?
400
theory that judges should play minimal role in policymaking and leave policy decisions to the legislature.
What is judicial restraint?
400
an earlier decision should hold for the case being considered.
What is stare decisis?
400
the number of votes needed to pass a bill in the House of Representatives.
What is 218?
400
assigned to each job in federal agencies, this rating helps to determine the salary associated with the position.
What is GS (General Service) rating?
400
executive agencies that are not cabinet departments, not
regulatory commissions, and not government corporations.
What independent executive agencies?
500
how and whether court decisions are translated into actual
policy.
What is judicial implimentation?
500
a procedure in which the legislature passes legislation that
clarifies existing laws so that the clarification has the effect of overturning the court’s decision.
What is statutory construction?
500
The new number of congressional districts in massachusetts after the 2010 census.
What is 9?
500
refers to the strong ties among government agencies, interest groups, and congressional committees and subcommittees.
What are iron triangles?
500
has responsibility for a sector of the economy to
protect the public interest.