The federal law takes precedent over state laws (Constitution is Supreme Law)
What is the Supremacy Clause?
100
Establishing boundaries of US congressional districts to give one party an advantage over another is known as...?
What is gerrymandering
100
Constitutional checks and balances, especially applied to the president, are designed to...?
What is minimize the threat of tyranny from any one branch of government
100
How many Supreme Court justices are there?
What is 9
100
TRUE or FALSE: Senior citizens are more likely to vote than college students.
What is TRUE.
200
The development and persistence of the two-party system in the US is best accounted for by...? Think Winner Take All System
What is single-member legislative districts.
200
Which committee deals with broad areas of public policy and can be found in both houses of Congress?
What is Standing Committee.
200
Its members have varying levels of influence on presidential decisions and are chosen by the president.
What is the President's Cabinet?
200
The idea that judges ought to freely strike down laws that are inconsistent with their understanding of the Constitution is known as?
What is judicial activism
200
This is the concept of changes in social bases of parties' voting support.
What is realignment?
300
The Constitution of 1787 provided a strong national government with many powers where the this document had no centralized government.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
300
Congress this policy to limit the president's authority to commit troops overseas.
What is the Wars Powers Resolution?
300
Much of the steady increases in federal government expenditures since 1960 has been caused by...? Think federal benefit payments to which recipients have a legal right
What is increases in entitlement.
300
A person's right to know reasons for their imprisonment.
What is writ of habeas corpus?
300
The influence of a popular presidential candidate on the election of congressional candidates of the same party.
What is coattail effect?
400
Which clause in the Constitution justifies all the implied powers?
What is necessary and proper clause
400
Congress is most likely to exert oversight of the executive bureaucracy in which ways?
What is controlling the budget (power of the purse)
400
The presidential rule or regulation that has the force of law
What is Executive Order?
400
The doctrine of stare decisis is significant because...?
What is it is the principle that affirms that courts are bound by prior decisions.
400
Presidential candidates implement their campaign strategy through...? (Hint: where do they focus their campaign?)
What is by focusing on larger, competitive states, because they may tip the balance in the electoral college.
500
The Framers of the Constitution designed which branch to be LEAST susceptible to public opinion?
What is Judicial (courts)?
500
Congress has the constitutional power to control the judicial branch by...?
What is determining the size of the Supreme Court
500
The tradition in which the President consults with the senators within a state in which an appointment is to be made.
What is Senatorial Courtesy?
500
The authority of a court to hear an appeal from a lower court.
What is Appellate jurisdiction?
500
When people vote for some candidates from one party and other candidates from another party it is called?