Constitution
Congress
President & Bureaucracy
Federal Courts
Pot Pouri
100
First 10 amendments to the Constitution designed to protect individuals' civil liberties
What are the Bill of Rights?
100
Article of the Constitution that lays out the powers of Congress
What is Article I?
100
Three constitutional requirements to be President
What is at least 35 years old, a natural born citizen and 14 years a resident of the US?
100
Enables the Supreme Court to declare acts of the other branches unconstitutional
What is Judicial Review?
100
The system by which a society organizes itself and allocates authority in order to accomplish collective goals and provide benefits to that society
What is government?
200
Clause that makes state law subordinate to federal law
What is the Supremacy Clause?
200
the power to regulate commerce is an example of this type of power (hint: one that is specifically stated in the Constitution)
What is enumerated?
200
T/F Job announcements for general civil service positions include your political party.
What is False?
200
Number of justices on the Supreme Court
What is 9?
200
Type of government in which every person participates actively in every public decision, instead of relying on elected representatives.
What is a direct democracy?
300
Prevents the national government from becoming too powerful by ensuring that each branch has its own power.
What is separation of powers?
300
Key term for the annual budget shortfall between revenues and expenditures.
What is a deficit?
300
Number of cabinet departments.
What is 15?
300
Written by a Justice when they agree with the outcome of a case but for a different reason.
What is a concurring opinion?
300
Ideology that favors the smallest government possible with little government intervention in our private lives or in the economy.
What is libertarian?
400
The Constitution protects these by prohibiting government discrimination.
What are Civil Rights?
400
Formula-based spending that goes to individual citizens (like social security, medicare, medicaid, unemployment, etc.)
What is an entitlement?
400
Issued by the President to direct government agencies to do something (without Congressional approval needed)
What are executive orders?
400
Number of votes necessary for the Supreme Court to hear a case.
What is 4 (Rule of 4)?
400
Type of polling that measures approval over time
What is a tracking poll?
500
Clause that prevents the national government from authorizing an official state religion
What is the Establishment Clause?
500
Setting aside Social Security and Medicare, other entitlements programs in the US accounts for this amount of the mandatory spending budget.
What is 30-40%?
500
Prohibits bureaucrats from actively engaging in political campaigns.
What is the Hatch Act?
500
Legal principle that judges use when they rely on past precedents.
What is stare decisis?
500
Requires multiple actors and branches to carry out a government's course of action, including laws, regulations, and funding, designed to address public problems and achieve societal goals. Examples include health care, education and the environment.
What is public policy?