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The theory that government gets its authority from the people in exchange for protection.
What is the social contract?
Specific powers granted to Congress in the Constitution.
What are expressed/enumerated powers?
A party leader responsible for counting votes and maintaining discipline.
Who is the party whip?
The power to reject legislation.
What is a veto?
The power to declare laws unconstitutional.
What is judicial review?
A system where citizens elect representatives to make decisions.
What is republicanism?
This clause has been used to justify broad federal power over economic activity.
What is the commerce clause?
The titles of the formal presiding officers of the House of Representatives and Senate.
Who is the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate (Vice President)?
The president’s role as head of the military.
What is commander-in-chief?
The authority of a court to hear appeals.
What is appellate jurisdiction?
The three plans proposed at the Constitutional Convention in regards to representation.
What are the Virginia Plan, New Jersey Plan, and Great (Connecticut) Compromise?
This rebellion exposed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
What is Shays' Rebellion?
Temporary committees formed to reconcile House and Senate bills.
What is a conference committee?
Directives issued by the president to manage the executive branch.
What are executive orders?
A request for the Supreme Court to hear a case and the requirement to hear the case.
What is a writ of certiorari and the rule of Four?
Powers inferred from the Constitution’s Necessary and Proper Clause.
What are implied powers?
The lack of this power made it difficult for the national government to raise money.
What is the power to tax?
When government is unable to act due to division.
What is gridlock?
The president persuades the public to pressure Congress into passing legislation.
What is the bully pulpit?
A justice votes to overturn precedent in order to advance a new interpretation of the Constitution.
What is judicial activism?
Government authority is restricted by constitutional rules and protections.
What is limited government?
A compromise designed to create a buffer between direct democracy and presidential selection.
What is the Electoral College Compromise?
The tactic used to kill a bill by ignoring it in committee and the petition that forces a bill out of committee for a vote.
What is pigeonholing and a discharge petition?
The ability of bureaucrats to make decisions in implementing laws.
What is bureaucratic discretion?
Lifetime appointments that protect judges from political pressure.
What is judicial independence?