The Courts
The power of the Supreme Court to review the constitutionality of laws was established in this Supreme Court case.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
Congress can exercise control over executive departments using this effort.
What is Oversight?
The Consitution gives all legislative power to these officials.
What is Congress?
It must be a crisis if a President uses these powers.
What are Emergency Powers?
If both the President and Vice-President are unable to serve as President, this position in Congress will take power.
Who is Speaker of the House?
When using the doctrine of Stare Decisis a court is practicing this type of law.
What is Common Law?
When a member of Congress only votes with members of his/her party, they are engaging in this.
What is Partisanship?
The Consittution gives the President the power to nominate these officials to represent the United States abroad.
What are Ambassadors?
These special-purpose committees have the power to lead legislative efforts on a topic for a limited time.
What are Select Committees?
While the AG leads the Justice Department, this position acts as the President's personal lawyer.
Who is White House Counsel?
The Supreme Court affirmed the constitutionality of this executive power in United States v. Richard Nixon -- but held that it did not apply to this case and Nixon was compelled to hand over his tapes.
What is Executive Privilege?
If debate in the Senate is taking too long, this type of vote can be passed to allow the bill to go to vote.
What is Cloture?
The 25th Amendment deals with this type of succession.
What is Presidential succession?
Congress can give the President this type of power.
What is Statutory Power?
This position leads the Senate.
Who is Vice President?
Our system of having both state and federal courts is known as this.
What is a Dual Court System?
Members of Congress can break deadlock by agreeing to support each other's bills -- a strategy known as this.
What is logrolling?
This clause gives Congress their Enumerated Powers.
What is the 'Necessary and Proper' clause?
According to the 22nd Amendment, the President cannot do this.
What is serve more than two terms?
This position is in charge of the department that collects taxes and prints money.
Who is Secretary of the Treasury?
Baker v. Carr created guidelines for how these districts are drawn.
What are Congressional (Districts)?
Depending on when Congress is meeting next, the President can use this power by doing nothing.
What is Pocket Veto?
This clause gives the President his Inherent Powers.
What is the 'take care clause'?
After 9/11, Congress created this department with the power to coordinate efforts at combating terrorism.
What is the Department of Homeland Security?
This position manages communications between the Speaker of the House, Majority Leader, and other members of the party.
Who is House Majority Whip?