Congress
The Presidency
The Judiciary
Bureaucracy
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100
This chamber of Congress is designed to represent all states equally.
What is the Senate?
100
In addition to signing and vetoing, this is the third option afforded to presidents upon the presentment of bills from Congress.
What is a pocket veto?
100
In 1987, this body exercised its constitutional authority in rejecting President Reagan's nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court.
What is the Senate?
100
The Cuyahoga River caught fire dozens of times before the federal government stepped in. Discretionary and rule-making authority to implement policy are given to bureaucratic agencies, including this agency most responsible for stopping the pollution in that river./https://public-media.si-cdn.com/filer/e4/13/e4136a97-b510-432c-8089-15a4d7ba50f7/gettyimages-515303088.jpg)
What is the Environmental Protection Agency?
100
This court case established the Supreme Court's informal power of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
200
The constitutional reason Franklin Roosevelt reported to Congress on December 8, 1941, that Japan had attacked America.
What is Congress' power to declare war?
200
This term refers to politicians who are completing their tenure in office after being voted out (between November and January).
What is a lame duck?
200
This Federalist paper set forth the rationale behind an independent judiciary.
What is Federalist #78?
200
Civil Service reform replaced the patronage system with this alternative way to staff government.
What is the merit system?
200
In this case, the Court struck down racially-based gerrymandering.
What is Shaw v. Reno?
300
This model of democracy means that the representative will do what their constituents want even if they personally disagree.
What is the delegate model of democracy?
300
In 1942, Franklin Roosevelt used this implied power to establish relocation centers and detail American citizens.
What is an executive order?
300
Much like a president, a judge can be removed through this constitutional process.
What is impeachment?
300
This image reflects this relationship between the bureaucracy, legislators, and lobbyists.
What is an iron triangle?
300
In this case, the Court ruled, "one person one vote."
What is Baker v. Carr?
400
In 2013, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) spoke for 21 hours and 19 minutes in opposition to the Affordable Care Act per this loophole in Senate rules.
What is the filibuster?
400
The justification for a single executive was outlined in this Federalist Paper.
What is Federalist 70?
400
Latin for "let the decision stand" this concept guides the judiciary to rely heavily on precedents.
What is stare decisis?
400
Jimmy Carter tried to cancel superfluous water projects early in his term as president, decrying them as this type of legislation.
What is pork barrell legislation?
400
This issue with the Supreme Court's powers was made apparent after Andrew Jackson ignored the court's finding that the Indians nation could not be legally removed from their native land in Cherokee v Georgia.
What is the Supreme Court can't enforce their rulings?
500
The formal motion used to end or limit debate in the Senate.
What is cloture?
500
In 1913, Woodrow Wilson began the modern tradition by which presidents use this annual message as a tool for agenda-setting.
What is the state of the union address?
500
These are the three different kinds of opinions that can be written by the Supreme Court.
What are majority opinion, dissenting opinion, and concurring opinion?
500
Since Jimmy Carter has only served one term in office, this constitutional amendment guarantees he is eligible to run for one more term.
What is the 22nd Amendment?
500
This case established that police officers have to read people their rights before interrogating or arresting them.
What is Miranda v Arizona?