Judicial
According to the Constitution, this is how long federal judges should serve (so long as they behave!)
What is life?
These are the only bills that must originate in the House of Representatives
What are revenue bills?
This is the household word we use to refer to those who make up the president's advisors
What is the cabinet?
In this paper, Hamilton defends the lifetime tenure of federal judges as a mechanism of insulation from political pressure
What is The Federalist 78?
These three entities make up the points on an iron triangle?
What are members of Congress, a bureaucratic agency, and an interest group?
Fill in the blank: Federal judges are _______, not ______ leading people to, at times, question the legitimacy of the Supreme Court.
What are appointed and elected?
A controversial venture into extemporaneous speaking, this is used to block a bill from ever reaching a vote
What is the filibuster?
A formal power of the president, this is the title we give to the president as the head of the military
What is commander-in-chief?
Perhaps the most important of all Supreme Court cases, this expanded the Courts power beyond its original scope
What is Marbury v. Madison?
Members of two of the Abrahamic religions would refuse to eat a this type of legislation, added to a bill to benefit specific people
What is pork barrel legislation?
This is the power of the court to determine constitutionality
What is judicial review?
What are joint and conference committees?
Almost all-the-way alliterative, this is what we call the power given to the bureaucracy
What is delegated discretionary authority?
This issue was the center of the 1993 case, Shaw v. Reno.
What is racial gerrymandering?
Also the title of an excellent song from Beyonce's most recent work, this is a trait Hamilton would like to see an executive possess
What is energy?
These courts only have original jurisdiction, while these courts only have appellate jurisdiction. You'll need to name both
What are district courts and courts of appeals?
What is committee?
This paper argues against having a multi-person executive
What is The Federalist 70?
This repetitive phrase summarizes the precedent established in the landmark ruling of Baker v. Carr (1962)
What is one person, one vote?
This alliterative phrase refers to the decrease in agreement in the parties and their members leading to gridlock in Congress
What is political polarization or partisan polarization?
When interpreting the Constitution, followers of this doctrine values the intentions of the framers
What is original intent?
Acting on its authority to check the Supreme Court, Congress passed this act with a few added words following the decision in unit one's United States v. Lopez
What is the Gun Free School Zone Act of 1995?g
An example being the FCC, these exist to regulate a specific societal issue like communication and trade
What are independently regulated agencies?
After four judges decide to hear a case, they send this to the lower court, instructing them to send up the information on the case
What is a writ of certiorari?
Hopefully referring to a decision made by the Senate and by Russia, this phrase is used to indicate a change in procedure that results in needing a simple majority, rather than a supermajority
What is the nuclear option?