Bureaucracy
The part of the government responsible for implementing laws and running day-to-day operations, often made up of agencies and departments.
What is the federal bureaucracy.
This is the Supreme Law of the United States.
What is the Constitution?
This is the lower house of the United States Congress.
What is The House of Representatives?
This term describes a system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and regional governments.
What is Federalism?
This role is held by the President as the leader of the military.
What is Commander in Chief?
This major executive office helps the President oversee the executive branch and includes agencies like the Office of Management and Budget.
What is the Executive Office of the President?
The principle that no person is above the law, not even the government.
What is the Rule of Law?
There are this many senators in the U.S. Senate.
100
This part of the U.S. Constitution lists the powers delegated specifically to the federal government.
What is Article I, Section 8?
A presidential power to reject a bill.
What is a Veto?
The policy of removing a program from one level of government to a lower level of government.
What is Devolution?
This landmark Supreme Court case established judicial review.
What is Marbury v Madison?
This clause in the constitution allows for implied powers.
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause?
The powers that both state and federal governments can exercise.
What are Concurrent Powers?
A presidential order that carries the force of law.
What is an executive order?
This term describes when government agencies, congressional committees, and interest groups work closely together to influence policy and benefit one another.
What is an Iron Triangle?
This part of the First Amendment protects citizens' right to express opinions without government restraint.
What is Freedom of Speech?
In the House of Representatives, this committee decides the amount of money spent by the government on different programs.
What is The House Appropriations Committee?
This amendment is often cited to support states’ rights, stating that powers not delegated to the federal government are reserved to the states or the people.
What is the 10th Amendment?
The amendment limiting presidents to two terms.
What is the 22nd Amendment?
This 1819 case confirmed the supremacy of national over state government and upheld the constitutionality of the national bank.
What is McCulloch v Maryland?
This doctrine allows federal courts to hear lawsuits against state governments under specific conditions.
What is Sovereign Immunity?
This program was passed in Congress in the 1960s to combat poverty and hunger in the United States.
What is Johnson's Great Society Program?
This constitutional clause, often central to federalism debates, states that federal law takes precedence over state law when the two conflict.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
This agreement between two countries does not require Senate approval, unlike a treaty.
What is an Executive Agreement?