Congress
How old do you have to be to serve in the House?
25
Name one of the requirements to be President?
35 years old
Natural born citizen
Where does the Supreme Court derive the majority of their power?
Term for trying to influence policy decisions
Lobbying
How many presidents have been removed from office?
0
About what percentage of bills will pass Congress?
About 10%
Break ties in the Senate
How long do justices serve on the Supreme Court?
Life
Is it better for a lobbying group to have a lot of money or a lot of people?
People
What established judicial review?
Marbury vs Madison
What is a conference committee?
Committee that rectifies any differences between the House version of a bill and the Senate version of a bill
Person who runs the executive office of the president and the cabinents
Chief of Staff
Number of judges necessary for the Supreme Court to agree to hear a case (writ of certiorari)
4
What is the Revolving Door?
The idea that many congressional workers will become lobbyists after they are done working for a representative
What is a pocket veto?
When a President doesn't sign or officially veto a bill (ignores it)
This kills the bill without officially vetoing it
When a Senator holds the floor for an excessive period of time and speaks until a bill "dies," they are attempting to..
Filibuster
Theory of presidential power that says the President is the leader and should be given a wide breadth to act how they see fit unless expressly forbidden by the Constitution
The Stewardship Model
Who writes the court opinion if the chief justice is not in the majority vote?
Senior most justice in the majority vote
Difference between direct and indirect lobbying
Direct-going directly to Congressmen (or aides) and discussing your policy preference
Indirect-rallying the people so that they will in turn lobby Congress
Difference between impeachment and removal
Impeachment-bringing formal charges against the president, done by the House
Removal-happens only after impeachment, decision to remove president from office, done by Senate
How do you override a veto?
2/3rds vote of both House and Senate
Name one of the presidents that's been impeached and why?
Johnson-violation of tenure of office act
Clinton-lying under oath and obstruction of justice
Trump-abuse of power/soliciting foreign aid to interfere with an election
Trump-inciting an insurrection
What are the four theories on how justices make decisions?
Legal model-plain meaning of the law
Stare Decisis-precedent
Attitudinal model-their personal ideology
Strategic model-their personal ideology plus the ideology of others (other justices, politicians, the public, etc.)
What is currently the largest interest group?
The NRA
What is the thermostat model?