Interaction of the Three Branches
Finish this statement. "When Congress passes occupational safety regulations for the private sector, they are exercising their power of?"
What are "implied powers?"
A court decision was made in favor of students holding signs that protest a new policy, is most likely from the legal precedent set in this case?
What is Tinker v. Des Moine Independent School District (1969)
a single executive who can respond quickly to crises
What is Federalist No. 70?
The United States Supreme Court uses this to incorporate the Bill of Rights into state law?
What is the Fourteenth Amendment
South Carolina passed a law to increase the state tax on gasoline to help fund repairs on highways and bridges. The state tax is in addition to the federal tax on every gallon of gasoline that is sold. Which constitutional provision does this scenario illustrate?
What are concurrent powers (or federalism will also be accepted here!)?
Arizona enacted an immigration law in 2010, claiming the legislation complemented exising federal law. The Obama administration disagreed, claiming the state law conflicted with national law. Which clause in the Constitution did the Supreme Court most likely use to strike down a section of the state law?
What is the Supremacy Clause?
What is U.S. v. Lopez (1995)
A system of republican representation helps to limit the excesses of factionalism.
What is Federalist No.10?
A formula for calculating a state's enslaved population for the purpose of representation was known as?
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
Lobbyists from the Airlines for America, an advocacy group that represents commercial airlines, work with members of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and officials from the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to discuss a new policy that addresses issues of airline safety. This scenario best illustrates
What is an iron traingle?
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The Department of Health and Human Services determining the eligibility requirements for government assistance is an example of the executive branch implementing a ______________________ passed by Congress.
What is "public policy?"
A labor union spends millions of dollars to independently run negative advertisements about a presidential candidate shortly before the election is related to this Supreme Court case.
What is Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission (2010)?
"The national government lacked an effective power to raise revenue" is often cited by scholars when discussing the weaknesses of this original document?
What are the Articles of Confederation?
A woman is arrested for possessing illegal substances that were obtained after a warrantless search of her home by local police. What best explains whether the evidence could be used in a criminal trial?
What is the exclusionary rule?
A member of Congress votes in favor of a bill as a result of receiving many letters of support for the bill from constituents. Which form of democratic representation best describes this voting decision?
What is delegate model of representation?
In May of 2015, a federal court of appeals ruled that the National Security Agency's collection of Americans' phone records was in violation of the USA PATRIOT Act. What major debate from our big ideas from this course is at the center of the national conversation regarading the surveillance program referred to in this scenario?
What is protecting liberty versus maintaining order and stability?
A district that has a majority of African American residents is drawn in a state, using race as the predominant factor in its creation. What case is this related to?
What is Shaw v. Reno (1992)?
This concept of limiting the power of government was so important, it is found in both the Fifth Amendment and the Fourteenth Amendment (used in incorporation doctrine)?
What is the "due process" clause?
This amendment addressed the grievance that a woman was not permitted "to exercise her inalienable right to the elective franchise."
What is the Nineteenth Amendment?
In 2013 a parliamentary procedure was implemented in the Senate that allowed a simple majority vote to end debate in Cabinet member confirmantions. This concept is known as?
What is cloture?
The mission of the Department of Transportation is to ensure the safety and efficiency of the transportation system. The Department of Transportation has accepted public comments regarding the safety of automated vehicles in the United States in order to establish standards and guidelines for this new technology. What concept is most related to the scenario?
What is "delegated discretionary authority?"
In The Federalist 78, Alexander Hamilton states, “A constitution is, in fact, and must be regarded by the judges, as a fundamental law. It therefore belongs to them to ascertain its meaning.” Which of the following Supreme Court cases is most relevant to this statement?
What is Marbury v. Madison (1803)?
"Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue." What document is this a direct quote from?
What is "Letter from Birmingham Jail?"
The Fifteenth and Twenty-Sixth Amendments had to do with?
What is the expansion of voter rights?
Increasing federal spending programs to improve transportation systems during a recession, is an example of what economic theory?
What is "Keynesian Economics?"