Judicial Branch
In which Supreme Court case was the concept of judicial review established?
Marbury v. Madison
An opinion of the Court that is opposed to all or part of the majority’s decision:
Constitutional amendment that explicitly allowed Congress to levy income taxes:
16th Amendment
Nonpartisan agency giving budget information to Congress:
Congressional Budget Office
In Federalist 78 writes about (Up to 400 points):
Judicial review, Independence of the judiciary, Life tenure of the judiciary, Integrity of the courts which are not influenced by factions
The decision of a federal court is most likely determined by:
precedents set in similar cases.
An opinion of the Court that agrees with majority and but not the reasoning:
Concurring opinion
Outstanding money by the federal govt that has not been paid:
The Federal debt
Congress most influences the ideology of the Supreme Court by
approving or rejecting a President’s nomination for Supreme Court justices.
Policies for which Congress has an obligation to pay for:
Entitlements
What is the most frequent outcome of a case on the Supreme Court’s docket?
The lower court’s decision stands.
It has both original and appellate jurisdiction.
The Supreme Court
A policy document allocating taxes and expenditures:
A Budget
Government spending like social services & national defense:
Expenditures
A 1935 law intended to give minimal level of money to the elderly:
Social Security
Which method is an interest group most likely to use to influence the federal judiciary?
Amicus Curiae
Courts that hear cases on appeal from lower courts:
Appellate Courts
Program added to Social Security that gives health insurance for the elderly:
Medicare
What accounts for the largest chunk of the federal budget?
Social Security and Medicare
An excess of federal expenditures over federal revenues:
A deficit
It means let the decision stand:
Refers to asking the Supreme Court to hear a case:
4 out of the 9 justices agree to hear a case:
Stare decisis
A writ of certiorari
The Rule of Four
Appointed by the Prez/represents the Federal govt in Supreme Court:
The Solicitor General
The government uses this to pay for expenditures:
Revenues
These people help the President get the budget ready for Congress:
The Office of Management and Budget
Revenue losses from deduction by federal tax law:
Tax expenditures