executive branch
What is the job of this branch?
Their job is to carry out the laws and put them into action.
what is the job of this branch
Their job is to evaluate the laws created by the legislative branch.
What is the job of this branch?
Their job is to make the laws.
roe v wade:
-1973
-lawsuit challenging Texas to make abortion illegal except on doctors orders, but ruled for person privacy and made it legal.
people who work within the bureaucracy
Impeachment
Formal accusation by the lower house of a legislature against a public official, the first step in removal from office. This is the process to remove the current president from office.
who is involved in the judicial branch
made up of 9 judges, and these judges are nominated by the president.
gerrymandering
drawing a district boundary in some unusual or bizarre shape to make it easy for a candidate from one party to win an election, away to rig the voting/election system.
Brown V Board of Education
- 1954
-segregation in schools, and African Americans being denied access into school, this violated the equal protection clause.
What was the merit system
A system of public employment in which selection and promotion depend on demonstrated performance rather than political patronage.
Who is part of the cabinet?
The Cabinet includes the Vice President and the heads of 15 executive departments
Dual Court System:
the division between the federal and state court system. the federal government is limited to their involvement in the states. and state law cannot involve them in the federal judicial system unless there is a conflict at the state or federal levels
What is the WHIP?
a senator who helps the party leader stay informed about what party members are thinking, rounds up party members when important votes are to be taken, and attempts to keep a nose count on how the voting on a controversial issue will likely go
Citizens United v FEC:
- 2010
-Citizens United didn't support that federal election commission in the US district court for the district of Columbia to prevent Bipartisan Campaign reform act(BCRA) to film about Hillary Clinton presidency.
describe the Iron triangle
This is the relationship between bureaucratic agencies, interest groups, and committees. Iron triangle targets some areas of policy making.
What are powers of the president?
The Constitution assigns the president the power to sign or veto legislation, command the armed forces, ask for the written opinion of their Cabinet, convene or adjourn Congress, grant reprieves and pardons, and receive ambassadors.
Judicial Review
Power of the courts to review acts of other branches of government and the states. Power established by Mar bury v. Madison (1803) under the Marshall Court.
Appropriations bill
legislative act proposing to authorize the expenditure of public funds for a specified purpose
Giedoen v Wainwright
- 1963
- Clarence charged for breaking and entering, Gideon requested an attorney in court but FL state law says one can only be given to an indigent defendant. They denied habeas corpus relief.
Pendleton Civil Service Act(1883) is:
created a federal civil service so that hiring and promotion would be based on merit rather than patronage.
What are the powers of the vice president?
Other than to succeed to the presidency upon the death or resignation of a president, a vice president's only constitutional duty is to preside over the Senate.
Appellate Court
Court that generally reviews only findings of law made by lower courts.
describe what the lame duck is
an outgoing official serving out the remainder of a term, after retiring or being defeated for reelection
McDonald v city of Chicago
-2010
-suits filed against Chicago and oak park challenge the gun bans, hand gun violated 2nd amendment.
Federal Reserve System is:
The central banking system, which is responsible for the nation's monetary policy by regulating the supply of money and interest rates.