Foundations of Gov
Supporter of the Larger States. This is bicameral.
Things stated in the first 3 articles of the Constitution [regulate interstate commerce, declare war, and raise a military].
What are Expressed Powers?
Prevents the president from serving more than 2 terms, or more than 10 years if he comes into office via succession.
What is the 22nd Amendment?
Permit a small number of people to sue of behalf of all other similarly situated.
What are class action suits?
The formal body of presidential advisers who head 15 executive departments. Presidents can add to this body.
What is the Cabinet?
Supporters of the smaller states. It has equal authority and representation.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
Constitution ---> Federal Law ---> State Constitution ---> State Laws
What is the order of power?
House impeaches president by majority rule. Senate then acts as court of law in impeachment trials, with the Supreme Court chief presiding.
What are the Steps of Impeachment
Courts with _____ hear cases brought to them on appeal from a lower court.
What is appellate jurisdiction?
The president has the power to convene in either legislative houses on special occasions.
What is the Power to Convene?
A solution to the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan.
What is the Connecticut Compromise?
The Constitution reserves for the states all powers not granted to the federal government.
What is the 10th Amendment?
Implied presidential power that allows the president to refuse to disclose info regarding confidential conversations or national security to Congress or the judiciary.
What is Executive Privilege?
The 1st woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?
Formal international agreements entered by the president that don't require the Senate vote.
What are the Executive Agreements?
Establishes a ranking of power or authority with the Constitution on top.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
Legal process where an alleged criminal is surrendered by one state to another state in which the crime had been committed.
What is extradition?
25th Amendment established the presidential line of succession that starts with the vice-president and ends with the head of the latest executive department created.
What are Rules of Succession?
A formal document that calls up a case.
What is the writ of certiorari?
The power of the courts to determine whether acts of Congress and, by implication, the executive are in accord with the U.S. Constitution.
What is Judicial Review?
President of the Convention.
Who is George Washington?
A Supreme Court Case where the issue of state and national power arose. Congress established the Bank of the U.S. and Maryland opposed.
What is the McCullough v Maryland?
President has the authority to appoint people into public office.
What are the Appointment Powers?
The 1st African American to serve on the Supreme Court, who had been the NAACP's lead attorney in, Brown v. Board of Education
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Constitutional authority of the president to reject bills passed Congress, thus preventing the bill from becoming a law.
What is a veto?