This agreement broke one Constitutional logjam over the question of how slaves should be counted in the Census
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
100
When the federal government and state government BOTH have legitimate authority and share a particular responsibility.
What is a concurrent power?
100
This POTUS action is an accord between the U.S. government and the government of a foreign nation, but does not require Congressional approval.
What is an executive agreement?
100
This procedure determines which cases the Supreme Court will 'grant cert' and put on the docket to be heard
What is the "Rule of Four"
100
This privilege of Senators enables them to single-handedly stall a floor vote by "talking the bill to death"
What is the filibuster?
200
Constitutional proposal that included state representation by population, an executive elected by Congress, and a bicameral Congress
What is the Virginia Plan?
200
This Supreme Court case was the first to interpret the meaning of the Supremacy Clause; "the power to tax is the power to destroy . . "
What is McCullough v. Maryland?
200
This structural add-on houses a particular office of unusual shape.
What is the West Wing
200
This Supreme Court case led to a ruling that clarified the Court's power to strike down unconstitutional laws.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
200
These top assistants to the Majority and Minority Leader help twist arms and secure votes for the two parties in the House and Senate
What are WHIPS?
300
This farmer-led revolt against bankers and the courts prompted the Annapolis Convention, a precursor to the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
What is the Shay's Rebellion?
300
This conception of the federal - state relationship, popular throughout the 1800s, assumes very limited federal power, clearly defined boundaries between state and federal authority.
What is "dual federalism"
300
This constitutional provision spells out the formal procedure by which authority is transferred from an incapacitated POTUS to the VPOTUS.
What is the 25th Amendment?
300
#2 in the Justice Department, this person has been called the "Tenth Justice" and represents the Federal gov't before the Supreme Court.
What is the Solicitor General?
300
A nice perk of being a legislator: free use of the mail.
What is the franking privilege?
400
This Federalists Papers author penned the words: "the great difficulty in government is this: you must first enable the government to control the governed, and in the next place oblige it to control itself."
Who is James Madison?
400
Promotes interstate cooperation by requiring each state recognize the validity of most legal documents and court actions of the other states.
What is the Full Faith and Credit Clause?
400
This Presidential staff agency serves as a clearinghouse for budgetary requests and seeks to improve the planning, management, and statistical work of all executive agencies.
What is the Office of Management and Budget?
400
This is a formal petition to the Supreme Court to hear a case on appeal.
What is a "writ of certiorari"?
400
When Senators and House members pledge to vote for a certain piece of legislation in return for a pledge from another member for their vote for a different piece of legislation.
What is "logrolling"?
500
A system or ideology of government that requires a specific enumeration of limited government powers and the protection of individual liberties.
What is Constitutionalism?
500
A legislative action that imposes a punishment without a trial; is prohibited in the Constitution.
What is a Bill of Attainder?
500
The first big test in the Presidential candidate nomination process. A win here can set the stage for ultimate victory.
What is the Iowa Caucus?
500
He/She is the longest serving Conservative Justice on the Supreme Court and considered to be intellectual powerhouse on the Right.
Who is Justice Antonin Scalia?
500
The Supreme Court case that ruled all Congressional districts must contain close to the same number of residents, to satisfy the 'one man one vote' principle of democracy.