Legislative
This is the only chamber of Congress that can originate revenue bills.
What is the House of Representatives?
his document, issued directly by the president, carries the force of law and directs the operations of the federal government without requiring congressional approval.
What is an executive order?
This principle, established in Marbury v. Madison, gives the Supreme Court the power to strike down unconstitutional laws.
What is Judicial Review?
These are the 4 main types of government agencies that make up the federal bureaucracy. Name at least 2
Cabinet departments, agencies, corporations, commissions
This Federalist Paper argues that a large republic is the best guard against the dangers of faction.
What is Federalist 10?
This leader of the Senate has the power to schedule floor votes and build coalitions.
Who is the Senate Majority Leader?
The president uses this power to temporarily fill a vacancy without Senate confirmation while Congress is not in session.
What is a recess appointment?
This type of Court opinion disagrees with the majority's ruling and is often written to influence future cases.
What is a dissenting opinion?
This process, by which bureaucratic agencies make legally binding rules, has the force of law.
What is rule-making authority?
This Federalist Paper argues that the executive must be energetic, and defends a single rather than a plural presidency.
What is Federalist 78?
Name the constitutional power that allows Congress to investigate the executive branch.
What is oversight?
This act reasserted congressional authority over war powers, requiring the president to notify Congress within 48 hours of deploying troops.
What is the War Powers Act?
This type of Court opinion agrees with the majority's outcome but for different reasons.
What is a concurring opinion?
Congress uses this method to keep bureaucratic agencies in check by controlling their funding.
Congressional oversight hearings OR power of the purse
This Federalist Paper defends the lifetime tenure of federal judges as protecting judicial independence.
This procedure ends a Senate filibuster and requires 60 votes.
What is a cloture?
This term describes the president's ability to shape public opinion and pressure Congress by using the visibility of the office to rally support for a policy agenda.
What is bully pulpit?
This distinction determines whether a court hears a case for the first time or reviews a lower court's decision, and the Constitution grants the Supreme Court both types.
What is original v. appellate jurisdiction?
This term describes the mutually beneficial relationship between congressional committees, interest groups, and bureaucratic agencies that shapes policy in a specific area.
What is iron triangles?
This Federalist Paper argues that ambition must counteract ambition, defending separation of powers and checks and balances.
What is Federalist 51?
This phenomenon describes members of Congress prioritizing local projects over national policy to win re-election.
What is the incumbency advantage OR pork barrel politics?
This presidential claim, limited by the Supreme Court in United States v. Nixon, allows the executive branch to withhold certain communications from Congress and the courts.
What is executive privilege?
Name the legal doctrine that requires lower courts to follow precedent set by higher courts.
What is stare decisis?
What are Independent Regulatory Agencies (IRA)?
This landmark case established the principle of "one person, one vote," ruling that legislative districts must be roughly equal in population and that federal courts can hear redistricting cases.
What is Baker v. Carr?