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Court Cases
Checks and Balances
Budget
Federalism
100

A term for rule by the people

What is Popular sovereignty?

100

Overturned Plessy v Ferguson.

What is Brown v The Board of Ed?

100

2/3 vote in the House and Senate

What is override a veto.

100

An accumulation of our annual deficits

What is the national debt? 

100

Grants that give the states the broadest spending discretion

What are block grants?

200

Fed 10 said this are usually created by inequality

What is faction?

200

Established judicial review

What is Marbury v Madison?

200

Declares war

What is Congress?

200

The largest share of the federal government tax revenue is?

What is individual income tax?

200

Educational policy is an example of this.

What is cooperative federalism?

300

President must inform Congress within 48 hours of deploying troops

What is the War Powers Act?

300

Nixon did not overcome the burden of prior restraint 

What is US v New York Times?

300

Confirms the president's appointments.

What is the Senate?

300

a tax where people with higher incomes pay more

What is a progressive tax?

300

The 10th Amendment states that any powers not specific in the Constitution go to the states.

What are reserved powers?

400

Economic ideology to cut taxes & regulations

What is supply-side or trickle-down economics?

400

One man; One vote; The court can answer political questions about redistricting.

What is Baker v Carr?

400

President can circumvent Congress & influence the bureaucracy,

What is an executive order?

400

A legal mandatory benefit when one meets the criteria established by law.

What is an entitlement?

400

The court case that confirmed Congress has implied powers

What is McCulloch vs Maryland

500

System for electing congress; hurts 3rd parties

What is a Single Member Plurality District?

500

Rights of Accused case: (1963) incorporate the 6th amendment's right to an attorney.

What is Gideon v Wainright?

500

Can impeach the president

What is the House of Representatives?

500

This committee oversees tax legislation

What is Ways and Means? 

500

Until Lopez, this clause expanded the power of the federal government.


What is the commerce clause?