Court Cases
This case gave the supreme court the power of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
The president's way of rejecting a bill that he or she does not like.
What is a veto?
What is a bill?
This branch enforces the law.
What is the executive branch?
This branch declared war on Japan after pearl harbor.
What is the legislative branch?
This case set 2 precedents, one being that courts can hear cases about redistricting.
What is Baker v. Carr?
This is the main way that the judicial branch checks the other branches.
What is judicial review?
What is it called when a lawmaking body is made up of 2 chambers or parts.
What is a bicameral legislature?
This branch includes the bureaucracy.
What is the executive branch?
This is one way congress checks the executive branch.
What is overriding a veto?
What is impeaching officials?
What is the power of the purse?
What is rejecting appointments and treaties?
This court case set the precedent for racial gerrymandering to be illegal.
What is Shaw V. Reno?
This branch can confirm or reject appointments from the executive branch.
What is the legislative branch?
When the government is stuck and cannot get anything done.
What is gridlock?
This is an action of the president to direct policy that affects only the executive branch without the approval of congress.
If the president wants to appoint a new secretary of defense, this branch confirms the appointment.
What is the legislative branch.
This case gave the federal government the power to create banks that cannot be taxed by state governments.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
This is when the president does not sign a bill and congress is out in 10 days.
What is a pocket veto?
This leader's responsibilities include setting the rules and agenda for debates in the House of Representatives.
Who is the speaker of the house?
This is an action of members of Congress to make deals with each other in order to pass favored legislation?
What is logrolling?
The government wants to make budget cuts, but is unable to reduce spending on these three main entitlements because of mandatory spending and entitlement programs.
What are Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security?
This president stopped James Madison from delivering the commission that made James Marbury sue.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
John Adams used this power of the executive branch against the judicial branch before leaving office to promise positions to judges.
What is the appointments clause?
This is done after a census, dividing house seats based on population.
What is reapportionment?
This is a kind of legislation representatives can use that involves spending money on local projects to become more popular with constituents.
What is pork barrel legislation?
What is a lame-duck president?