Congress
Leader of the House of Representatives
What is the Speaker of the House?
President's role as leader of military
What is Commander in Chief
Those whom a representative represent are called
(Hint, starts with a C)
What are constituents
Ruled that gerrymandering based only on racial groups was unconstitutional
What is Shaw v. Reno?
Permanent committees in Congress such as Veterans Affairs or Agriculture.
What are Standing Committees?
The President's address to the people in January. In the Constitution as "from time to time the President shall..."
What is the State of the Union
Representing your constituents based on their needs/wishes and not your own reasoning or judgement while acting as a representative
What is the Delegate model
Argued that the Executive Branch needed to be a strong, unitary position in order to offset the slow legislative process and bring unity to the country
Who is Alexander Hamilton or Federalist #70?
The type of government spending that goes to programs like Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid.
What is Mandatory Spending
Issued by a president to direct an executive agency to implement a policy.
What are Executive Orders?
The belief that you are representing your constituents and have the power to make good judgements when making political decisions
What is the trustee model
Upheld the Supremacy Clause
McCulloch v. Maryland
In order to bypass approval from the Senate, the President can sign this when dealing with foreign nations
What is an executive agreement
What is gerrymandering
President sending their message and goals directly to the people to pressure congress
What is the Bully pulpit?
The idea that representatives should reflect their constituents based on their race, gender, socioeconomic status, and sexual identity
What is descriptive representation
Established the Principle of One man, One vote.
What is Baker v. Carr
Power only given to the Senate in the Legislative Process
Filibuster
A power exclusive to the US Senate.
One of the following:
Advice and Consent (approve presidential nominations {federal judges/ambassadors/heads of agencies})
Ratify treaties
Remove an impeached president or judge (have the impeachment trial)
A linkage institute that connects the Presidency to the people. Some Presidents are better at working with this institute than others.
What is the media?
The balance of the delegate model and the trustee model
What is the politico model
He believed the role of the president was that of a clerk
Who is Neustadt
The # or fraction of a vote required to bring a cloture motion
What is 3/5 or 60?