Legislative
In Article I, Congress has both Enumerated powers and this type of power.
What is Implied powers?
In January, the president delivers this to direct the actions of Congress.
What is the State of the Union Address?
What is judicial activism?
Refers to a bureaucratic body's ability to enforce the rules it creates.
What is Discretionary Authority?
The ability for a court to question gerrymandering was first brought up in this case.
What is Baker v. Carr?
Every 10 years, the U.S. Census takes a survey of the population of a state in this process.
What is redistricting?
A President can issue this to enforce their own political agenda, or even to tell government employees what to do.
What is Executive Order?
Federalist 78 laid the groundwork for this power of the Supreme Court.
What is judicial review?
Andrew Jackson was well known for doing this, the act of rewarding political loyalty with positions in government.
What is patronage?
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
A term in a bill not originally in the bill added on during committee sessions.
What is a rider?
This Amendment was passed to restrict a President to serving two terms, after FDR served four.
What is the 22nd Amendment?
A court that doesn't have Original Jurisdiction, because the case was already seen by another court, has this instead:
What is Appellate Jurisdiction?
The connections between Congress, the bureaucracy and interest groups can be called this shape.
What is the Iron Triangle?
The 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause was used to justify the decision in this case about racial gerrymandering.
What is Shaw v. Reno?
A Senator can do this to delay an action of the overall Senate.
What is filibuster?
If a President doesn't want to outright veto a bill, they can instead do this, although its treated like a normal veto.
What is a pocket veto?
This kind of question is something a court can't answer.
What is a political question?
The secretaries for this department are nominated by the President.
What is the Cabinet?
The decision in this court case established the Supreme Court's ability to check if a law is constitutional.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
Money allocated to a public project can be called this, but you can't eat it.
What is pork barrel spending?
We might call a President at the end of their second term this:
What is lame duck?
This body of legislation confirms Supreme Court appointments from the President.
What is the Senate?
This Act created the exam people must take in order to have a Civil Service Job.
What is the Pendleton Civil Service Act?
Hamilton wrote in this essay about the powers and checks of the judicial branch.
What is Federalist 78?