Legislative
This chamber of Congress may impeach certain officials, including the president, federal judges, and cabinet secretaries.
What is the House?
The president may issue these documents to manage the operations of the executive branch without congressional approval.
What are executive orders?
What is judicial review?
The Tenth Amendment says that powers not delegated by the Constitution to the federal government are reserved to the states.
What is federalism?
Term lengths for:
1. House of Reps.
2. Senate
3. President
4. Supreme Court justices
1. 2 years; 2. 6 years; 3. 4 years; 4. N/A (life tenure)
Congress is said to have the power of the purse, since they control these two powers. (Hint: think fiscal policy from yesterday)
What are taxing and spending?
Federal judges (including SCOTUS), ambassadors, cabinet secretaries, heads of federal agencies, etc.
Courts with this type of jurisdiction have the power to hear cases for the first time.
What is original jurisdiction?
The president may veto a bill passed by Congress, but Congress may override the veto with a two-thirds vote in each chamber.
What are checks and balances?
These groups are formed to advocate for specific issues and often lobby members of Congress to introduce, support, or oppose certain bills.
What are (special) interest groups?
These agreements made between the president and foreign nations must be approved by two-thirds of the Senate.
What are treaties?
These international agreements made between the president and foreign leaders do not require Senate approval.
What are executive agreements?
To obtain a search warrant, law enforcement must prove to a judge that they have (?).
Individuals accused of crimes are entitled to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury and an attorney if they cannot afford one.
What is due process?
Provide an example of a delegated power, a concurrent power, and a reserved power.
Delegated: military, interstate commerce, foreign policy, etc.
Concurrent: taxation, infrastructure, borrowing money, etc.
Reserved: education, licenses, public safety, etc.
Congress may propose a constitutional amendment with a [1] vote in each chamber, but [2] of the states must approve the amendment to ratify the amendment.
[1]: 2/3; [2]: 3/4
What is the bureaucracy?
This Maryland state court has original jurisdiction over felony cases, but also hears appeals from the Maryland District Court.
What is the Maryland Circuit Court?
The Declaration of Independence says that the government's power should be "derived from the consent of the governed."
What is popular sovereignty?
Political parties publish these documents to describe their stances on a number of policy issues (immigration, healthcare, abortion, etc.).
What are (party) platforms?
What is (re)apportionment?
This federal agency enforces laws that regulate false advertising, monopolization, and other unfair business practices.
What is the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)?
Individuals who believe they have been wrongfully imprisoned may file a writ of [?] to challenge the legality of their detention in court.
What is habeas corpus?
The Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) that segregation in public schools violated the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause.
What is judicial review?
1. Monetary policy in response to an economic recession?
2. Fiscal policy in response to an economic recession?