Congress
The President
What court case involved symbolic speech?
Tinker v. Des Moines
How many electoral votes do you have to have in order to win the presidential election?
270
What do interest groups do when they want something done?
Lobby
Which branch of government is the presidency located in?
What is the system that the three branches use to prevent corruption?
Checks and Balances
United States v. Lopez included which constitutional clause?
Commerce Clause
What is a swing state?
A state that goes a different way almost every election.
What is the system that interest groups, Congress, and the bureaucracy use?
The iron triangle
What is one power that the President has?
Appoint Supreme Court Justices
Where must a revenue bill start?
House of Representatives
What court case involved the right to privacy?
Roe v. Wade
How do you gain electoral votes?
Through your population growing in your state and you gain more seats in the House.
What do interest groups do?
Interest groups have the potential to raise public awareness of a problem and inspire action.
What article of the United States Constitution is the executive branch located in?
Article II
What is required to override a presidential vote?
A 2/3 vote
What two court cases dealt with redistricting and gerrymandering?
Baker v. Carr and Shaw v. Reno
What are some incumbency advantages?
Name recognition, porkbarrel spending, constituent service, and seniority/experience.
What are PACs?
The main way that members of interest groups can contribute to federal election campaigns is through political action committees(PAC), which are groups that ask for and distribute campaign contributions from group members to candidates.
What months are the lame duck period in?
From the November election to January
What are 5 of the powers that Congress has listed in the Constitution?
Make laws, declare war, tax, oversight, and approve presidential appointments.
What was the constitutional question in Brown v. Board of Education?
"Does the segregation of public education based solely on race violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?"
What is the difference between hard and soft money?
Hard Money: Contributions that are legally restricted and usually made to a specific candidate running for office (BCRA).
Soft money: Money given to organizations to use for issues advocacy and voter turnout, but not for a particular candidate's victory or loss.
The major impact of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1974 was that it:
Legitimized and increased the number of interest groups.
What is the War Powers Act?
The president has 48 hours to notify Congress before putting the military into battle. Congress has sixty days to approve or disapprove. The president is permitted a 30-day extension.