Local government
Local, state, and federal
What are the three levels of government?
The supreme law of the land in the United States
What is the US Constitution?
The "upper" house of Congress
What is the Senate?
Idea, bill introduced in the first house, committee, subcomittee, floor vote, bill introduced in second house, committee, subcommittee, second floor vote, president's desk
What is how a bill becomes a law?
This word means "chosen by voters"
What is "elected?"
A system in which power is divided amongst local, state, and federal government
What is federalism?
Powers specifically granted to the federal government, including the ability to coin money and declare war
What are enumerated powers?
The "lower" house of Congress
When the president refuses to sign a bill after it arrives to his desk
What is a veto?
This word means "chosen by those in power"
What is "appointed?"
A word meaning not affiliated with any political party
What is nonpartisan?
Powers that both the state and federal government share, including taxation and maintaining roads
100, 435
What are the total number of senators and representatives?
A strategy in the Senate to delay or prevent voting on a bill, allows for endless debate
What is a filibuster?
This word refers to the act of manipulating district borders when redistricting to give an unfair advantage to one's own political party
What is "gerrymandering?"
A local elected official in charge of keeping the peace, attending the courts, and operating the county jail
What is a sheriff?
Powers specifically reserved to the states, including the ability to create municipalities
What are reserved powers?
The house that uses proportional representation
What is the House of Representatives?
When 60 out of 100 senators vote to end a filibuster
What is a cloture vote?
The Supreme Court has ruled that this kind of gerrymandering is unconstitutional
What is racial gerrymandering?
A local elected official in charge of advocating for the county in all cases brought against it and conducting criminal investigations
What is a district attorney?
A system of government by the people in which all eligible citizens are able to vote
What is democracy?
The house that uses equal representation
What is the Senate?
The act of drawing new districts based on census data
What is redistricting?
These are the criteria for fair redistricting
What is contiguity, competitiveness, and compactness?