This means powers are shared between national and state governments
What is concurrent powers?
100
This is when the Representative votes according to the merits of each bill
What is "trustee?"
100
This is when the President is accused of wrongdoings, like Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton
What is impeachment?
100
This hat is worn when the President entertains delegates from another country
What is Chief of State?
100
This is the case of an old man who handwrote a letter to the Supreme Court requesting right to counsel
What is Gideon v Wainwright?
200
This determines the number of representatives each state has in the House of Representatives
What is population?
200
This is when the Representative votes based on what the folks back home (his or her constituents) want
What is "delegate?"
200
This is how the President is elected
What is the electoral college - must win 270 of the 538 electoral votes (435 from House of Rep. plus 100 from Senate plus 3 from D.C.)
200
This is when the President sends federal aid to a country like Japan which has just been devastated by a major earthquake and tsunami
What is Chief Diplomat?
200
This case guaranteed a woman's right to privacy and to have an abortion within the first tri-mester
What is Roe v Wade?
300
This is the requirement to be elected to the House of Representatives
What is 25 years old, living in the state for at least seven years and currently live in the state he or she represents
300
This is when a Represenative acts to help an individual with, for example, social security paperwork
What is "servent?"
300
This is the hat that a President is wearing when he or she decides to go into war, even though Congress did not declare war
What is Commander-in-Chief?
300
This is when 4 out of 9 Supreme Court justices decide to hear a case (about 80 of the 8000 requested)
What is "cert?"
300
This Supreme Court case indicated that the school newspaper didn't have the level of freedom of the press that it would have if it were outside of the school
What is Hazelwood v Kulhmeier
400
This is the part of Congress that approves treaties and federal judges that the Executive Branch appoints
What is the Senate?
400
This is when the Representative votes according to what his or her political party wants
What is "partisan?"
400
This is the hat the President wears when he or she refuses to sign a bill
What is Chief Legislator?
400
This is the difference between original and appellate jurisdiction
What is hearing the case for the first time or going through the appeals process from a lower court?
400
This case allowed students to wear black armbands as a symbolic freedom of speech (protesting the Vietnam War)
What is Tinker v Des Moines?
500
This is the reason why so many bills end up in the "bill graveyard"
What is disagreement between the House and Senate versions, or the President vetoes the bill
500
This is when the Representative considers all of the above and the political pressures on him or her
What is "politico?"
500
This is the hat the President wears when he or she appoints federal judges, new members of his or her cabinet, etc.
What is Chief Executive?
500
This is the case that exerted federal power over the states (and had to do with a state bank taxing a federal bank
What is McCullough v Maryland?
500
This is when a Hispanic man had his testimony forced out of him and was not aware of his rights