Texas Executive
The term used for the multi-headed nature of the Texas Executive Branch.
What is a plural executive?
This was the nation that hoisted the first of six flags that flew over Texas.
What is Spain?
This member is elected among the representatives of the House and leads them.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
This is our conflicted method of judges achieving their seats.
What are partisan elections?
What is a filibuster?
This executive creates a cap on the budget.
Who is the Comptroller?
This term describes where people recieve their political information and identity.
What is Political Socialization?
This term is used to describe the merits of a part-time legislature.
Who are "citizen legistlators"?
This entity is the prosecution in every criminal case.
Who is the government?
This position leads the Senate but is not a member.
Who is the Lt. Governor?
This executive has the power to issue opinions with the weight of law.
Who is the Attorney General?
This era had a lasting impact on our modern constitution.
What is Reconstruction?
These bodies act as a powerful filter through their ability to control which bills move to the floor.
What are subject committees?
This type of case does not allow for confinement.
What is a Civil Case?
Aside from the trial after successful impeachment, this is the other unique power of the Senate.
What is Executive Appointment Approval?
A regulatory body heavily influenced by industry it is intended to oversee.
What is a captured agency?
This act requires 2/3 of the House, 2/3 of the Senate, and the majority of voters.
What is a Constitutional Amendment?
Other than impeachment, this is the unique constitutional power afforded to the House.
What is the origin of revenue bills?
The act of using the complex and overlapping nature of the Texas Court system to find a sympathetic judge.
What is Judge Shopping?
This is used to control the order of bills in the Senate.
What is the Bottleneck Bill?
The real power afforded to an executive agency when enforcing written law.
What is executive rule making authority?
This convening of delegates would have replaced our current consititution, and was later attempted again as a set of eight amendments.
What is the Constitutional Convention of 1974?
This is used to control the order of bills in the House.
What is the Calendars Committee?
This term is used to describe the split nature of the appeals process in Texas.
What is a Bifurcated Appellate System?
No changes can be made to a bill after interacting with this body.
What is a Conference Committee?