Congress
This chamber of Congress is designed to represent all states equally.
What is the Senate?
In 1942, Franklin Roosevelt used this implied power to establish relocation centers and detail American citizens, known to direct agencies behavior.
What is an executive order?
This Federalist paper set forth the rationale behind an independent judiciary.
What is Federalist #78?
What are the two tools the Fed uses to control monetary policy?
money supply and interest rates.
This political philosopher was most known among the Founding Fathers for promoting the separation of powers.
Montesquieu
In 2013, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) spoke for 21 hours and 19 minutes in opposition to the Affordable Care Act per this loophole in Senate rules.
What is the filibuster?
The justification for a single executive was outlined in this Federalist Paper.
What is Federalist #70?
There are this many SCOTUS justices
9
Civil Service reform replaced the patronage system with this alternative way to staff government.
What is the merit system?
When a members of Congress add items to Bills to help their home state.
What is pork barrell legislation?
The formal motion used to end or limit debate in the Senate.
In addition to vetoing, this is the other option afforded to presidents to stop a Bill while Congress is not in session.
What is the pocket veto?
Draw the structure of SCOTUS and label it.
Supreme , Appellate, District
This image reflects this relationship between bureaucracies, legislators, and interest groups.
What is an iron triangle?
This policy is where money is given to businesses in order to stimulate the economy.
Pump priming
This term is used to describe the Leader of the House of Representatives.
What is the Speaker of the House?
This limits the president to only 2 terms.
What is the 22nd Amendment?
Much like a president, a judge can be removed through this constitutional process.
What is impeachment?
This agency controls all monetary policy
The Federal Reserve
This document needs to be completed for SCOTUS to review a court case.
writ of certiorari
After both chambers edit and pass a Bill, a Bill goes here before going to the president where it is synthesized into the final version by both chambers.
Conference Committee
In 1913, Woodrow Wilson began the modern tradition by which presidents use this annual message as a tool for agenda-setting, an example of bully pulpit.
What is the State of the Union address?
Latin for "let the decision stand" this concept guides the judiciary to rely heavily on precedents.
What is stare decisis?
This type of agency is meant to operate without influence from Congress or the President.
Independent.
After the writ of certiorari, this is needed for SCOTUS to accept a court case.
Rule of 4, 4 judges say yes.