Congress
This chamber of Congress is designed to represent all states equally.
What is the Senate?
A statement that the president can include when deciding on a bill that informs the nation how he interprets the law and thus how he intends to execute it
What is a signing statement?
An attachment to a bill that does not directly relate to the bill
What is a rider?
The justification for a single executive was outlined in this Federalist Paper.
What is Federalist 70?
The constitutional reason Franklin Roosevelt reported to Congress on December 8, 1941, that Japan had attacked America.
What is Congress' power to declare war?
In addition to signing and vetoing, this is the third option afforded to presidents upon the presentment of bills from Congress.
What is the pocket veto?
When a Congressmen tries to pass policy directly tied to their district
What is pork-barrel legislation?
In this case, the Court struck down racially-based gerrymandering.
What is Shaw v. Reno?
In 1919 America did not ratify the Treaty of Versailles because of a vote in this chamber of Congress.
What is the Senate?
In 1942, Franklin Roosevelt used this informal power to establish relocation centers and detail Japanese-American citizens.
What is an executive order?
Type of committee that includes both chambers and does not pass legislation
What is a joint committee?
What is Baker v. Carr?
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?
In 1913, Woodrow Wilson began the modern tradition by which presidents use this annual message as a tool for agenda-setting.
What is the State of the Union address?
Where a bill goes when its original version is passed by both chambers
What is a conference committee?
The ruling in this case regarding the 2000 Florida electoral recouont raised serious questions about the Supreme Court's legitimacy.
What is Bush v. Gore?
The formal motion used to end or limit debate in the Senate.
This term refers to politicians who are completing their tenure in office after being voted out.
What is a lame duck?
What is 2/3rds vote in both chambers?
The Supreme Court's inability to enforce decisions was made apparent after Andrew Jackson ignored the court's finding that the Indians nation could not be legally removed from their native land.