Congress
This chamber of Congress is designed to represent all states equally.
What is the Senate?
This term refers to politicians who are completing their tenure in office after being voted out.
What is a lame duck?
In 1987, this body exercised its constitutional authority in rejecting President Reagan's nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court.
What is the Senate?
What federal agency is in charge of protecting endanger animals, natural resources, and study the effects of Climate Change? It was created by President Nixon.
What is the Environmental Protection Agency?
This court case established the Supreme Court's informal power of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
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?
This Federalist paper set forth the rationale behind an independent judiciary.
What is Federalist #78?
Civil Service reform replaced the patronage system with this alternative way to staff government.
What is the merit system?
In this case, the Court struck down racially-based gerrymandering.
What is Shaw v. Reno?
This person decides committee appointments in the House
Who is the Speaker of the House?
In 1942, Franklin Roosevelt used this implied power to establish relocation centers and detail American citizens. Would be used by many Presidents after him, like Obamas controversial DACA path to citizenship and Trumps "Muslim Ban"
What is an executive order?
Latin for "let the decision stand" this concept guides the judiciary to rely heavily on precedents.
What is stare decisis?
This image reflects this relationship between regulators, legislators, and lobbyists.
What is an iron triangle?
What is Mcculloch v Maryland
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?
Much like a president, a judge can be removed through this constitutional process.
What is impeachment?
Jimmy Carter tried to cancel superfluous water projects early in his term as president, decrying them as this type of legislation.
What is pork barrell legislation?
What is Baker v. Carr?
The formal motion used to end or limit debate in the Senate.
The term for using the Presidency and access of communication to pitch their policy agenda, and bend public opinion and pressure Congress into cooperating
What is the Bully Pulpit
John Roberts, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barret
This type of federal agency is in charge of making and enforcing rules to protect the public interest in some sector of the economy, and for judging disputes over those rules.
What is an Independent Regulatory Comission
This case we did not learn about was ruling in this case regarding the 2000 Florida electoral recount raised serious questions about the Supreme Court's legitimacy.
What is Bush v. Gore?