Congress
The Presidency
The Judiciary
Bureaucracy
Know your cases
100
This chamber of Congress is designed to represent all states equally.
What is the Senate?
100
This term refers to politicians who are completing their tenure in office after being voted out.
What is a lame duck?
100
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?
100
Name one example of a Cabinet Department/https://public-media.si-cdn.com/filer/e4/13/e4136a97-b510-432c-8089-15a4d7ba50f7/gettyimages-515303088.jpg)
What is the Department of Defense, Education, Transportation etc.
100
This court case established the Supreme Court's informal power of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
200
The enumerated power given to congress that allows them to defend the U.S. in an attack. Ex. FDR reported to Congress on December 8, 1941, that Japan had attacked America.
What is Congress' power to declare war?
200
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?
200
This Federalist paper set forth the rationale behind an independent judiciary.
What is Federalist #78?
200
Civil Service reform replaced the patronage system with this alternative way to staff government.
What is the merit system?
200
In this case, the Court struck down racially-based gerrymandering.
What is Shaw v. Reno?
300
This chamber of Congress is responsible for removing federal official from office and conducting impeachment trials.
What is the Senate?
300
In 1942, Franklin Roosevelt used this implied power to help establish his New Deal Programs.
What is an executive order?
300
Latin for "let the decision stand" this concept guides the judiciary to rely heavily on precedents.
What is stare decisis?
300
What is the iron triangle?
A symbiotic relationship between a congressional committee, interest groups, and a bureaucratic agency.
300
In this case, the Court created the, "one person one vote" doctrine.
What is Baker v. Carr?
400
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?
400
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?
400
Much like a president, a judge can be removed through this constitutional process.
What is impeachment?
400
What are two ways the the bureaucracy implement policy?
i. Writing/ enforcing regulations
ii. Issuing fines for non compliance
400
Shaw V. Reno ruled that the racially gerrymandered districts violated this specific clause ...
What is 14th amendment equal protections clause.
500
The formal motion used to end or limit debate in the Senate.
What is cloture?
500
In federalist #70 Alexander Hamilton argued this was a key characteristic of a "good" executive
What is "Energy"
500
The Supreme Court practice where judges take an active role in interpreting the law and making decisions that can create new legal precedents or change existing ones.
What is Judicial Activism.
500
What are two examples of Congressional Oversight?
i. Reviewing, monitoring, and supervising agencies
ii. Investigation/ committee hearings
iii. Power of the purse
500
What is the legal authority a court or government body has to hear and decide a case.
What is Jurisdiction