Congress
What is a filibuster?
Policy directives issued by presidents that do not require congressional approval.
What are executive orders?
In this essay, Alexander Hamilton argued that the federal judiciary would be unlikely to infringe upon rights and liberties but would serve as a check on the other two branches.
What is Federalist #78?
There are approximately ____ million civilian employees working in the federal bureaucracy.
3 million
Efforts by Congress to ensure that executive branch agencies, bureaus, and cabinet departments are acting legally and in accordance with congressional goals.
What is oversight?
This is a law passed in 1973 that restricts the power of the president to maintain troops in combat for more than sixty days without congressional authorization.
What is the War Powers Resolution?
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This is the newest Department in the U.S. Government. It was created in the wake of 9/11.
What is the Department of Homeland Security?
In this case, the Supreme Court ruled that race cannot be the only factor when determining a congressional district.
What is Shaw v. Reno?
In this essay Alexander Hamilton argues that an energetic single executive will protect against foreign attacks, provide for the administration of laws, and protect liberty and property.
What is Federalist #70?
In most cases, the Supreme Court has the authority to hear and review decisions made by lower courts. This is called ___________ jurisdiction.
What is appellate jurisdiction?
Congress, interest groups, and the bureaucracy are three parts of an __________ ___________.
Congress, interest groups, and the bureaucracy
In the federal budget, this type of spending is required by existing laws making it "locked in" to the budget.
What is mandatory spending?
Presidents use this to appeal to the public to pressure other branches of government.
This is the practice of letting a previous legal decision stand.
What is stare decisis?
The Pendleton Act of 1883 established a _______ system in which competitive testing results, educational attainment, and other qualifications formed the basis for hiring and promotion rather than politics and personal connections.
What is a merit system?
This individual is the current Senate Majority Leader.
Who is John Thune?
This is a negotiated between a president and another nation. It does not have the same durability in the American system as a treaty but does not require Senate ratification.
What is an executive agreement?
This is a category of law covering cases involving private rights and relationships between individuals and groups.
What is Civil Law?
This person is the current Secretary of State.
Who is Marco Rubio?