Ingress Congress
Chambers are where people slept in the old days,
what is the name of the lower chamber
House of Representatives
When mom says no you go to your dad, what is the official term for when a president rejects a law?
Veto
Mountains are high in the air and Paramount mountain has the best TV show of all time (Survivor), what is the highest federal Court
Supreme Court
This group is not elected and charged with implementing policies of other branches of government.
Bureaucracy
This is place that most places die?
Subcommittee
While I have no idea what it means to be numerated, the enumerated powers of the Constitution are in what article of the Constitution?
Article 1 (Bonus points if you said section 8)
I often confirm with people their Birthday's so I don't miss them, what is Senate approval of a presidential nomination.
Confirmation
Alexander Hamilton, my name is Alexander Hamilton, and there's a million things I haven't done. Which of my essay's advocated for the life terms and said that the Judicial branch would be the least dangerous
I am in charge of you in this class; however, this group is in charge of administering and enforcing the federal campaign finance law.
FEC (Federal Elections Commission)
The fundamental laws and principles that govern the US is
The Constitution
Certain places are exclusive, what are the two exclusive powers of the Senate?
Consent on presidential appointments
Approve treaties
Checks are something that can be put into banks to get cash, what are 2 checks on the president from either the Judicial or Legislative branch?
Congress's ability to impeach, override vetoes, and control the budget, and the judiciary's power of judicial review.
Presidents appoint Justices, however the legal principle for making decisions based on past precedents is
Stare Decisis
Accountability means the fact or condition of being responsible. Congress can hold the Bureaucracy through this manner.
Congressional Oversight
or Congressional Hearings
The area of land that the French and English fought over in the French and Indian War
The Ohio River Valley
A pulled pork sandwich from Wobbly Boots is phenomenal, what is Pork Barrel Legislation?
The use of federal funding to finance localized projects, typically bringing money into a representative’s district in order to please constituents and boost the representative’s chances of winning reelection.
Some people use platforms to make them taller, but I definitely don't... What is Theodore Roosevelt’s notion of the presidency as a platform called
Bully Pulpit
President Eisenhower and Kennedy sent federal troops to integrate schools when southern states refused to implement Brown v. Board of Education. This term is the process of carrying out of Supreme Court decisions
Implementation
The president appoints people to be the heads of different areas of the Bureaucracy, this group of people is called the
Cabinet
This document established the principle that no one, including the king, is above the law, and it protected fundamental rights and liberties
Magna Carta
What Supreme Court Case established the principle of "One-person, one-vote"
Baker v. Carr (1961)
What does Hamilton argue for in Federalist No. 70
In this essay, Hamilton argues that a single executive (led by one person as president, rather than several people acting as a council) is the best form for the executive branch of the United States.
The belief that the role of a justice is to defend individuals rights and liberties even those not explicitly stated in the Constitution is
Judicial Activism
This term is used for the long-standing mutually-beneficial relationship between an interest group, congressional committee, and bureaucratic agency devoted to similar issues
Iron Triangle
This group sets rules for debate, time limits, can amendments be added (open/closed rule).
What is the role of the House Rules Committee