Three Branches: Powers
This branch has the power of the sword.
What is the Executive branch?
Congress can override vetos with the following amount of votes.
Supreme Court Justices can hold offices during
What is good behavior?
The iron _______.
What is triangle?
Decisions that guide future cases.
This person controls who speaks in the House of Representatives.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
Cabinet members
Ambassadors
Some positions within the Executive Office of the President
Supreme Court Justices, Court of Appeals judges, and District Court judges
What are positions that need Senate confirmation?
The case about racial gerrymandering.
What is Shaw v. Reno?
An organizational system implemented to manage a government agency or institution.
What is the bureaucracy?
Doctrine that says courts should look to precedent when making their decisions.
What is stare decisis?
Implied powers of Congress come from the following clause.
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause?
The Supreme Court case that set the precedent of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
A strong, unitary executive is necessary to make swift decisions and to keep privacy of important matters.
What is Federalist 70?
Generalized interaction between various players dealing with the same issue.
What is an issue network?
Otherwise known as the power of judgment.
What is the power of the pen?
What are informal powers of the president?
The type of presidential veto that occurs when Congress adjourns and the president receives a bill, but does not sign it.
What is a pocket veto?
What is Baker v. Carr?
Setting immigration process, setting standards for food safety, setting standards for airline safety
What is rule making authority?
Believing and acting on the ideas of a political party.
What is partisan?
The most influential appointment that a president can make during their time in office.
Who is the Supreme Court Justice?
What is because they are the weakest branch?
What is because they only have the power of judgment?
Answers against the anti-federalists on an independent judiciary.
What is Federalist 78?
Approving visa applications, approving/denying Veteran disability claims, investigate airline accidents
What is discretionary authority?
An official who attempts to balance the basic elements of the trustee, delegate and partisan roles.
Who is a politico?