What is the demographic of a 'typical' federal judge?
A conservative white male
100
Submitted by a 'Friend of the court' to add to a case
What is amicus curiae briefs
100
2 advantages incumbents have
credit claiming
position taking
weak opponents
advertising
100
Presidential advisors
What is the cabinet
100
How did Max Weber define bureaucracy?
Bureaucracy: Hierarchical authority structure that uses task specialization, operates on the merit principle, and behaves with impersonality
200
Number of Supreme Court judges
What is 9
BONUS POINTS: name 3
200
The plaintiffs in a case
What are litigants
200
Congress monitoring the bureaucracy and it's polices, mainly through hearings
What is legislative oversight
200
Two indicators of public support for the president
Approval in polls
mandates in elections
200
Name two tactics of regulation
Command and Control
Incentive system
BONUS POINTS: define them!
300
Number of District Courts
What is 91
300
"let the decision stand"
What is stare decisis
300
What is the difference between substantive and descriptive representation?
Substantive representation is when representatives advocate for certain groups. Descriptive representation is the idea that candidates should be elected to represent ethnic & gender constituencies rather than the population at large
300
Procedure for removing a president from office
House of Reps majority vote,
Senate 2/3 vote
300
Subgovernments; mutually dependent, mutually advantageous relationships between bureaucratic agencies, interest groups, and congressional committees or subcommittees.
What is Iron Triangle
400
What are the two kinds of jurisdictions
original and appellate
BONUS POINTS: define them
400
Case that asserted right to judicial review
What is Marbury v. Madison
400
What are the four types of committees in congress?
Standing
Joint
Conference
Select
BONUS POINTS: what do they do?
400
Amendment that limits president to two terms of office
What is 22nd Amendment
400
What does the Hatch Act do?
Prohibits Government employees from active participation in partisan politics
while on duty
500
who is in charge of the appellate court?
the solicitor general
500
judicial interpretation of an act of Congress
What is statutory construction
500
BIG DOUBLE BONUS THING:
who knows how a bill becomes a law? (5 steps)
1. subcommittees in house and senate
2. full house/full senate
3 conference and another full house/senate
4. president
5. law
500
What are the three major policymaking bodies of the Executive Office?
National Security Council
Council of Economic Advisors
Office of Management and budget
BONUS POINTS: what do they do?
500
Created federal civil service so that hiring and promotion
would be based on merit rather than patronage.