Govt

Front 1

Incumbent

Back 1

Been in congress before, makes $175,000

Front 2

Speaker of the house

Back 2

floor leader, organize debates, who speaks, when and how long, the party supports the policy

Front 3

majority leader

Back 3

floor leader over lining up bills for debate

Front 4

majority whip

Back 4

informs members when critical votes are scheduled

Front 5

how a bill becomes a law

Back 5

If a bill seems to have merit, asubcommittee will schedule a hearing on it, possibly recommend it to fullcommittee, or hold additional meetings. Once the bill is recommended, theRules committee decides whether to vote on it, how long the debate should last,whether ammendments should be allowed. In the Senate, debate is unlimitedunless 3/5 of the Senate limits it to 30 hours called cloture. Cloture is usedto prevent filabusters.50% voter plus 1 in the House orsenate is required for a bill to pass into law. It must pass identically in theHouse and Seante.10% of bills are sent to conferencecommittee and then back to a vote.President must sign the bill intolaw. If the president vetoes it, it is sent back with the reason’s for notbeing signed. 2/3 Congress is needed to override the veto. If Congress is insession and the president doesn’t sign a bill in 10 days, it will automaticallybecome law.Pocket veto- if Congress is not insession and the president doesn’t sign a bill in 10 days, it will not becomelaw.

Front 6

Invisible primary

Back 6

what been happening over the past year before election, people are making up their minds

Front 7

Electoral College

Back 7

a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election fo the president and the vice president

Front 8

factory that one's presidency

Back 8

35 years old, natural born US citizen, US resident for at least 14 years

Front 9

the problem of control

Back 9

executive branch has too many people and can't control it

Front 10

Relationship between thepresident’s Public support/approval ratings and Congress

Back 10

With public backing, the president’s leadershipcannot be dismissed easily by other Washington officials and vice versa. Events and Issues International crisis tend to cause people to rally behind the president Approval ratingserode if war doesn’t end well The Televised PresidencyCan expect the networks toprovide free airtime to address the nation Receives twice as much news coverageas Congress

Front 11

Illusion of presidentialgovernment

Back 11

people in US thinkpresident has more power than they actually do

Front 12

Reasonfor bureaucracy

Back 12

A need that includes large number ofpeople to complete a task. organization and control, based on three principles

Front 13

3principles of bureaucracy

Back 13

Hierarchical authority- there is achain of command, top has control of middle, and middle control over low Jobspecialization- no one else has that job, Formalized rules- because they arespecialized in that job, they know the rules that go along with bureaucracy

Front 14

Typesof federal agencies

Back 14

Cabinet departments. Independent executive agencies. Independentregulatory agencies. Government corporations. Presidential commissions.

Front 15

OMB

Back 15

business division of the Executive Office of the President of the UnitedStates that administers the United States federal budget and oversees theperformance of federal agencies.

Front 16

Administrativeagencies’ main task is policy implementation

Back 16

rule making, investigating

Front 17

WhistleblowerProtection Act

Back 17

protects federal whistleblowers whowork for the government and report agency misconduct

Front 18

Presidentialcommission

Back 18

special task force ordained by the President to complete a specific,special investigation or research.

Front 19

Meritsystem

Back 19

process of promoting and hiring government employees based on theirability to perform a job, rather than on their political connections

Front 20

Jurisdiction

Back 20

courts ability to hear a certain type of case

Front 21

original jurisdiction

Back 21

a courts authority to be the first to hear a particular type of case

Front 22

Appellate jurisdiction

Back 22

authority to review a lower court decision

Front 23

majority opinion

Back 23

when a majority agree with winning side and have the same reason why

Front 24

Plurality opinion

Back 24

most agree

Front 25

dissenting opinion

Back 25

7/2 one of 2 that didn't agree but want everyone to know what it was

Front 26

concurring opinion

Back 26

in the set 7/2 all seven agree to win but five thinks the person won but for a different reason

Front 27

special US courts

Back 27

U.S. CLAIMS COURT- hears cases whenthe U.S. government is being sued for damages U.S. Court of InternationalTrade- handles cases involving appeals of U.S. Customs Office rulings The U.S.Court of Military Appeals- hears appeals of military court martial

Front 28

Originalismtheory

Back 28

the way you interpret current decision

Front 29

Livingconstitution theory

Back 29

feeling constitution is supposed to be adaptable

Front 30

judicial restraint

Back 30

type of judge who believes they are there to follow precedent when they make decisions

Front 31

judicial activism

Back 31

the judge who feels like it should make sense today

Front 32

Judicialreview & Marbury vs. Madison

Back 32

another branch unconstitutional legalprinciple of judicial review–the ability of the Supreme Court to limitCongressional power by declaring legislation unconstitutional–in the new nation

Front 33

2ndlevel of federal court that hears appeals

Back 33

Court of Appeals

Front 34

Role of Supreme Court

Back 34

the final judge in all cases involving laws of Congress, and the highestlaw of all — the Constitution.