GOVT 2305 w/ Dr Gregory: Exam 2

(3) This SCOTUS case established Judicial Review.

(1)The Vice President of the United States is responsible for providing a tie-breaking vote in the Senate.

(3) Laws that establish how laws are enforced are called...

(3) Laws that define what we can and cannot do...

(2) Which of these is NOT something that affects presidential approval?

(1) The American public overall has a very positive view of Congress.

(1)Who is the current Speaker of the House?

(3) Violation of a criminal law results in a...

(2) Directives issued by the President to the executive branch are called...

(1)Where do bills go to die?

(3) An opinion that disagrees with the majority of the SCOTUS judges on a case is called a...

(2) The President of the United States must be...

(3) Judicial interpretivists are more likely to believe the Constitution must be interpreted to fit today's society.

(3) SCOTUS has neither original nor appellate jurisdiction.

(3) Those who work for SCOTUS judges and read cases for them to decide if they may be able to get certiorari are called

(2) Why is presidential approval essential?

(1) A filibuster in the Senate can never be stopped.

(1)The term that describes greater ideological differences between the parties & higher consensus within the parties.

(1)Who is the President Pro Tempore of the Senate?

(3) In what order are the levels of the federal court system? (Lowest to Highest)

(3) The Court has neither the purse or the sword.

(2) The person who oversees the operations of all White House staff and controls access to the President is called...

(1) This committee is permanent and responsible for legislation in a particular policy areas.

(2) The Head of State is a largely symbolic role the President fills.

(2) This is a speech given by POTUS to a joint session of Congress and to the nation announcing the POTUS's agenda.

(2) Who argues the government's cases before Supreme Court?

(3) What is needed for a case to be heard by SCOTUS?

(1)An elected official who acts as an agent of the majority that elected him or her and carries out their wishes.

(2) The role of the President as the top officer of the country's military establishment is called...

(1)The process of redrawing of district lines in states with more than one representative is referred to as...

(2) The gap between presidential promises and actual powers of the office.

(2) When the President is of a different party than the majority in Congress, there is a united government.

(2) Powers not listed explicitly in the Constitution but are implied...

(3) How many judges are needed to grant a case a Writ of Certiorari?

(2) What is the Cycle Effect?

(1)Which one of these is NOT a type of committee?

(3) A Supreme Court justice serves for ten years.

(1)The process of drawing district lines to benefit one group or another is called...

(1)Gerrymandering that favors a certain political party is called...

(1)The majority party in the HOUSE is the Republican Party.

(1)Racial gerrymandering is unconstitutional.

(2) Members that head the executive departments are apart of the President's...

(3) A legal system based on the accumulated rulings of judges over time, applied uniformly across the land is called...

(2) The President has the ability to release or excuse a person from legal penalties of a crime.

(3) Common law is also known as...