Am Gov Unit 2 Test 2 Review

Goal of Monetary Policy

Bureaucratic Task: Laws passed by Congress must go into effect

Judicial Restraint: Decisions are made to protect minority rights or meet the needs not met by various acts of Congress

Name of the group who officially votes for the candidates running for President?

How many judges are on the panel in a Court of Appeals?

Which of the following is NOT a topic typically brought up at Supreme Court nomination hearings?

Supreme Court: Terms are divided into 2-week __________?

Opinion: Opinion of the minority of Justices who do not agree with the ruling of the case.

Type of Agency: Led by a 3-7 person bipartisan board; regulates some aspect of the economy

Presidential Power: Issuing a formal rule or regulation; used to ensure laws are faithfully executed

Organization made up of the heads of the executive departments; Responsible for determining how to carry out laws

Which of the following is NOT TRUE about Judicial Activism?

Provide security and police protections at Federal courthouses

Power to reduce a person's sentence

Which of the following is NOT a way the government raises revenue?

Type of Crime: Disputes between private individuals over property

Leadership in the Bureaucracy is democratic

Type of Crime: Murder/Kidnapping

Responsible for the early hearings and routine procedures of a criminal trial; Administrative

Jurisdiction: Whichever court hears a case first

Presidential Power: Allows a President to refuse to release information to Congress or a Court

Fiscal Policy: When the government is growing slowly or shrinking...they may do all of the following except:

Postpones the carrying out of a sentence

Opinion: Opinion of the majority but stresses some different or additional legal reasoning

President: Manager of 15 executive departments and federal agencies

Person making a legal complaint.

Spending subject to the annual budget process; Congress is able to use its own judgement when deciding how to allocate

A president with a high approval rating is better able to command respect and lead effectively

Type of Agency: Organized and run like a business but are owned in part or in whole by the government

Which of the following is NOT a type of case handled in a Federal District Court?

President: Responsible for delivering an outline for the US to accomplish; suggesting specific programs for Congress

Jurisdiction: Federal courts have the sole right to hear particular cases

Releases a convicted criminal from having to fulfill a sentence

Prepares the President's budget

President: Power to carry out and enforce the law

Advises the President on foreign policy and military matters

Bureaucratic Task: Regulated industries are monitored to ensure that they are complying with regulations

Which of the following is NOT a difference in a Court of Appeals?