Exam #5

Question 1

Legislature

Answer 1

Def- Law-making formal organization within any government
Sig- The process that the US uses to create legislation

Question 2

Representation

Answer 2

Def- Pluralist ideal of giving voice to diverse interest in society
Sig- Representation is important as it is the basis of a functioning democracy, it ensures that every individual has their ideas heard

Question 3

Checks and Balances

Answer 3

Def- American constitutional principle: limited government
Sig- Ensures that no one brach of power in the US gains too much power over the others

Question 4

Reynolds v Sims

Answer 4

Def: 1964 Supreme court case that overturned federal model senates,electoral districts of state legislative chambers must be roughly equal in population
Sig: Very significant case that ensured population based vote “one person on vote” rule

Question 5

Legislating

Answer 5

Def: A complex process full of multiple oppurtinities for a bill to die
Sig: The process in which bills can become laws

Question 6

Administration

Answer 6

Chief executive officer plus all appointed executive leaders

Question 7

Plural Executive

Answer 7

Multiple, independent, elected officers

Question 8

Treasurer

Answer 8

Manages the states fund, rainy day funds (bonds)

Question 9

Controller

Answer 9

Spending and auditing

Question 10

Board of Equalization

Answer 10

4 + controller, collecting sale

Question 11

Attorney general

Answer 11

Prosecutor, defendant, can challenge federal laws, supervises sheriffs and police

Question 12

Secretary of State

Answer 12

Runs elections, archivist

Question 13

Insurance Comissioner

Answer 13

Consumers watchdog

Question 14

Bureacracy

Answer 14

Formal organization of hierarchically arranged, specialized offices that employ SOPs to carry out complex tasks

Question 15

Pendleton Act of 1883

Answer 15

Created Professional, permanent bureaucracy above partisan politics, employment is now dependent on qualifications

Question 16

Pocket Veto

Answer 16

President doesn’t sign nor veto

Question 17

Line Item veto

Answer 17

Only changes money (budget/spending) and can only be used to decrease spending

Question 18

Ombudsminship

Answer 18

To help someone from a bureaucracy

Question 19

Oversight

Answer 19

Legislator overseeing the bureaucracy

Question 20

War Powers Act of 1973

Answer 20

Congress requested to be informed if the president put troops in harms way

Question 21

Lame Duck

Answer 21

When you’ve been re-elected and cannot be elected again

Question 22

Criminal law

Answer 22

punishing harm

Question 23

Civil law

Answer 23

(compensation) and contracts

Question 24

Administrative law

Answer 24

wills, custody

Question 25

Constitutional Law

Answer 25

Legislation made from the constitution

Question 26

Amicus Curiae

Answer 26

Friend of the court

Question 27

Judicial Review

Answer 27

Judiciary protects highest law in the land by voiding lower forms of law that conflict with the constitution

Question 28

Judiciary act of 1789

Answer 28

The ability of the supreme court to issue a writ of madamus

Question 29

Writ of Mandamus

Answer 29

The right of the court to compel someone to do something

Question 30

Marbury v Madison (1803)

Answer 30

Gave judicial review

Question 31

First Instance

Answer 31

No one has heard the case before, the first ones to hear it

Question 32

Original Jurisdiction

Answer 32

Cases involving ambassadors and diplomats cases in which a state is a party

Question 33

Comission on Judicial nominees

Answer 33

Bar association members evaluate nominees

Question 34

Comission on Judicial appointments

Answer 34

CA attorney general chief justice of CA Supreme court and senior apellate court justice vote on confirmation of nominees

Question 35

Commission on Judicial performance

Answer 35

Investigates and punishes misconduct and removes incapacitated