Judicial

Question 1

Seniority

Answer 1

years of service

Question 2

enumerated

Answer 2

another name for expressed power

Question 3

lobbyist

Answer 3

representative for an interest group

Question 4

roll-call vote

Answer 4

method of voting using their voice

Question 5

elastics clause

Answer 5

Congress’ right to make laws that necessary and proper

Question 6

franking privilege

Answer 6

right of representatives to mail without posting

Question 7

majority party

Answer 7

political party that hold more than half members

Question 8

interest group

Answer 8

group with similar interest that influence government

Question 9

standing vote

Answer 9

member stand for their vote

Question 10

census

Answer 10

population count

Question 11

joint resolution

Answer 11

passed by both house and congress

Question 12

park barrel project

Answer 12

project grants that benefit congress persons home district

Question 13

constiuent

Answer 13

person from a legislators district

Question 14

minority party

Answer 14

political party that holds less than half the members

Question 15

implied powers

Answer 15

power of congress that are not listed in the constitution

Question 16

impeach

Answer 16

accuse government officials of misconduct in office

Question 17

pocket veto

Answer 17

Presidents power to veto a bill by not signing it for 10 days

Question 18

voice vote

Answer 18

vote with aye or no

Question 19

gerrymander

Answer 19

designed to increase the voting strength of a certain group

Question 20

express

Answer 20

powers of congress that are listed in the constitution

Question 21

amnesty

Answer 21

a pardon to a group of people

Question 22

executive agreement

Answer 22

an agreement between the president an another leader of a nation

Question 23

political appointee

Answer 23

someone who is appointed by the president

Question 24

trade sanction

Answer 24

a effort to punish another nation by trade barriers

Question 25

reprieve

Answer 25

delays someones punishment until a hear court can hear it

Question 26

regulatory commission

Answer 26

agency created by congress that can make rules concerning certain activities and violators

Question 27

civil service system

Answer 27

practice of hiring government officials without bias

Question 28

government corporation

Answer 28

any federal agencies owned and operated by the federal government

Question 29

national security

Answer 29

the ability to keep the country safe from attacks and harm

Question 30

federal bureaucracy

Answer 30

agencies and employees of the executive branch

Question 31

embargo

Answer 31

an agreement of a group of nations that prohibits form trading with a certain nation

Question 32

appellate jurisdiction

Answer 32

court that hears a case on a appeal from a lower court

Question 33

original jurisdiction

Answer 33

court in which a case is heard first

Question 34

judicial activism

Answer 34

argue that provisions in the constitution and in state law be interpreted

Question 35

inferior courts

Answer 35

the lower federal courts beneath the supreme court

Question 36

writ of certiorari

Answer 36

order to lower courts to send up records on a case

Question 37

plaintiff

Answer 37

someone who fills a complaint

Question 38

certificate

Answer 38

lower courts ask the supreme court for verification

Question 39

judicial restrained

Answer 39

judges should decide

Question 40

precedent

Answer 40

judicial decision that servers as a guide

Question 41

brief

Answer 41

a written detailed statement

Question 42

judicial review

Answer 42

decide the constitutionality of the government

Question 43

defendant

Answer 43

the person which whom the complaint is against