Matching

Question 1

Amicus Curiae

Answer 1

someone, not a party to a case, who volunteers to offer information to assist a court in deciding a matter before it.

Question 2

Apportionment

Answer 2

The process of allotting congressional seats to each state following the decennial census according to their proportion of the population.

Question 3

Bureaucracy

Answer 3

In government, it refers to departments and agencies in the executive branch handling the day-to-day business of government.

Question 4

Civil Law

Answer 4

the body of laws that deals with all issues not covered by criminal law, including family matters, housing, business contracts, civil rights, and physical injuries.

Question 5

Cloture

Answer 5

a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote.

Question 6

Commander-in-Chief

Answer 6

The role of the president as supreme commander of the military forces of the United States and of the state National Guard units when they are called into federal service.

Question 7

Common Law

Answer 7

The body of law developed from custom and tradition as recognized by judicial decisions

Question 8

Conference Committee

Answer 8

a type of temporary joint committee that is set up when the House and Senate have each passed different versions of the same law.

Question 9

Constituency

Answer 9

The individuals who live within the geographical area represented by an elected official.

Question 10

Criminal Law

Answer 10

the body of rules and regulations that defines and specifies punishments for offenses of a public nature or for wrongs committed against the state or society.

Question 11

Delegated Powers

Answer 11

those powers granted to the president by congress.

Question 12

Executive Office of the President

Answer 12

the group of agencies that work most closely with the President. These agencies are made up of many advisors and aides. These individuals help the President carry out the duties of the presidency. They manage his day-to-day work.

Question 13

Expressed Powers

Answer 13

Powers are stated in the constitution

Question 14

Inherent Powers

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powers that a soveriegn entity can assume to have as a necessary to the working ability of the government or office. For example the power to control borders. not expressed, they are just assumed. Like the president’s ability to send troops to invade a country when no war has been declared.

Question 15

Joint Committee

Answer 15

A committee composed of members of both the House of Representatives and the Senate

Question 16

Legislative Initiative

Answer 16

power of the president to suggest legislation to congress

Question 17

Logrolling

Answer 17

An arrangement in which two or more members of Congress agree in advance to support each other’s bills.

Question 18

Majority Leader

Answer 18

The legislative leader elected by the party members holding the majority of seats in the House of Representatives.

Question 19

Merit System

Answer 19

A system of public employment in which selection and promotion depend on demonstrated performance rather than political patronage

Question 20

National Security Council

Answer 20

An interagency advisory group that shares information to advise the president, with respect to the integration of domestic, foreign, and military policies relating to national security.

Question 21

Original Jurisdiction

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the power of a court to hear a case first, before any other court.

Question 22

Oversight

Answer 22

ability of congress to monitor, review, and supervise government agencies.

Question 23

Pocket Veto

Answer 23

A veto taking place when congress adjourns within 10 days of having submitted a bill to the president, who simply lets it die by neither signing nor vetoing it.

Question 24

Pork Barrel

Answer 24

spending that is intended to benefit constituents of a politician in return for their political support.

Question 25

Redistricting

Answer 25

The redrawing of congressional and other legislative district lines following the census, to accommodate population shifts and keep districts as equal as possible in population.

Question 26

Select Committee

Answer 26

A temporary legislative committee established for a limited time period and for a special purpose.

Question 27

Standing Committee

Answer 27

permanent panels in Congress to which bills of similar nature could be sent.

Question 28

Stare Decisis

Answer 28

The doctrine by which judges are obligated to follow precedents established within a particular jurisdiction.

Question 29

Tort

Answer 29

A type of court case where one persons negligence injured you or your livelihood in some way. Think holding the lawnmower

Question 30

Veto

Answer 30

the president’s ability to reject or prohibit actions and laws of other government officials.

Question 31

Whip

Answer 31

an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline in a legislature. To keep their party moving and stay on top of their agenda

Question 32

Writ of Certiorari

Answer 32

This is Latin for “to make more certain.” This order directs a lower court to send its records on a case to the Supreme Court for review. This happens if one of the parties in a case claims that the lower court made an error.