Midterm Exam 2

Question 1

Writ of Mandamus

Answer 1

Supreme Court has a power to direct a lower court to do something

Question 2

Writ of Habeas Corpus

Answer 2

Allows a person who is improperly in custody for no reason to be freed.

Question 3

Writ of Corum Nobis

Answer 3

vacates a conviction. You can file for a removal of conviction on your record and it will be erased.

Question 4

Writ of Certiorari

Answer 4

can send a court case to the Supreme Court. (called Appealing)

Question 5

Marbury v Madison

Answer 5

Decided by John Marshall and It established Judicial Review.

Question 6

the two main political parties in the US are:

Answer 6

Democrats and Republicans

Question 7

oversight Refers to :

Answer 7

Congressional review of federal programs and activities.

Question 8

Executive prerogative refers to :

Answer 8

Doctrine that an executive might have to violate the law.

Question 9

Casework refers to :

Answer 9

Assistance for constituencies to deal with federal agencies.

Question 10

The right to determine a pregnancy in the first trimester was set forth in :

Answer 10

Roe v. Wade

Question 11

Primary Election

Answer 11

Election where interest groups vote for their candidate before the General Election.

Question 12

Original Jurisdiction

Answer 12

of a court is the power to hear a case for the first time.

Question 13

Appellate Jurisdiction

Answer 13

The power of a court to Review Decisions and change outcomes of decisions of lower courts.

Question 14

Lawrence v Texas

Answer 14

Overturned Bower v. Hardwick, which was a conviction of two people who engaged in homosexual activity.

Question 15

New Deal Coalition

Answer 15

An American Political term that refers to the alignment of interest groups and voting blocs that supported the New Deal and voted for Democratic Presidential candidates from 1932 until late 1960s.

Question 16

Senators are:

Answer 16

two in each State

Question 17

General Election

Answer 17

Last Final Election for President

Democrat vs. Republican

Question 18

Interest Groups are formed due to :

Answer 18

Economic changes, social changes, political changes.
Biggest interest groups in this country:
NRA: National Rifle Association of America
AARP: American Association of Retired Person.

Question 19

“Ask no what your country do for you, ask what you can do for your country”

Answer 19

John F. Kennedy

Question 20

Electoral College is:

Answer 20

A system by which electors use to elect a candidate.

Question 21

Pressy v. Ferguson

Answer 21

Overturned by Brown v Board of Education.

challenged separate but Equal decision.

Question 22

The President pro Temperate is:

Answer 22

The vice president when absence of the Vice President of the US. Orrin Hatch is the current President Pro temperate.

Question 23

Earl Warren

Answer 23

Former Governor of California before being appointed to the Supreme Court.

Question 24

Robert Bork

Answer 24

Was almost put in supreme court because he seemed to conservative.

Question 25

Bicameral

Answer 25

2 House legislature: The House of Representatives and the Senate

Question 26

Democrats begin losing interest in New coalition in

Answer 26

1960’s

Question 27

The Governor of California is :

Answer 27

Jerry Brown

Question 28

The First Evangelical Christian to campaign for President was:

Answer 28

Jimmy Carter governor of California.

Question 29

Executive Privilege

Answer 29

The doctrine stating that the President may sometimes legitimately refuse to provide executive branch information to Congress, the courts or the Public.

Question 30

Due of Process Law

Answer 30

Procedural Protections that the 5th and the 14th amendment require government to follow before depriving anyone of life, liberty and property. Fair notice before neutral tribunal.

Question 31

A pork Barrel refers to :

Answer 31

A derogatory term for projects that benefit specific localities without serving the national interest

Question 32

Red Tape Means:

Answer 32

Official forms and procedures that are burdensome. The term stems from a British tradition of binding documents with red cloth tape.

Question 33

Incumbents win elections because:

Answer 33

they have a lot of followers already, financial support, experience and they are well known.

Question 34

The Franklin privilege refers to :

Answer 34

Right of member of congress to send mail to constituencies without paying for postage.

Question 35

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Answer 35

The joint resolution passed by Congress in 1964 that authorized President Lyndon Johnson to use the armed forces to assist South Vietnam.
-it promoted the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia.

Question 36

The Bill of Rights comprise of:

Answer 36

the First 10 amendments.

Question 37

Elections that give voters a direct voice in the Senate Government include:

Answer 37

Initiatives, popular referedumns and recall elections.

Question 38

Impeachment:

Answer 38

The process by which the President can brought up by charges from the House of Representatives. Senate convicts by two thirds vote.

Question 39

Divided government occur when:

Answer 39

when the different parties control the executive branch and at least one chamber of the legislature in a separation of powers or presidential system of government.

Question 40

Logrolling is :

Answer 40

When legislators (or others) trade support for one another’s proposals.

Question 41

The vice president of the US is :

Answer 41

Joe Biden

Question 42

A Line item Veto is :

Answer 42

A power possessed by American Governors to veto a line of the bill without vetoing the entire bill.

Question 43

Administrative rules are:

Answer 43

Formal regulations by executive branch agencies, usually carry out legislation.

Question 44

Korematsu v. US

Answer 44

1944
Fred Korematsu, Japanese American who was interned in WW2, Internment camp, it violated rights, Supreme Court shot it down, Japanese were seen as a threat to national Security.

Question 45

Originalists hold that:

Answer 45

a text of Constitution controls what powers congress and the president have

Question 46

Constitutional powers of congress

Answer 46

lawmaking, impeachment and expelling members