Paper 3 Flashcards
Fiscal Responsibilty Act 2023
Raised the debt ceiling
Biden threatened veto beforehand if the legislation would include spending cuts
Marbury Vs Madison 1803
First case where the Court struck down Congress law
Fletcher vs Peck 1810
First case to strike down state law due to unconstitutional
Process of SCOTUS Appointments
Vacancy
Search for a nomination - Interest groups recently taken a role (Federalist society for Cons and American Constitution Society for Libs)
Pres announces the nomination
Senate Judiciary Committee - only a recommendation vote
Confirmation vote - actual vote in senate
Appointment that was controversial
Kavanuagh - accused of sexual assault - exploded during questioning - CA: Still got in narrowly - 50-48 in Senate
Shelby vs County
Gave discriminatory powers back to the states on who they could allow to vote
Alabama case
Gerrymandering
New York vs Bruen
Gave power back to the state over gun carrying legislation and powers
FDR amount of of Executive Orders
3700
Why did state power decrease recently
Due to growing concerns over socialism and communism and Americans hate powerful gov
How many amendments have been made?
27 over nearly 200 years
Percentage of SCOTUS judgements that have sided with their President (From FDR to Obama)
> 65% - loyalty effect
Obama’s appointment that was rejected
Merrick Garland
Executive Order that was struck down
Biden and his vaccine executive order
Executive Order that stayed
Trump’s travel ban for Muslims as they were considered dangerous
Has any Pres been impeached?
No
Trump came close but left the role before he could be impeached
What is the power that binds the Supreme Court to previous decisions
Stare decisis
The name of the court which went against their President and turned out to be one of the most liberal?
Warren Court
Who is the justice that is acting as a swing justice in the court?
Roberts - he is acting as a swing justice due to the majority of the courts composition being Conservative
Who was the Caucus that kept voting against McCarthy from within the Republican party?
Freedom Caucus
How many rounds of voting was the McCarthy vote?
15 rounds compared to the usual 1 or 2 - rare case
Name a Bipartisan bill within parties
Fiscal Responsibilty Act
What does Security of Tenure mean?
They cannot be judged for their judgements and cannot be fired unless criminally charged or they die
Interest Groups influence on Elections
D -
12 Reps voted against Tax and Jobs Act - proposed by Trump
Joe Manchin goes against everything Democrat
Mike Pence betrayed Trump with his duty - internal rifts
Vetoes
2/3 supermajority in both houses will override veto
Unlikely due to polarisation
Obama vetoed 12, Congress overrode 1
Midterms
Weakened if the mid terms results in divided gov - Obama faced 6 years of divided gov
Trump
Failed to repeal Obamacare
Lame ducks
Presidents in the last half of their terms - cannot pass anything as people see he is leaving
Approval ratings
Pres are subject to opinion polls as they usually decline within their term
Jan 2022 - Biden 82% among Dems and 5% among Reps
Trump National Emergency
When Trump didn’t get 5 billion, called a national emergency
Campaign
Funding -
Pacs vs SuperPacs
Calls -
