Poli 1 final

Question 1

impeachment

Answer 1

A constitutional procedure by which federal judges and civil officers can be removed from office before their term expires

Question 2

doctrine of separation of powers

Answer 2

one branch of government does not have the right to inquire into the internal operations of another branch

Question 3

22nd Amendment

Answer 3

Legislation in 1951 which limits a president to 2 terms

Question 4

White House Office

Answer 4

presidential staff who oversees the policy interests of the advisors president

Question 5

veto message

Answer 5

statement sent to Congress by the president giving reasons for veto

Question 6

25th Amendment

Answer 6

when an acting president is unable to serve due to illness

Question 7

executive privilege

Answer 7

presidents right to withhold certain info from congress

Question 8

Office of Management and Budget

Answer 8

organization responsible for preparing the federal budget and for central clearance of legislative proposals from federal agencies

Question 9

honey moon

Answer 9

first few months of a president’s term

Question 10

impoundment

Answer 10

presidential refusal to spend money appropriated by congress

Question 11

Executive Office of the president

Answer 11

agencies that perform staff services for the president but are not part of the White House

Question 12

Line item veto

Answer 12

right of some governors to veto part of a bill without having to veto the entire bill

Question 13

electoral college

Answer 13

system by which states select electors who then vote for the president and vice president

Question 14

Budget reform of 1974

Answer 14

requires the president to spend all appropriated funds by Congress

Question 15

National Security Council

Answer 15

committee in the Executive office comprised of the vice president,secretaries of state and defense chaired by the president

Question 16

expected Service

Answer 16

appointment of officials not based on the criteria of OPM

Question 17

Bureaucracy

Answer 17

large complex organization composed of appointed officals

Question 18

Competitive service

Answer 18

appointment based on criteria

Question 19

clearance committee

Answer 19

right of committees to disapprove of certain agency actions

Question 20

discretionary authority

Answer 20

ability of officials to make policies not spelled out in advance by laws

Question 21

annual authorization

Answer 21

monies that are budgeted on a yearly basis

Question 22

Administration Procedure Act

Answer 22

la requiring federal agencies to give notice,solicit comments before adopting new rules

Question 23

Office of personal Management (OPM)

Answer 23

advertises vacancies,gives exams to canidates or evaluates and refers name to agencies that might hire them

Question 24

civil service reform act of 1978

Answer 24

Legislation passed by congress that allows the president and his cabinet officers more flexibility in hiring people into high-rank positions

Question 25

non-career executive assignments

Answer 25

jobs given to high rank members of the regular competitive civil service

Question 26

Schedule C jobs

Answer 26

having a confidential or policy determining character below the level or sub-cabinet posts

Question 27

congressional agencies

Answer 27

agencies subordinate to Congress whose actions tend to have a distributional effect within the country

Question 28

bureacratic mission

Answer 28

clear view of an organization's purpose and methods that is shared by its members

Question 29

professional values

Answer 29

a personal attribute that has a clear effect on bureaucratic behavior

Question 30

buddy system

Answer 30

job description by an agency that is tailor made for a specific person

Question 31

Packing the court

Answer 31

when a president has attempted to appoint his type of judges to the court to secure majority

Question 32

amicus curiae brief

Answer 32

means by which one has interest in a case,but is not a litigant,can present views

Question 33

class action suit

Answer 33

means by which someone who is injured can bring action on behalf of all similarly situated

Question 34

judicial review

Answer 34

power of courts to determine the constitutionality of legislative and executive acts

Question 35

diversity case

Answer 35

citizen of one state sues citizen of another state and amount is more than 50,000

Question 36

constitutional court

Answer 36

court established under Article 3 of the constitution

Question 37

activist

Answer 37

an approach to judicial review which holds that judges should discover the general principles underlying the constitution

Question 38

Federalist No. 78

Answer 38

correlates the thoughts of the founding fathers that the courts would play a relatively neutral-passive role in public affairs

Question 39

courts of appeal

Answer 39

intermediate apellate courts of the federal judiciary which have been classified "constitutional courts" by Congress

Question 40

in forma pauperis

Answer 40

a petition filed with the US supreme court by a pauper

Question 41

Alexis de Tocqueville

Answer 41

french writer who wrote about American democracy early in the 19th century

Question 42

Taliban

Answer 42

regime in Afghanistan supported in part by Osama Bin Laden's Al Qaeda network

Question 43

rally around the flag

Answer 43

how the American people tend to support the president's sending troops abroad

Question 44

bipolar world

Answer 44

how during the cold war there were only two super powers in the world

Question 45

uni polar world

Answer 45

a commitment to getting rid of a hostile government

Question 46

regime change

Answer 46

how we live in a world where the US is the sole super power

Question 47

pre-emption

Answer 47

doctrine of attacking a determined enemy before it can launch an attack against the US or an ally

Question 48

NAFTA

Answer 48

treaty that created free trade among Canada, Mexico, and the US

Question 49

Commission on Base realignment and closure

Answer 49

created to consider base-closing recommendations from secretary defense

Question 50

isolationist

Answer 50

an opinion in American history that our military forces, and our money, should stay home