Study Guide Unit 2 Test Flashcards
Requirements to be a part of the house and senate?
house: citizen for 7 years, 25 years old, must live in state running for. 2 year term
Senate: citizen for 9 years, 30 years old, must be resident. serves 6 years.
reasoning for difference in requirements between senate and house
The Senate has more power, and they serve longer so they want them to be a citizen and have a little more experience
Why is there a senate?
To slow down the process of making laws. This way dumb laws aren’t being passed and more people are reviewing the laws
Organization of the House of representatives
435 members. A speaker of the house has the most power out of them. It include majority and minority leaders, Rules committee, and 3 options when a bill comes up. (Closed, open, restricted)
Difference between closed, open, and restricted bills
closed: amendments cannot be offered
open: amendments can be offered from this bill
restrictive: says only certain kinds of amendments can be made out of it
Organization of the Senate
equal representation in states. Vice President is (in charge) but he isn’t there on a day to day basis. Pro Tempore is the next man in line which is based on seniority.
Standing committee (congressional)
permanent committee that deals with agriculture and budget
Select committee (congressional)
Is not there permanently. only there to investigate the accountability of a party
Joint committee (congressional)
comprised of both senate and house. Oversees day to day duties and discusses issues to try to make it satisfy both parties
voting behaviors of members of congress (3)
Representative view, attitudinal, organizational
Representative view
represent the people to vote
Attitudinal view
represent their own issues on the subject
organizational view
voters that depend on the party that they follow
built in conflict
This refers to the fact that what is in the national interest is not always in the interest of the voters in a state
Missouri limits for age for senate and house
24 for house 30 for senate
4 requirements of energy for the president
Unity, Duration, Dealing with Pay (adequate prevision of pay), competent powers
Duration (energy)
how long the office term will be held for
Adequate previson of support (energy)
This says that the president should be paid the highest among anyone in government
compentant powers (energy) 4 of these
- commander in chief of military (declare war and oversee it)
- chief executive
- chief diplament
- legislative authority (veto)`
Unity (presidental energy)
want just one president
president today compared to 19th century
in the 19th century the president didn’t really do much
two presidencies thesis
says that the president has to deal with both domestic and foreign polices `
domestic policy
This says the president has to deal with congress and voters and such when trying to pass a law
Foreign policy
the president can pretty much do what he wants regarding this
Reason for electoral college ?
Because low information voters would usually vote for name recognition which come from big states
War Power act of 1973
states that the president must consult to congress before admitting troops to that war. 2.) Once the troops commit, the president has 48 hours to consult congress and 3.) the president has 60 days (plus 30) to send troops into war
formal and information requirements of becoming president
citizen for 14 years, 35 years old, American born citizen
Requirements to be Missouri governor
requirement is 30 years old, and can serve 2 terms (four years each), resident of state
Missouri has a plural executive, what does that mean?
This means that Missouri executives are members from both parties
five parts to the Missouri plural government
Lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, state treasurer, state auditor
critique against article III of the constitution
People said they didn’t want life tenure for judges. Hamilton responded saying they are the least powerful people because all they do is interpret law (which is not true)
what is the constitutional court? how does it differ from a legislative court
The constituional court relates back to article 3 saying members have life tenure. The legislative court is a military court in which members do not serve for lyfe
What are the different types of opinions?
majority, concerning, dissenting, plurality
majority opinion
establishes rule of law and reason for rule of law
concurring opinion
a judge that agrees with an outcome, but a different reasoning for that outcome
Dissent opinion
disagree with the outcome , and why that should be the outcome
plurality opinion
There is a majority who agree with the outcome, but not the rationale. (The reason for that being the outcome)
Judicial review
The final say the supreme court has if a law is constitutional or not
originalism
The constituion has been made, leave it as is
living constitutionalism
The court should keep looking for ways to improve the court system
How are the state supreme court systems decided? (4 ways)
Missouri Merit plan, partisan election, non partisan election, political appointment
Missouri Merit Plan
Anyone can apply. goes through a committee of 5 people to decide who moves into the top three. The governor then picks out of those three
political appointment
the governor can elect whoever he want to be on the supreme court
non partisan elections
states can not run under a party label
partisian elections
states can run under a party label
circuit courts
felonies (series note. at least one year in jaill)
associate circuit courts
decides misdemeanor
Juvenile Division
deals with matter of kids
Probate Divison
Deals with deal. Testate means you die without a will. the state government is then in charge of your assets
Municipal court
deals with little stuff like tickets.
