test #7 Flashcards
close primaries
Participants must be registered as members of one party and they vote for the candidate from only that one party in which they are members
open primaries
j though did you not have to declare their party membership and they are able to vote for whoever they choose
crossover voting
When one party as a primary with a strong leading candidate who is certain of winning the nomination its members could cross over to vote for we can do it in the opposing party’s primary
party platform
n statement of the parties position on current issues
general election
Determines the president
electoral college
The number of elect oral votes that each day has will be determined by the total number of house and senate members
executive orders
mpresidential directive is her actions that have the effect in force of law
pardons
npardons are issued by the president in order to release and convicted person from the remainder of the sentence
requirements of being a president
Must be 35 years old a resident within the United States for 14 years and a natural born citizen
3 parts of the transfer of presidental power
The use of executive orders and pardons by the outgoing ministration the allotment funds to aid the transfer of power and the changeover to the incoming in ministrations personal
7 steps of a presidential election
- Announce you can run
- Establish a campaign
- Primary elections
- National convention
- Election day Tuesday phone the first Monday November
- Electors choose president
- Inauguration day January 20
executive agreement
A written understanding with another head of state to carry out a particular action
state of the union
Speech presented by the president of United States to a joint season of the United States Congress delivered annually
veto
Reject a decision or proposal made by Congress
22nd amendment
The president is restricted to two terms
lame duck
When a president has lost an election or cannot stand for reelection and the serve the remainder of his term
impeachment
A formal accusation of wrongdoing against a public official
executive office of the president
Help develop and implement the presidents programs and policies
national security council
Vice President runs security matters works in crisis management keeping America safe from anything
office management and budget
Control the budget
cabinet
Hopes the president and his congressional duties
the 6 roles of presidency
Chief executive commander-in-chief diplomatic leader legislative leader chief of state party leader
bureaucracy
In the ministry system staff largely by nonelected officials who implement and oversee government departments and programs includes the executive office of the president examples are deliveryman office work plumber law-enforcement etc.
supreme court justice
The nine judges in the Supreme Court
judicial federalism
Coexisting state and federal courts
district courts
Trial courts of the federal judicial system
original jurisdiction
They are the first to hear a case before any other court considers it
grand jury
Boo-hoo charge or Indict
accuse cruise
petit/trial jury
Here is the case and decided It’s come
appellate jurisdiction
Do not hold trials but he repeals from district courts in their circuit has three judges
writ of certiorari
To be made more clear
circuit court of appeals
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majority opinion
Majority of written opinion
dissention opinion
Justices on the losing side try to vindicate there
position
judicial restraint
Judicial interpretation Anchorage judges to limit the exercise of your own power
judicial activism
Refers to judicial rulings suspected of being based on personal or political cool considerations rather than on existing law
civil rights
Governmental actions that time to ensure that liberty is extended for everyone
civil liberties
Protect individual freedoms from government
presidents 18-44
- Rutherford B. Hayes
- James A Garfield
- chester a arthur
- Grover Cleveland
- Benjamin Harrison
- Grover Cleveland
- William McKinley
- theodore roosevelt
- William Taft
- Woodrow Wilson
- Warren Harding
- Calvin Coolidge
- Herbert Hoover
- Franklin Roosevelt
- Harry truman
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- John F. Kennedy
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Richard Nixon
- Gerald Ford
- Jimmy Carter
- Ronald Reagan
- George H.W. Bush
- BIll Clinton
- George Bush
- Barack Obama
describe how all the branches of government work in concert with one another to run our country
checks and balances…
pick 3 of the main roles of the president and discuss their importance for him as he leads the country
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