Unit 2 AP Gov Test Flashcards
Constituencies
Senate looks over the whole state while the house is split into multiple districts with representatives for each
Strict Interpretation of the Constitution
If it’s not in Article 1 section 8 it cannot happen
Entitlement Spending
Tax breaks, Welfare programs
Tax Revenues
Congress is in charge of setting the tax rate, how much money comes to the government, where the money comes from, how that money is collected
Treaty ratification (senate)
official way to confirm something
Executive Appointment Confirmation (Senate)
when the president provides a written nomination to the Senate, where it is read on the floor and assigned a number.
Appropriations (starts in the house)
A law of Congress that provides an agency with budget authority.
Party polarization
a fourth role for the legislature as the partisan (divided voting)
Treaties (Subject to ratification in the senate)
The president negotiates treaties with foreign nations
Chief Executive
the role of the president as head of the executive branch of the government
Executive Order
Is a command to a particular agency, about how the law will be enforced under the president
Executive privilege
what privacy does the president have in determining what he owes?
22 Amendment
limits the president to 2 terms
Whig Theory
these are the only formal power that the president has. Congress is the, leading branch. the president does what congress authorizes them to do.
Stewardship Theory
the president is the only person that is singularly elected by the people. they are representatives of the speaker of the nation.
War Time Power
The president’s great power can be found here
Congressional power
if congress wants more/less courts, congress creates more/less courts
Judicial Act of 1789
gave structure to the supreme court, the circuit court gave the court the power to date decisions.
Hamilton federalist number 78
gave the courts an important mechanism to enforce their decision
Justifiability
the court will only get involved in what is collected a justiciability cases
Judiciary Act of 1801
they expanded the size of the federal judiciary
