unit 3

Question 1

bicameral

Answer 1

senate and house of representatives

Question 2

delegate

Answer 2

one whole acts on behalf of another

Question 3

trustee

Answer 3

we elect the individual so we trust them to make decisions without our say

Question 4

politico

Answer 4

does a little bit of both (delegate & trustee)

Question 5

speaker of the house

Answer 5

chooses what laws go into the committee
chooses who does what work in the hosue

Question 6

majority leader

Answer 6

helps speaker do their job

Question 7

minority leader

Answer 7

the leader of a political party that has fewer members than the leading party in the U.S. senate or house of representatives

Question 8

whips

Answer 8

trying to persuade the other members how to vote

Question 9

parliamentary system

Answer 9

very fast
legislative and executive functions are fused

Question 10

presidential system

Answer 10

very slow
legislative and executive functions are separated

Question 11

legislative function

Answer 11

law making

Question 12

signing statement

Answer 12

a public statement written by the president and attached to a particular bill to outline the president’s interpretation of the legislation

Question 13

cabinet

Answer 13

not explicitly mentioned in the constitution

Question 14

presidential roles and powers

Answer 14

executive power, legislative role, commander in chiefs, chief of state

Question 15

Executive power

Answer 15

carry out the law

Question 16

executive: legislative role

Answer 16

recommend to congress future laws
state of union address
veto

Question 17

commander in chiefs

Answer 17

head of army

Question 18

chief of state

Answer 18

treaties

Question 19

power to persuade

Answer 19

legislative role

Question 20

executive order

Answer 20

directives to public employees that carry the weight of law unless they contradict acts passed by congress

Question 21

executive agreement

Answer 21

legal contracts with foreign countries that requires only presidential signature

Question 22

literalist theory

Answer 22

limited to what is written in the document

Question 23

bureaucracy

Answer 23

all processes, organizations, and individuals associated with carrying out laws and other rules adopted or issued by legislatures, the executive, and the court

Question 24

independent regulatory commission

Answer 24

regulation of bid areas of economic activity

Question 25

decisis stare

Answer 25

to stand by things decided

Question 26

standing

Answer 26

having skin in the game (the one who was affected)

Question 27

amicus curiae briefs

Answer 27

a friend of the court

Question 28

original jurisdiction

Answer 28

hear arguments and evidence, collect factual evidence

Question 29

rule of four

Answer 29

4 of the 9 supreme courts justices say yes to a case

Question 30

writ of certiorari

Answer 30

a request that the supreme court order a lower court to send up the record of the cases for review

Question 31

judicial review

Answer 31

the application of constitutional principles to statutory and administrative actions

Question 32

majority opinion

Answer 32

the decision of the court, including its reasoning

Question 33

concurring opinion

Answer 33

an essay/written explanation agreeing with the majority opinion on the outcome but not with the reasoning or language of the opinion

Question 34

oral arguments

Answer 34

gives the parties an opportunity to appear in person before the three judges form the court of appeals to will divide the case

Question 35

judicial restraint

Answer 35

a procedural or substantive approach to the exercise of judicial review

Question 36

judicial activism

Answer 36

an approach to the exercise of judicial review, or a description of particular judicial decision