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Unit 4: Judaical and Legislative Flashcards

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1
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What are the differences between Great Britain’s parliamentary system and the United
State’s congressional system?

A

Congress: 2 branches, have to get elected through primaries

Parliament: have to convince party officer to let you on ballot,selects president

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How were senators originally selected?

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state legislatures

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Enumerated powers

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powers given by the constituion

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Implied Powers

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powers not expressly stated in the constitution but are reasonably suggested,

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Purpose of fillibuster

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stalling time to stop a piece of legislation from being passed

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How to stop a filibuster?

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Use cloture rule which means that 60 senators stop filibuster

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Typical Characteristics of people in House and Senete

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Male, white, middle aged, lawyer

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Safe district

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Canidates win by 55% or more

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Marginal Distirct

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canicates win by LESS THAN 55%

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Why have congressional seats become less marginal?

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Incumbents have more of a chance to get back into the seats with they’re advantages

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Representational representation

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members vote to please constitutionants

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12
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Organizational Vote

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Voted based on party

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Attitudinal vote

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Vote based on ideology

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Leadership positions and responsibility in House

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Speaker of house, Majority and Minority leaders and Committee Assignments

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Leadership positions and responsibilty in Senete

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President -protempore, Majority and minority leaders, party whips and policy committee

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16
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Where is most of the work done in Congress

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In committees

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17
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Different kinds of committees

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standing, select, joint, conference

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18
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Original Purpose of General Accounting Office?

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to investigate agencies

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Ways and Means Comittee

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Responsible for taxes

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What types of bills are likely to pass through congress quickly?

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Easy to understand and ones that people care about

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21
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Who can introduce bill into congress?

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members of congress

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22
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Revenue and Appropriations bill

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Revenue: taxes
Appropriations: sending

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23
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Where do Revenue and Appropriations bill come from?

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House

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Marking up a bill

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time to revise the bills and make and changes

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25
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Difference between sequential and multiple bills

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Multiple - more than one committee can see at a time

Seq: goes in order

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Rider

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something added to a important bill so it can “ride” through Congress and get passed

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Requirements for both houses to veto president veto

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BOTH houses have to vote 2/3 to reject it

28
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Outcome of most bills?

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Did in committee phase

29
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Judaical Reivew

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The power of courts to be able to declare laws unconstitutional.

30
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What court cases does Judaical Review relate to

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Mar bury v Madison

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Difference between strict Constitution and activist interpretation of constituion

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Strict is more likely to stick to the Constitutions, more conservative. Activist is going out of the lines, more liberal

32
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WHat was the court mainly interstead in during Civil war, Civil war-1930, New Deal era and post WW2

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…

33
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FDR Court Packing plan

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Wanted young judges, fresh ones

34
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What size does Supreme Court have to be

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Up to congress

35
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Legislative Courts

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Courts created by Congress for specialized purposes whose judges do not enjoy the protection of Article III of the Constitution

36
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Constitutional Courts

A

…

37
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Concurring

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Shared

38
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Orginal

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1st court

39
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Appelette

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Second level decides if case goes to Supreme Court

40
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Factors involved in getting nominated to bigger court

A

Ideology, race, gender,

41
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What senete comitee holds nomination hearings?

A

Senate judiciary committee

42
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senatorial courtesy

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Senetors ads asked of their opinion of nominee

43
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Blue slip

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paper where senator is asked to record his or her views about the judge nominee

44
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what president had largest number of minority appointments to court

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Obama

45
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Purpose of amicus curiae brief

A

legal briefs submitted by a “friend of the court” for the purpose of raising additional points of the view and presenting info that isn’t in the briefs or other files.

46
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Litmus Test

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examination of political ideology of nominated judge

47
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writ of certiorari

A

Paper that says that court will hear ur case

48
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What happens if someone can’t afford to get their case heard?

A

in forma parpus

49
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How can interest groups get involved w cases?

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they can pursuade senetors to vote a certain way

50
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rule of 4

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4 judges out of 9 must approve to see case

51
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class action law suits

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case brought by someone to help ll others who were affected b the same issue

52
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what role does US Solidator general play

A

they approve every case in supreme court

53
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what role does US Solidator general play

A

they approve every case in supreme court

54
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President pro temperate

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Mainly in charge

55
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Difference between strict and activist interpretation of consitution

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Strict: more conservative, thinks it should
Activist:

56
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Does a rider speed up or slow down the process?

A

speed up

57
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Standing Comitee

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permanit

58
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Select Committee

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for purpose

59
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Joint Comitee

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both parties have reps in it

60
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Conference Comitee

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to resolve

61
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is strict or activist courts more likely to change public policy

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activist

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Leglistative courts

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more chance of getting fired, for certain purposes

63
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Majority

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what most decide on

64
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concurring

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voted with majority but have different reasons to do so

65
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dissenting

A

don’t agree

66
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per curiam

A

unanious

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