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What are the demographics of congress?
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tend to be older, better educated, whiter, and wealthier
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Name the types of representational roles
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trustee, delegate, politico
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trustee
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representitive that uses their own best judgement
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delegate
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representitive that votes with constituents
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politico
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acts as either a delegate or trustee
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Name the titles of the senate
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President of the Senate, President Pro Tempore, Majority Leader, Minority Leader, Majority Whip, Minority Whip
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President of the Senate
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VP of the US (only votes in a tie)
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Name the titles of the house of representitives
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Speaker of the House, Majority Leader, Minority Leader, Majority Whip, Minority Whip
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Standing Committee
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permenat
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Joint Committee
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contains members from both the house and senate
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Name the qualifications of the president
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age 35, natural born US citizen, 14 years in the US
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Name the president's terms in office
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4 years
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22nd Amendment
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limits the president to 2 terms or 10 years
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Name the qualifications for an impeachment
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treason, bribery, and other high crimes and misdemeanors
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Name the only presidents who were impeached
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Clinton and Andrew Johnson
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presidential succession act of 1947
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Speaker of the House, President Pro Tempore, Secretary of State, Secretary of Treasury, Secretary of Defence
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25 Amendment
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allows the new president to elect a new VP
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Name the powers of the president
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appointment power, conviene congress, make treaties, veto powers, commander and chief of armed forces, presidential pardon
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Roughly how many people does the president appoint
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300,000
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General Veto
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sends it back to congress
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Pocket Veto
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president doesn't do anything with the bill and congress isn't in session for 10 days
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war powers act
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limits the deployment of troops for a period of 60 days and an extention of 30
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What are the roles of the vice president?
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assume the role of the president and president of the US senate
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How are VP choosen?
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geographical balance, political balance, social and cultural balance
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cabinent
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not in constitiution
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How many people are on the white house staff?
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400
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What president was the first to propose legislature?
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FDR
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Bureaucracy
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a set of complex heirarchical dept, agencies, commissions and their staffs that exsist to help carry out the president's consititutionally mandated charge to enforce the laws of the nation
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Name the characteristics of a Bureaucracy
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hierarchial chain, division of labor, clear lines of authorities, goals, impersonal rules, evaluation of productivity
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In early bureaucracy, how many departments were there?
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3 state war treasury
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How did the civil war change Bureaucracy?>
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because the war created new agencies
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What was the first bureacracy committiee?
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Intterstate commerce Commission
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16th amendment
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IRS collects taxes returns ect
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New Deal
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increased agencies
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Spoils System
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the president giving jobs to his friends
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Civil Service Reforms Act
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reduced patronism, and created merit based system
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Civil Service System
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kept jobs open and competitive
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Whats another name for the civil service reforms act
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pendleton act
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How many people are in the Cabinet
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15
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What is the purpose of the cabinet
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to over see a broad area of policy
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How much of the work force does the cabinet accout for?
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60%
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What are the differences in the divisions of cabinet?
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the access to the president
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What do all the cabinets have in common?
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they are all headed by a secretaty except the defence, and all have sub units
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What is the purpose of the Independent Regulatory Commissions
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to regulate a specific aspect of the econ
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What are the terms of the members of the IRC
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they are staggard so the president doesn't appoint them all
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Independent Evecutive Agencies
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to help the people and inventions
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Government Coporations
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a business est by the government that preforms functions that can be provided by a private business
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How many bureaucrats are there?
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2.5 million
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General Schedule in the Bureaucrats
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this gives grades to the jobs
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The hatch act
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passed to keep the bureacrats out of running for office
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Federal Employee Political Activity Act of 1993
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allows bureaucrats to run for office
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Where are bureaucrats' power from?
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Expertise, friends, and clientele groups
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What are the president's jobs to keep the bureaucrats jobs accoutable?
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appoint/remove agency head, re-organize it, change budget, ignore incentives
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What are the congress' jobs to keep the bureaucrat's jobs accountable?
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alter an agency with legislative, abolish programs, fund, investigate it, confirm/deny presidential appointments
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Article 3
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est. judicial branch
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Federal Judges Compensation
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FDR
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Judiciary Act of 1789
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creates inferior federal courts
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Name the courts
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Destrict Courts, Courts of Appeal, Supream Court
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Judiciary Act of 1869
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est 9 judiciaries
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Why is the marshall court important?
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because it made judges' jobs prestigious
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Name the Marshall court's reforms
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single opinion, selective about cases, broad interp., created power of judicial review
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What case brought of judicial review?
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Marbury v Maddison
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Name the state courts tiers
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Trial Courts, Intermediate Courts, State Supream Courts
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Original Jurisdiction
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courts authority to hear disputes and determine the facts of a case
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When is Original Jurisdiction used?
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2+ States, National Govt is involved, Foreign Ambassitors are Involved, state and citizen of another state
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What courts use jurisdiction?
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District Courts, Supream Courts, Trial Courts
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Appellate
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court that has the power to review or revise a lower court decision
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What courts use appellate?
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Court of Appeal, Supream Court, Intermediate appellate courts, State Supream Court
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Criminal Law
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the body of law the regulates individual conduct
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Civil Law
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that body of law that regulates relationships with private individuals and Co's
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Tort Reform
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cap on frivilous law suits
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What are the nomination criteria for the US Supream Court?
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competence, ideology, rewards, political support, religion, race and gender
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What is the process of confirming a judge?
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investigation, lobbing by interest group, Senate Judiciary Meetings
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Writ of Cert
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asking the lower court to bring up the facts
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Forma's Proper
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petition filed by poor prison inmates
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