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What is the general tendency of a president's popularity?
a. Presidents usually start out popular and decline over the next four years.
The phrase stare decisis means
e. "let the decision stand."
Which of the following groups have had the highest levels ofpolitical participation?
a. senior citizens
Conference committees are
e. temporary, involve members from both houses of Congress, and are charged withreaching a compromise on legislation once it has been passed by both the House and theSenate
5. Andrew Jackson reputedly said, "John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it." What did hemean by this statement?
b. shared by both state and federal authorities.
Activist judges believe that the courts should
e. go beyond the words of a constitution or statute to consider the broader societal implications of its decisions.
8. How can a president's veto be overridden by Congress?
e. by a two-thirds vote in both houses
hroughout its history, American politics has been dominated by
a. two major political parties.
10. Members of Congress can represent the people in two ways: as a , a member ofCongress acts on theexpress preferences of his or her constituency; as a , a member is more loosely tied to constituents andmakes the decisions he or she thinks are best.
d. delegate; trustee
11. The complex set of beliefs and values that, as a whole, form a general philosophy about the government iscalled
b. political ideology.
2. The Bill ofRights
b. is the ftrst ten amendments to the Constitution.
The determination ofthe time and structure of floor debate on a bill, in the House of Representatives, is up tothe
c. Rules Committee.
Approximately what percentage ofproposed bills die in committee?
c. 95 percent
The turning point in American politics toward a president-centered government came about during theadministration of
e. Franklin Roosevelt.
Through the act ofdelegating powers, the national structure of government in the 1930s went from ___ to
d. legislatively centered; president centered
Who has the most real power in the Senate?
d. the majority and minority leaders
During the late nineteenth century, the equal protection clause was
c. severely limited in scope by the Supreme Court.
Aside from the justices themselves, who or what has the greatest power in shaping the flow of cases to theSupreme Court?
e. the solicitor general
Why is the Supreme Court case of Marbury v. Madison important?
d. In this case, the Court authorized itselfto exercise judicial review over laws passed byCongress.
The asserted that the president could send American troops into action abroad only in the event ofadeclaration ofwar or other statutory authorization by Congress, or ifAmerican troops were attacked ordirectly endangered.
e. War Powers Resolution of 1973
The rule forbids the introduction in trial ofany piece ofevidence obtained illegally.
a. exclusionary
The substantive constraints found in the Bill ofRights
e. put limits on what government shall and shall not have the power to do.
A senator or representative running for re-election is calIed the
c. incumbent.
The rights to assembly and petition are guaranteed by the same amendment guaranteeing
a. free speech.
Original jurisdiction refers to
a. the court with the authority to hear a case first
Congress is a legislature with ___ members.
c. bicameral; 535
Which ofthe following is the best definition of a constituent?
a. It is a person who lives in the district represented by a member ofthe legislature.
An executive order is
b. a rule or regUlation issued unilaterally by the president, with the status of a law.
The procedural restraints found in the Bin ofRights
d. define how the government is supposed to act.


The power to declare war is given to whom under the Constitution?
c. both houses ofCongress
The jurisdiction of standing committees
b. is defmed by the subject matter of legislation, which often paraHels the major cabinetdepartments or agencies.
In their response to Brown v. Board ofEducation, southern states did all ofthe following except
c. quickly desegregate their schools.
Which ofthe following best describes a way in which the House differs from the Senate?
e. The House is more centralized and organized than the Senate.
Lemon v. Kurtzman, the Supreme Court ruled that government action toward religion is
d. pennissible only if it is secular in purpose, neither promotes nor inhibits religion, anddoes not lead to excessive entanglement with religion.
Oversight can best be described as
b. the efforts ofCongress to supervise the manner in which its laws are implemented by theexecutive branch.
The president has the power to appoint which ofthe following positions?
d. cabinet secretaries
The constitutional basis for the nationalization ofthe Bill ofRights is
d. the Fourteenth Amendment.
filibuster
an action such as a prolonged speech that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly while not technically contravening the required procedures:
Pork-barrel legislation
b. deals with specific projects and their location within a particular congressional district.


Cloture is
e. the process by which three-fifths ofthe Senate can end a filibuster.
A significant initiative set forth by Lyndon Johnson was
c. the Great Society
Precedents:
prior cases whose principles are used by judges as the bases for their decisions in present cases
Trial courts
are generally the first courts to hear criminal and civil cases.
Appellate courts
hear the appeals of trial court decisions.




prop 14
("Two Primaries Act") in June 2010
prop 25
On time budget act Nov. 2010
Prop 140
term limits for state lawmakers of nov. 1990
prop 28
revised prop 140 maximized the of years served to be 12, all could be served in one chamber) in June 2012