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Am gov unit 6
Constitutional details based on online american government
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What happens to a pocket veto if Congress is IN session? | After 10 days (excluding Sundays), the bill becomes law |
| What happens to a pocket veto if Congress is NOT in session? | After 10 days (excluding Sundays), the bill becomes law |
| How many electoral votes does Missouri currently have? | Ten |
| What determines how many electoral votes a state receives? | Number or representatives in the House PLUS the number of Senators. |
| How many electoral votes are required to become President? | Majority, or 270 |
| What non-state has electoral votes and how many? | The District of Columbia, which has three electoral votes |
| What is gerrymandering? | The intentional drawing of electoral boundaries for the benefit of a group |
| Who is FIRST in line to be President of the United States? | Vice President |
| Who is SECOND in line to be President of the United States? | Speaker of the House |
| Who is THIRD in line to be President of the United States? | President Pro Tempore |
| Who are FOURTH in line to be President of the United States? | Members of the Cabinet. The order is determined by law. |
| What are Enumerated Powers of Federalism? It can also be called expressed or delegated powers. | Powers of the Federal Government directly written in the Constitution. They are found in Article One, Section Eight. |
| What are Implied Powers of Federalism? | Powers of the Federal Government not directly written in the Constitution |
| What are Reserved Powers of Federalism? | Powers that are reserved to the States |
| What are Concurrent Powers of Federalism? | Powers shared by both the federal and state governments. |
| What part of the Constitution gives the national government implied powers? | The Necessary and Proper Clause. It is also called the Elastic Clause. It is located in Article One, Section Eight, Clause 18. |
| What US Supreme Court cases established that Implied Powers exist? | McCulloch v Maryland |
| What part of the US Constitution established Reserved Powers? | 10th Amendment |
| Where does impeachment begin? | House of Representatives |
| Who is the judge of the trials of impeachment? | US Senate |
| Who is the judge of the trials of impeachment? | The Vice President, unless the President or Vice President are impeached. Then it is the Chief Justice |
| What are the punishments of the impeachment process? | Removed from office and barred from holding public office again |
| Who can be impeached in the national government? | All public officials. For example, the President, Vice President, Federal Judges, Congressmen, and political appointees. |
| What was the result of Miranda v Arizona? | Ruled that citizens should be informed of their constitutional rights upon arrest |
| What is a landmark Supreme Court case? | It is a case that significantly changes the country |
| Once a bill is introduced in a house, what group reviews the bill first? | Congressional Committee |
| What is normally the required vote for a bill to pass? | Majority |
| What are the three options that the President has when a bill reaches him? | He can sign it, veto it, or pocket veto |
| What is the purpose of a joint or conference committee? | It allows the two houses of Congress to work out differences in a bill |
| What is a pocket veto? | When the President does nothing to a bill after 10 days, excluding Sundays |
| How many votes are necessary in Congress to override a veto? | Two Thirds of both houses of Congress |
| Where does a vetoed bill go? | Back to the house that it originated |
| What is the purpose of the federal bureaucracy? | Implements public policy and administers the law |
| Who makes up the federal bureaucracy? | Non-elected officials selected on the basis of experience and expertise |
| What branch of government is the bureaucracy found? | Executive Branch. |
| What are some checks of the legislative branch ON the executive branch? | Impeachment, Budget Control from the House, Ratifying treaties from the Senate, Confirming appointments from the Senate, Overriding Vetoes, and oversight. |
| What are some checks of the executive branch ON the legislative branch? | Vetos and calling special sessions of Congress. |
| What are some checks of the legislative branch ON the judicial branch? | Confirming appointments of judges by the Senate, Creating lower courts, and impeachment |
| What are some checks of the executive branch ON the judicial branch? | Appointing Federal Judges and granting pardons and reprieves. |
| What are some checks of the judicial branch ON the legislative branch? | Judges are appointed for life and Judicial Review |
| What are some checks of the judicial branch ON the executive branch? | Judges are appointed for life and Judicial Review |
| What is Popular Sovereignty | The people have supreme power |
| What is Federalism? | It is the principle that the is there is a sharing of power between a strong national and individual state governments. |
| What is meant by Separation of Powers? | The belief that the legislative, executive and judicial functions of governance should be separated within a Federal Republic. |
| What are Checks and Balances? | The Constitution grants each branch certain powers that enable them to check the other branches and balance the separated powers |
| What is the Rule of Law? | People are governed by a set of laws, created by the people, that apply to everyone equally |
| What is meant by "majority rules and minority rights?" | Within a democracy, the majority rules, but rights are established for all so the minority will be protected |
| What is Separation of Powers? | The dividing of government functions into separate legislative, executive and judicial branches |
| What is the legal principle of stare decisis? | This principle legally obliges the courts to respect prior court decisions |
| What is the legal principle of the Presumption of Innocence? | Principle of "innocent until proven guilty" |
| What is Judicial Review? | The courts can determine if a law or act is unconstitutional |
| What Supreme Court case established the principle of Judicial Review? | Marbury v Madison |
| Where in the Constitution are most Implied Powers found? | The Necessary and Proper Clause, or Elastic Clause |
| What was the result of Plessy v Ferguson? | Ruled that separate and equal is constitutional |
| What was the result of Brown v Board of Education? | Ruled that separate and equal is unconstitutional |
| What is a filibuster? | Attempt to block or delay Senate action on a bill or other matter by debating it at length |
| What did McCulloch v Maryland establish? | Implied Powers of the national government |
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