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Maintain public order, resolve conflict, provide public service?
Government
Rules a nation-state?
Government
Government in which you have the most rights?
Democracy
Who said government provides for people and people follow the law?
John Locke
Government currently in the U.S?
representative government
“we the people…” refers to which principle?
Popular soverignty
Power is distributed between branches.?
Separation of powers
Government officials accountable to others?
Limited Government
Anti-federalists opposed this document because it failed to recognize individual rights?
Constitution
Freedom speech/religion, first 10 amendments, added by demands of many states.
Bill of rights
Conducting elections is an example of a
reserved power
Congress overrides a veto, court declares a law unconstitutional, and a presidential veto are all examples of
Checks & balances
Solved problem of representation
Great compromise/ Connecticut compromise
Limits the government, open to interpretation, highest law in U.S
Constitution
Family, education and gender influence your political
Attitude
They recruit candidates, facilitate electoral choice and influence national government
Political Party
Popular vote, primary debate, general election debate, electoral college decision…...which is last.
Electoral college decision
Greatest turnout in an election?
Presidential
Vote, join political party, volunteer are all ways you can
participate
Liberal=
Democrat
who officially elect the president
Electoral college
Number of votes needed to be elected president
270
Shared power between state/federal government
Federalism
Ability to collect taxes.
Concurrent powers
Ability to conduct elections.
Reserved powers
Laws necessary to carry out powers
Elastic Clause
Power to pardon or reprieve
presidential power
Presidential agenda
state of the union
presides over the senate and votes in a tie?
Vice-president
President limited to 2 terms?
8 years or two 4 year terms
Next in line after VP
Speaker of the house
Natural born citizen, resident 14 years, at least 35?
president
Ruling of the SC?
Majority opinion
Marbury v. madison
judicial review
appoints federal judges
president
approves federal judges.
senate
Judiciary decision used in later cases.
precedent
Lower courts follow supreme court decisions.
precedent
Congress makes up house of rep. and senate
Legislative branch
house with 100 members
senate
house based on population
representatives
representatives serve how many years?
2
senators serve how many years?
6
where a bill is first considered
committee
proposed law?
bill
removal from office?
impeachment
what are filibusters, clotures, and Christmas tree bill?
senate
presiding officer house of reps?
speaker of the house
How many members house of reps?
435
Congress overturns presidential veto
checks & balances
Who can pigeonhole a bill
Congress
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