Unit 2 AP Gov vocab

advice and consent

bicameral

caucuses

coalition

enumerated powers

implied powers

house of representatives

necessary and proper (or elastic) clause

power of the purse

senate

Seventeenth amendment (1913)

war powers act (1973)

cloture rule

committee of the whole

conference committee

deficit

discharge petitions

discretionary

filibuster

germane

hold

joint committee

logrolling

mandatory spending

omnibus bill

pork-barrel spending

president of the senate

president pro tempore

rider

rules committee

select committee

senate majority leader

speaker of the house

sponser

unanimous consent

ways and means committee

whip

Baker v. Carr (1962)

delegate model

gerrymandering

gridlock

“lame duck“ president

“one person - one vote“

principle

politico model

racial gerrymandering

Shaw v. Reno (1993)

swing district

trustee model

bargaining and persuasion

commander in chief

formal powers

executive agreement

executive order

executive privilege

informal powers

line-item veto

pocket veto

policy agenda

signing statements

veto

ambassador

cabinet

chief of staff

inherent powers

joint chiefs of staff

Federalist No. 70

imperial presidency

stewardship theory

22 amendment (1951)

bully pulpit

state of the Union Address

appellate jurisdiction

attorney general

certiorari

federalist No. 78

judicial review

Marbury v. Madison (1803)

original jurisdiction

U.S. District Courts

U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

U.S. Supreme Courts (SCOTUS)

binding precedent

persuasive precedent

precedent

stare decisis

Chief Justice John Roberts

concurring opinion

dissenting opinion

liberal const

majority opinion

petition for certiorari

rule of four

strict constructionist