Test 3
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| What is the goal of Congress? | Get Re-elected & gain influences
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| How Congress builds support while in office | Mr. Moore says answer "all of the above"
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| Examples of problems Congressional committees try to prevent through audits | police patrols and fire alarms
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| Whistleblower | A type of protection provided for bureaucrats, they cannot be fired for telling the truth and exposing the government for waste or fraud.
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| How is the federal bureaucracy held accountable for its actions | 1. committees can hold hearings & investigations into agency actions 2. Congress can threaten to cut an agency's budget 3. Congress has the power to reverse an agency rule by majority vote.
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| Goldberg Case | Helped establish steps agencies need to go through to make laws
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| 3 kinds of law | 1. civil
2. criminal
3. administrative
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| civil law | tort claims- the person knew or should have known - sueing
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| criminal law | person(s) has done crime against society - there is always a penalty
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| administrative law | courts reviewing agency actions
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| what does stare decisis mean? | law is based on....The legal principle of determining points in litigation according to precedent
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| original jurisdiction | the authority of a court to hear a case for the first time. most state and local courts as well as federal district courts have this.
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| appellate jurisdiction | the authority of a court to hear appeals made after a case has been tried in a lower court. state appeals courts, state supreme courts, federal appellate courts, and the U.S. supreme court has this authority
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| True or False. Supreme Court has both original and appellate jurisdiction | True
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| Writ of Certioriari | Rule of Four...how the Supreme court decides whether to hear a case
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| Brief | supreme court receives briefs from each side
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| concurring opinion | written opinion by one or more judges of a court which agrees with the decision made by the majority of the court, but states different reasons as the basis for his or her decision
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| dissenting opinion | explains and records the thinking of those justices who did not agree with the majority
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| majority opinion | judicial opinion agreed to by more than half of the members of a court
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| habeas corpus | fundamental safeguard of human rights, right to a speedy trial
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| levels of judicial | state & local courts, state supreme courts, federal courts, us supreme courts
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| aspirationalism | need to let constitution to fill societies evolution
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| attitudinists | voet on totality of their life experiences; ideology
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| mechanical | legal process, due process, static and does not change
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| factors that influence President's decision to appoint Supreme Court | senatorial courtesy, litmus tests, ideology, partisanship, judicial experience, aba ratings, interest group lobbying efforts, diversity
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| rule of 60 | invokes culture and and stop filibuster
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| judicial restraint |
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