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Key Terms Institutio
Key Terms: Institutions
Question | Answer |
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Cloture | Senate motions to end a filibuster that requires a 3/5 vote. |
Constituents | the people who are represented by elected officials. |
Executive Order | presidential rule or regulation that has the force of law. |
Filibuster | nonstop Senate debate that prevents a bill from coming to a vote. |
Hold | Senate maneuver that allows a Senator to stop or delay consideration of a bill or presidential appointment. |
Impoundment | refusal of a President to spend money that has been appropriated by Congress. |
Injunction | court order that forbids a party from performing a certain actions. |
Judicial activism | philosophy that the courts should take an active role in solving problems. |
Judicial restraint | philosophy that the courts should defer to elected lawmakers in setting policy, and should instead focus on interpreting law rather than making law. |
Line item veto | power of most governors to delete or reduce funding in a bill on a line by line basis. |
Mark up | committee action to amend a proposed bill. |
Pocket veto | presidential killing of a bill by inaction after Congress adjourns. |
Quorum | minimum number of members needed for the House or Senate to meet. |
Remand | the Supreme Court's sending of a case back to the original court in which it was heard. |
Stare decisis | Latin for "let the decision stand." Supreme Court policy of following precedent in deciding cases. |