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kuhnerts exam!
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Process in which a comittee rejects a bill by ignoring it and simply letting it die through inaction | pigeonholing |
| Occurs when president takes no action on a bill submitted for signature within 10 days of the end of annual congressional session? | pocket veto |
| A method of defeating a bill in the senate by stalling the legislative process and preventing a vote | Filibuster |
| Limits debate in the senate to one hour per senator | Cloture |
| What would the lower court recieve if the US supreme court agreed to hear a case and placed it on the docket | writ of certiorari |
| how long can you serve as a supreme court justice? | LIFE |
| Judicial branch's power to review the decisions of the other branches | Judicial review |
| 2 of the main jobs of the supreme court.. | decide what cases to hearhear oral argumentsissue opinions |
| current chief justice of the supreme court: | John G. Roberts JR |
| power of judicial review is based on which landmark US supreme court case? | Marbury .V. Madison |
| committee that only exists ont he US house of representatives | rules committee |
| What does a committee use to make their recommendations on a bill to their entire committee? | a committee report |
| Who chooses the chairperson of each congressional committee? | the majority committee |
| permanent committee that oversees bills on issues within their jurisdiction | standing committees |
| T/F: A senority is a consideration in assigning members to committees and determining the leaderships in those committees | TRUE |
| Waht power does the president have to check or balance the power of the legislative branch in the lawmaking process? | veto power |
| T/F: The president has line-item authority | FALSE |
| the president has nominating authorities of federal judges, but who must confirm these nominations? | The senate by a majority vote |
| three qualification for president | must be at least 35natural born US citizenlived in the US for at least 14 years |
| what type of political beliefs do the individuas elected to the presidency have?? | Moderate |
| what amendment established the presidential line of succesion?? | 25th |
| in which chamber can a bill beintroduced by ropping it in the "hopper"? | house of representatives |
| during which part of the lawmaking process can any member propose and amendment to the bill under consideration? | open floor debate |
| why are courts with original jurisdiction also callled trial courts? | you are entitled to a trial by jury of your peers |
| Whats the rule of 4? | if at least 4 justices vote to hear the casee then it will be heard |
| T/F: does a president have to pay taxes off of his income like everyone else? | TRUE |
| If the chief asks you to write the winning teams opinion what type of opinion would you be writing?? | The majority opinion |
| if i were to agree with the majority decision of my fellow justices, but for a different reason, what type of opinion could i write?? | concurring opinion |
| What does the president have when he has a strong popular support from the people on an issue?? | mandate |
| 2 informal qualifications for the president!! | previous government experienceability to raise large sums of money |
| If the president makes a treaty with another country who has to approve the treaty?? | the senate |
| What organization goes through a bill section-by-section, making any changes that they think are necessary.. and waht is this process called?? | The committee or sub-committee dring a mark-up session |
| what must happen for congress to over-ride a presidential vote? | 2/3 vote in both houses |
| Whats the major difference between trial courts and appeal courts?? | trial courts decided by a juryappeal courts decided by a anel of three judges |
| there are 13 of these in teh federal court system | circuit courts of appeal |
| select committees | temporarystudies one specific issueusually last only 1 session of congress |
| congressional committees | selectjointconferencestanding |
| joint committees | can be temporary or permanentincludes members of both housesis basically a study group handling routine matters |
| conference committees | temporaryincludes members of both housesset up when bills pass in both houses but not in identical form |
| standing committees | permanentoveversees bills dealing with issues within their jurisdiction |
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