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US GOV
PRESIDENCY & FED COURTS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the 12th amendment? | separated ballots for president & vice president |
| What is the winner take all system? | candidate who wins popular in a state gets all of the electoral votes for that state |
| How many states have decided to use the winner take all system? | 48 |
| What two states do not have the winner take all system? | Nebraska & Maine |
| What are the defects of the electoral college? | Popular vote winner may lose election, method by which the house chooses the president if necessary (every state gets 1 vote & if the state cannot decide they lose their vote) |
| The electoral vote is a distortion of ______ ______. | Popular vote |
| How many votes are needed to become president? | 270 electoral votes |
| What are the suggested reforms? | district plan; proportional plan; direct popular election |
| What is the district plan? | every district votes for their elector. senate votes go to popular vote of state |
| What is the proportional plan? | amount of electors for each party depends on the percentage that they get on the popular vote |
| Who do parties prefer as president? | the incumbent; the most available candidate that is most electable to win |
| What are some other considerations for a presidential candidate? | male, white, protestant (but not catholic or jewish), elected office holder, healthy, happily married, & from a large swing or battle ground state. |
| What are qualifications for a US president? | Natural born US citizen; at least 35 years old; resident of the US for at least 14 years |
| What does it mean to be a natural born US citizen? | Citizen at birth or citizen of US at adoption of constitution |
| What is "jus soli"? | Right of the soil |
| What is "jus sanguinus"? | Right of the blood |
| What are the terms of the president? | 4 years; 2 term limit --> 10 years total |
| What is the 22nd amendment? | 2 term limit with a limit of 10 years total |
| What is the salary of the president? | 400,000 |
| What is the expense account for the president? | covers balls & dinners at the white house |
| What is the travel allowance for the president? | fleet of limos; helicopters & the air force one |
| What is the recreational things that the president has? | yacht; camp david; 4 doomsday panes |
| What is the pension for the president? | 205,000 which is the salary of the head executive departments |
| What does the president get after his presidency? | office/staff; postage; transition money; secret service |
| What is the 25th amendment? | vice president becomes president if something happens to the president |
| What is the presidential succession order? | vice president --> speaker of the house --> president pro tem of senate --> cabinet officers in order office was first created |
| What is presidential disability? | When the president cannot do his duties |
| Who determines presidential disability? | The president; the vice president & cabinet |
| How does the president resume power after presidential disability? | He writes that he is able to resume power |
| How does congress dispute the president's return to power? | congress decides with a 2/3 vote against the president |
| What duties does the vice president have? | preside over the senate (break tie in the senate); help decide presidential disability |
| What does the vice president actually do? | tasks assigned by president; represtens president in schedule conflict |
| How is the vice president picked? | "balance the ticket" - ideology, religion & swing state -- chosen for political reasons |
| What are the powers of the president? | executive powers, legislative powers, judicial powers, diplomatic powers, military powers |
| What is included in the president's executive powers? | all powers that are by their nature executive |
| Why does the president seem like he has more power? | because the areas that have more power are more important in todays age than in the past |
| What is ordinance power? | power to issue executive orders - - act like a law but we aren't sure what is an executive order or not |
| What is appointment power? | power to appoint whoever he wants in his household |
| What is removal power? | power to remove whomever he wants from the household |
| What are the president's legislative powers? | he can recommend legislation, veto legislation, call special sessions of congress nd can adjourn congress when the two houses cannot decide when to adjourn. |
| What are the president's judicial powers? | reprieve - postpone punishment commutation - reduce sentence pardon - legal forgiveness at any stage of process amnesty - general pardon for people in a group (has a condition) |
| What are the president's diplomatic powers? | treaty - formal agreements between leaders executive agreements - agreements between leaders of nations recognition - accepts a gov as a legal equal |
| What are the president's military powers? | commander in chief of armed forces - use armed forces in conflict without needing to declare war; use armed forces to enforce law; use armed forces in a show of force6 |
| Judiciary act of 1789 | created the federal court system |
| Who has original jurisdiction? | district courts |
| What is original jusidiction? | authority to hear a case first |
| What are the courts of appeal? | courts that hear the cases that people appeal |
| How many courts of appeal are there? | 12 for 11 circuits/regions |
| What is appellate jurisdiction? | the authority to hear a case second |
| Who has appellate jusidiction? | the courts of appeal |
| What is the only case for appeal? | denial of due process of law |
| How many supreme courts are there? | 1 |
| How many justices are there? | 9 |
| What jurisdiction do supreme courts have? | original & appellate - - original for states v states & ambassadors & consuls |
| What authority do supreme courts have? | final authority in all matters of federal law -- becomes a precedent |
| What is judicial review? | ability to determine constitutionality |
| What is original intent? | what the words meant at the time the constitution was written |
| What is living constitution? | what the words mean now, as america has changes |
| What is the court schedule? | session is oct through june |
| How many justices need to hear the case? What is this called? | 6 quorum |
| What opinion NEEDS to be written? | majority opinion |
| What is the majority opinion? | explains why the majority decided as they did; gives constitutional implications & interpretations & gives decision national significance |
| What is the dissenting opinion? | explains why the majority opinion is wrong |
| What is the concurring opinion? | gives different reasons for the majority opinion |
| What are the special courts? | Special courts; courts of claims; courts of international trade; territorial courts & courts of military justice. |
| What are the courts of claims? | lawsuits against the US - - but the US decides which courts they hear so they cannot be sued without consent |
| What are the courts of international trade? | customs officers decisions & tariffs laws |
| What are the territorial courts? | courts in each US territory -- guam, puerto rico, US Virgin Islands, samoa, marianas |
| What are the courts of military justice? | court martial appeals which are civilian courts |
| How are federal judges appointed? | by pres but confirmed by senate |
| What is the term of a federal judge? | life on good behaviour |
| What is the chief justice's salary? | 277,700 |
| When can they retire? | for full benefits at 65 after 15 years; of at 70 after 10 years |
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