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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Legislative vs. Executive | veto override, impeachment of civil officers, Senate approval of appointment & treaties, raise and govern military forces |
| Legislative vs. Judicial | Creation of lower courts, determination of appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, impeachment of Judges. |
| Federal Executive | The department of state, which advises the president on foreign policy and directs activities of embassies in foreign countries |
| Federal Legislative | The congressional Budget Office, which provides analyses of economic and budgetary data. |
| State Legislative | The Ohio Legislative Service Commission, which assist in drafting legislation |
| State Judicial | The Ohio courts of common Pleas, which apply sentencing guidelines for convicted felons |
| Local Legislative/Executive | county commissions , which determine and grant tax abatement's |
| Fiscal policies - Expansionary | involving increase gov. spending and reduced taxes to increase the level demand |
| Fiscal policies - contractionary | involving decreased gov. spending and increased taxes to decrease level of demand |
| Executive vs. Legislative | call either or both houses of Congress, veto legislation |
| Executive vs. Judicial | appoint judges, issue pardons , and reprieves |
| 24th Amendment | eliminated failure to pay taxes as a reason to deny participation in voting |
| Judicial vs. Legislative | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court presides over Impeachment trials for the pres., interpret and apply laws |
| Judicial vs. Executive | judges not subject to removal by pres., interpret and apply laws |
| local gov. | Ohioans can assist gov in addressing problems affecting the state and local communities |
| Monetary tools | employed by the Federal Reserve System to regulate the nations money supply include, Open Market Operations |
| Open Market Operations | selling Gov. securities, increasing the discount rate, and increasing the reserve requirement all serve to reduce the money supply |
| discount rate | interest rate on loans the FED makes to financial institutions |
| Constitution of 1851 | provided that major executive officials and all judges were to be elected by popular vote |
| District Courts | reduce the burdens upon the Supreme Court |
| Articles of confederation | weak central gov could not address problems of the new nation |
| federalist | favored ratification of the US constitution with a strong central gov. with specific enumerated implied, reserved & concurrent powers of gov. |
| Anti- Federalist | did not favor a strong central gov. but achieved the Bill of Rights |
| Article V | formally changing the U.S constitution with amendments that have added to modified, replaced and or/ made inoperable previous amendments |
| Informal Practices | changes how constitutional gov has been implemented in the U.S as gov. ventures into agrees not specifically addressed in the constitution (Exp; Leg. oversight over Exec. branch) |
| Bill of Right | Protection for individual rights (Amend 1-9) reflect principle of limited Gov. |
| Amendment 12 | altered the procedure soft the Electoral college. the change allowed separate balloting for pres. and vice. to avoid a tie in electoral votes |
| amendment 20 | lame duck shortened transition of the Presidents. |
| Amendment 22 | two term limit for pres. |
| Amendment 23 | provided electors for the DC the Electoral college |
| Amendment 25 | clarified that a successor to the pres. is vice pres. |