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AG Exam 2

ALL VOCAB

TermDefinition
Congress Makes Laws
Apportionment/Redistricting Dividing seats and redrawing districts
Speaker of the house Leader of the house
Incumbency Already in office
Constituency Service Helping voters
Pork Barrel Spending for local projects
Filibuster Talking to block a vote
Cloture Ends a filibuster
Veto President rejects a bill
War powers act Limits presidents war actions
Head of state/government Symbol V.S. Leader
Impeachment Removing an official
Presidential succession act who takes over next
Executive Privilege Keep info secret
Executive office of the president presidents helpers
Executive order presidents rule
Judiciary Act of 1789 created courts
John Marshal powerful chief justice
Murbury V Madison Made judicial review
Judicial review courts check laws
jurisdiction courts power area
precedent / share decisis follow past rulings
writ of certiorari supreme court review
judicial restraint / activism Restraint: don't change policy. activism: change policy
Bureaucracy agencies that run laws
patronage jobs for supporters
Pendleton act / civil service commission Merit based jobs
policy implementation carry out laws
regulation government rules
Created by: Ashlynn111125
 

 



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