PSC 201 Review #3      

 

·       Incumbents election

·       Safe seat

·       The authority to draw the lines

·       “gerrymandering”

·       Redistricting of congressional constituencies

·       Power to confirm

·       The Speaker of the House

·       House Rules Committee

·       Majority Leader-Senate

·       The “whip”

·       More prestigious

·       President of the Senate

·       Unlimited debate

·       Standing Committees

·       Conference committee

·       Evaluate Congress

·       Article II

·       Evolution of Presidential influence

·       Three qualifications for office of the President

·       United States v. Curtiss-Wright(1936)

·       Skills do Americans wish their president to have

·       The popularity of Presidents

·       Twenty-second Amendment (1951)

·       Twenty-fifth Amendment (1967)

·       Role of the Supreme Court via presidential power

·       Contributed to the growth of presidential power

·       The State of the Union address

·       Chief of Staff

·       National Security Council

·       OMB

·       “Senatorial courtesy”

·       Political orientation

·       District Courts, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

·       First woman on the Supreme Court

·       Appointed a majority of the federal bench during their tenure

·       Judicial philosophy

·       Government authority versus individual rights

·       President Reagan appointment’s

·       How the Supreme Court Operates

·       Oral arguments

·       Six justices must

·       October to June

·       The individual presiding over the Supreme Court

·       Concurring opinions

·       Dissenting opinions

·       The Bill of Rights

·       Gitlow v. New York

·       The “establishment clause”

·       The ‘ free exercise clause”

·       The Sedition Act of 1798

·       Prayer in public schools

·       The principle behind provisions of federal aid to some parochial school activities

·       Freedom of speech

·       “clear and present danger” doctrine