Friday, March 9, 2007

Study Guide - Institutions of Government

The Institutions of Government - Study Guide
Chapters 11, 12, 13, & 14

Reapportionment

17th amendment

Redistricting

Shaw v Reno

Miller v Lopez

Line item veto

Congressional Committee system

Floor debate

Ranking minority member

Articles of the Constitution

Inherent power

War Powers Resolution

Presidential popularity over time

George H.W. Bush – vision

America bureaucracy & pluralism

Presidential frustration with the bureaucracy

Administrative discretion

Bureaucratic regulation making

Marbury v. Madison

Clarence Thomas v Anita Hill

Hamilton & Federalist #78

Most criminal offenses are tried at the state level

Statutory construction

Stare decisis

Role of chief justice

Solicitor general

Judicial activism

Judicial restraint

Concurring opinion

Popular election of judges

Senatorial courtesy

Clinton appointed moderates

Rejection of supreme court nominees

Plea bargaining

Class action suits

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