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| The constitution confers on the senate the exclusive right of ________ presidential nomination |
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| the farmers of the constitution intended the house of reps to reflect the ____ of the people |
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| in the house of reps. the decision to let a bill come up for floor action is made by the |
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| filibusters can be cut off by a vote called |
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| to be a senator a person must reach the age of |
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| Legislators who belive they should serve as a delegates for thier constituents are more likely to follow the |
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| legislaters who believe they should serve as trustees are more likely to run ____ for the people |
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| When comparing committees of the house with the senate, the senate expect their members to serve on |
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| according to the polls, what pwopel want most from their president is |
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| a president must be a certain age but there exist no constitutional ban on |
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| the gretest presidential tool is the power to |
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| the press confrence baceame a institutinal tool of the presidency during the administration |
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| the constituin made the president the ------ of all of the nations armed forces |
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| the oddice of secretary of state snf secretary of the tresuary were both added during the tenture of |
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| if a vice president dies in office inder the 35th amedmant thw presidents nomination is confirmed by |
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| the second unelected vice president was |
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| gerald r ford appointed vice president became vice president when nixon became the first to |
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| watergate taught that other bodies of goverment should be |
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| powers granted to congress by the constitution are more ----- than those granted to the president |
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| a two thirds magorty vote is required in the senate for treaty |
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| using executive agreement avoids the constitutional requirent of |
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| an unrealated measure appended to a bill is called a |
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| failure of the president to spend the funds appropriated by congress is called |
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| if a president does not want to sign a bill into a law he has the power to reject the bill called the |
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| the practice of requring the courts to abide by precedent is |
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| authorization of the constitutional courts is found in the article |
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| the first president to appoint a woman to the supreme court was president |
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| the total number of associate justices on the united states supreme court is |
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| bureaucratic orginaztion tend to resist |
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| the last phase in the development of policy is |
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| the korean war was a consequince of the us commitment to the policy of |
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| the nation that witdrew from nato or the north atlantic treaty orginazation in the 1960s was |
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| the last time the us issued a declaration of war was after the japanese attacked |
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| male citezens of the us upon their 18th bday must still register for the |
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| about 50 percent if the natations debt is owned by---- institutions coporations and govt's |
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| the--- veto can kill a bill when the president fails to sign a bill and congress adjourns within 10 weekdays |
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| the first SALT agreement was signed by |
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| the clinton administration worked to rid the nation of the |
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| the 1st phase of policy msking is |
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| since the president is in charge of foreighn poilicy he or she must also make a good |
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| the most important feature of the supreme court opininos is their---- of the courts reasoning |
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| the fisrt acting president of the united states was |
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| olover windell holmes first announced the celebrated clear and present danger doctrine in the case of |
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| the governor of any state is in control the states budget the militia the highway patrol but not the states |
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| the control of the state bureacasy is the responsibility of the states |
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| the major event that eroded public faith in the competence of the foreign policy establishment was the |
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| in all nations, foreign policy-making tends to be concentrated in the -----branch |
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| the international org that fixes world oil prices is |
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| The decision maker of last resort in our military system |
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| the economist who first urged that the govt should fill any gaps left by a defict of private spendind was |
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| presidential succesion was outlined in hierarchical fashion by the --- amendmaent |
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| upon the death or resignation of the state govenor thw vacancy is filled by the |
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| chief justice john marshall in 1803 established the power of |
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| judicial review is the power of a court to refuse to enforce a law or govermant regulation in conflict with the |
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| the adversary system is when the court of law is a==== arena where teo parties argue their diffrences |
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| when crisis comes, americans often rally around the |
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| professional officials orginized in a pyramidal hierarchy and functioning under impersonal, uniform rules is a |
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| the department of the Army, navy, and airforce are part of the us dept of |
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| 15 dept employ more than 70 percent of all federal civil servants and spend 93 percent of all federal |
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| the us postal service is an example of a govt |
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| programs such as unemployment insurance, disater relief or disability payments are |
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| ==== jurisdiction is the authority of a court to review desisions made by lower courts |
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| federal district courts are trial courts of --- jurisdiction |
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| judicial --- is the philosophy proposing that judges should intrepret the constitution to reflect current conditions |
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| the-- term runs from the first monday in oct through the end of jun |
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| === member of the supreme court must participate in each decision |
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| congress hall make no law" declares the 1st amendment " respecting an establishment of ----" |
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| --- laws are retroactive crimanal laws that works to the disadvantage of an individual; forbidden |
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| --- is a legal action conferring citenship on a alien |
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| the righ of -- is the right to renounce one's citenship |
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| -- are inherent powers of the state govt to pass laws to protect the public health, saftey, and welfare |
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| -- is the established rules and regulation that restrain people in govt who excersise power |
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| an-- is a formal written statement from a grand jury charging an individual with an offense |
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| -- is trail or punishment for the same crime by the same govt |
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| --is remedial action designed to overcome the effects of past discrimination |
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| womens suffrage is the right of woman to |
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| the-- product is the total output of all economic activity in the nation, including goods and services |
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| the-- system consist of 12 reginal banks and is the system created by congress in 1913 |
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| the agreement signed by the us, canada, and mexico in 1992 to form the largest free trade zone was ---- |
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| a--- is the domination of an industry by a single company |
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| ---is a combination of entitlement programs paid for by employers and employee taxes |
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| insurance for the elderly |
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| --- is the federal program that provides medical care for low income people |
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| the headquartes of the center for dieseas control and dprevention ( CDC ) is in --- |
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| the INS is the US goverments org that works to maintain the rules for --- |
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| -- was the nations first secretary of state |
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| according to schmidt, on page 662, --- influences the making of US foreign policy |
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| one component of the military industrial complex is the -- manufactures |
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| the leader of the soviet uninion during the cuban missle crisis was ---- |
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| the french word Detente means relaxation of |
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| the most important unit whitin the federeal reserves system is the -- committee |
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| estimates of the number of unemployed are prepared by the US dept of ----- |
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| ---is a program for low income workers whereby the govt returns a part of social security taxes |
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