POLITICAL SCIENCE 1113
American Federal Government
Study guide
for final exam:
The formal
institutions of American national government.
Congress
Size--nature--structure
Member qualifications,
characteristics, general
public
Election and reelection to
Congress----Who runs,
why, incumbency
The House and Senate
Organization, structure,
leadership, functions
The
legislative process
The Presidency
Too strong or not strong
enough
Public
expectations
Presidential roles
Crisis manager–morale
builder–party leader–chief recruiter–priority setter
coalition builder–administrator
Executive
office of the Presidency
Cabinet–staff–bureaucracy
Vice-Presidency
The Judiciary
Doctrine of judicial review
Judicial system
Federal/state
court system
The Judges
Appointment
politics
Judicial activism/restraint
The Supreme Court--structure and operation
Selection of cases–briefs and
oral arguments–conference–opinions–enforcement
Identification
terms for final exam:
CONGRESS
JUDICIAL SYSTEM
Speaker
stare decisis
Majority
Leader
precedent
standing
committee
majority opinion
subcommittee
concurring opinion
joint
committee
dissenting opinion
conference
committee
certiorari
select
committee
Supreme Court
hopper
courts of
appeal
discharge
petition
original jurisdiction
filibuster
appellate
jurisdiction
cloture
judicial review
Rule
22
judicial restraint
president pro
tempore
judicial activism
mark-up
amici curiae
caucus
senatorial courtesy
90/90 rule
rule of
four
standing
habeas
corpus
PRESIDENCY
lame duck (20th) amendment
term limits (22nd) amendment
presidential succession (25th) amendment
executive privilege
executive agreement
treaty
veto
pocket veto
line item veto
cabinet
independent agencies
impoundment