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Week Schedule

Wednesday, finish chapter 16.
Thursday, Friday Review.
Monday, Unit test 12,13,14,15,16

Do the next six pages.... through question 40

33.How are judges selected?

34.How are Supreme court justices selected. p. 513

35.Background of justices?

36.Role of partisanship?

37.Are presidents happy with their appointments? Examples

38.. How many cases submitted to supreme court each year?

39.. Explain writ of certiorari?

40.. Explain what court cases are likely to be selected by the courts

41.. Define solicitor General?

42.. How many cases heard each year?

43.. Define Per curiam decision?

44.. Define amicus curiae briefs?

45.Define opinion?

46.Who writes the opinion?

47.Dissenting opinion?

48.Concurring opinion?

49.Stare decisis?

50.Precedents?

51.Can the court over rule it’s own decisions. Give example.

52.Define judicial implementation.

53.Define original intent

54.Define the 3 eras of Courts and policies (p. 526)

55.explain Marbury v. Madison.

56.Define judicial review?

57.Explain the ‘9 old men’

58.What was the role of the warren court?

59.Explain the character of the Burger Court

60.Explain US v. Nixon

61.How do the courts serve as a check on the tyranny of the majority?

62.Explain judicial restraint?

63.Explain judicial activism.

64.What is the doctrine of political questions?

65.What is statutory construction?

Chapter 16, continued... (about 6 pages)

15. What courts are in the Constitution?

16. Judiciary Act of 1789? And explain 16.1.

17. What are Legislative courts?

18. What is original Jurisdiction?

19. What is appellate jurisdiction?

20. What are district courts?

21. Where are most court cases heard?

22. Do most court cases go to trial?

23. What is diversity of Citizenship?

24. Courts of Appeal?

25. Where do they come from?

26. How many appeal courts?

27. What is the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit?

28. Focus of appeals courts?

29. Supreme Court?

30. SC and Mandatory sentencing?

31. Size of courts?

32. How are federal judges selected?

33. What is Senatorial Courtesy?

1.  The power of the federal government relative to the power of the states has increased since the ratification of the Constitution.

Describe two of the following provisions of the Constitution and explain how each has been used over time to expand federal power.

The power to tax and spend

The “necessary and proper” or “elastic” clause

The commerce clause

Explain how one of the following has increased the power of the federal government relative to the power of state governments

Americans with Disabilities Act

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Clean Air Act

AP Us Gov & Pol Practice FRQ #2 A significant feature of the Electoral College is that most states have a winner-take-all system. Answer a-d listed in text section (too much type to fit)

 (a) Describe the winner-take-all feature of the Electoral College.

(b) Explain one way in which the winner-take-all feature of the Electoral College affects how presidential candidates from the two major political parties run their campaigns.

(c) Explain one way in which the winner-take-all feature of the Electoral College hinders third party candidates.

(d) Explain two reasons the Electoral College has not been abolished.

Chapter 16

Chapter 16

This is about 5 pages.
Look here for A couple questions over the weekend.


1. How Long are oral arguments in Court?
2. What do justices do?
3. What is the nature of the federal judicial system?
4. What are the two types of court cases? And Explain them?
5. What are Litigants?
6. What is a plaintiff?
7. What is a defendant?
8. What is standing to sue? How has it changed?
9. What are class action suits?
10. What is a justiciable dispute?
11. How do groups involve themselves in the court progress?
12. What is an amicus curiae brief?
13. Growth of Law Profession?
14. Discuss equality of access?

3. Minor (Third) Parties have been a common feature of US politics. (see pic)
a) Describe the point of view expressed about minor parties in the political cartoon below
b) Identify and explain how two rules of the United States electoral college act as obstacles to minor party candidates winning elections.
c) Minor parties make important contributions to the United States political system in spite of the obstacles to their candidates' success. Describe two of these contributions.


4) Trust and confidence in government have declined in recent decades.
(a) Explain how divided government has contributed to the decline in trust and confidence in government. Be sure to include a definition of divided government in your response
(b) Explain how the increased cost of election campaigns has contributed to the decline in trust and confidence in government.
(c) Explain two specific consequences of the decline in trust and confidence in government for individual political behavior.

Chapter 15

Humphrey’s Exec. V. US (What is it).
Gov Corp. 2 Examples.
Independent executive agencies.
Policy implementation. 3 Elements.
List Why Implementation fails.
Explain: Bad program design
Lack of Clarity
Lack of Resources
Administrative Routine
Administrative Disposition
Define SOP

(---through here for Thursday)
Explain success of 1965 Voting Rights Act
Define Regulation
Give 3 examples of Significant Government Regulation.
Munn v. Illinois
Significance of Interstate Commerce Commission
Incentive System
Deregulation
3 arguments in favor of Dereg
3 arguments opposed to Deregulation
4 ways prez can pressure an agency

4 ways Congress tries to control the Bureaucracy
What are Iron triangles.
Ex. Of Iron Triangle.
Ex. Of Destruction of Iron Triangle
Describe Bureaucracy relative to size of US Pop.

Chapter 15 part 1.

Name 4 Bureaucratic Myths and Realities

Describe figure 15.1

Describe/summarize table 15.1

Name 3 things Bureaucracies Do.
What are the Demographics of federal civilian employees
Patronage, what is it, and what did Lincoln say about it.
Pendleton Civ Svc Act, Civil Service, Merit Principle, Hatch Act, OPM, GS Rating, Senior Executive Service

What is the Plum book. How many jobs?  How is it different from Civil Service jobs?
How many Cabinet Departments. Name 5.
Define Independent Regulatory Agency? Name and describe 5

2006-3 The United States congress and the president together have the power to enact federal law. Federal bureaucratic agencies have the responsibility to execute federal law. However, in the carrying out of these laws, federal agencies have policy making discretion.
 

a) Explain two reasons why Congress gives federal agencies policy making discretion in executing federal laws.
 

b)Choose one of the bureaucratic agencies listed below. Identify the policy area over which it exercises policy-making discretion and give one specific example of how it exercises that discretion.
- Environmental Protection Agency
-Federal Communications Commission
-Federal Reserve board
 

c) Describe two ways in which Congress ensures that federal agencies follow legislative intent.