EMCC American government final Exam Questions and Answers

EMCC American government final Exam Questions and Answers executive power - ANSWER power to block an act of congress by refusing to sign it Brown v. Board of Education - ANSWER separate schools are inherently unequal congress - ANSWER makes the government run district court judges are appointed by - ANSWER president How many cabinet departments are there? - ANSWER 15 Gideon v. Wainwright case addressed what - ANSWER the right of defendants in criminal proceedings after the president is impeached, the trial is held where - ANSWER house of representatives the presidents office manager - ANSWER chief of staff the presidents official advisors - ANSWER the cabinet most state judges - ANSWER are selected by state legislatures vice presidents vote in the senate - ANSWER there is a tie the role of the circuit courts is to - ANSWER review the trial record of cases decided in district court the senate position with the longest experience is - ANSWER the president pro tempore congress went from most powerful to increasingly deferential to the white house in the - ANSWER early twentieth century a central function of the speaker of the house is to - ANSWER lead the majority party the early english legal system was known as - ANSWER common law bureaucracies touch - ANSWER every aspect of our lives a judge that makes a legal decision on a case today may look at past rulings and follow the concept of - ANSWER precedent Congress can override a presidential veto with a - ANSWER 2/3 vote in both houses in the electoral college each states votes is its congressional delegation - ANSWER equal to there are members in congress - ANSWER 535 a key principle in the dread scott case was that slaves could not sue because - ANSWER they lacked the standing to sue one of the principal arguments for contracting out government services to private companies is that - ANSWER private companies are more efficient than government agencies and may be concerned more about the public good the court ruled in 2010 that congress could not change the rules of and require states to expand programs - ANSWER medicare a statement on behalf of the justices voting in the minority is called the - ANSWER dissent the senate has sole power to review - ANSWER presidential nominations the principle that allows the courts to check the other two branches of the government is called - ANSWER judicial review