MGMT 200 UW BERGSTROM QUESTIONS
WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS
Judicial Review Ans: Supreme court majority can decide if a law is
constitutional or not, to prevent usurping of rights
Executive Branch Election Ans: US reps+2, USPOP/435 STATE
POP/electoral vote per group
Executive Powers Ans: 1. Veto legislation (can be overrided by 2/3 of
Congress)
2.Terms (Only 2, 10 whole years 22nd Amend)
3.Select Federal Judges (affirmed by majority of Senate)
4. Executive Orders
5. Appoints Administrative Agency directors (FDA, FTC) with senate
confirm
6. Comander in Chief of Military
7. Cabinet Selection
8. Presidential Pardons (Reprieve:loss of penalty, Pardon: erasing crime
IND or GROUP)
Selection Plan Ans: 1. Screening by diverse and impartial judicial
experts
2. Governor appointment
3.Evaluation of candidate & circulation of the eval
4. retention based on whether people want to keep or stop
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State Judiciary Branch Ans: 1. State Supreme Court (9 justices)
2. Court of Appeals (3 div)/at least 3
3. Superior Court (trial Court)
*If there is a state law at hand, final authority is State Supreme
Plessey v. Furguson Ans: Man on train, asked to sit in the back bc of
color, allowed segregation
Brown v. Board Ans: Students segregated in school system bc of color,
NOT ALLOWED
Justice Souter Judicial Philosophy Ans: politics plays huge part in judge,
they are reps of their time and influenced as such
Justice Breyer Judicial Philosophy Ans: Living Constitution, Judicial
Activist
Justice Scalia Judicial Philosophy Ans: Strict Constructionalist/ Originalist
Justice Roberts Jurisprudential Philopsohy Ans: "calling balls and
strikes", only determine if a mistake was made
Precedent Ans: A decision in a higher court that is binding to lower court
Stare Decisis Ans: Upholding the precedent unless there are
extraordinary circumstances
Judicial Branch Ans: Supreme Court (9), Federal Court of Appeals (13),
Federal District Courts
Commerce Clause Ans: congress has the right to regulate any activity
that impacts interstate commerce (V BROAD)
Power to Tax Ans: Congress is given power to tax, Federal gov currently
has Income tax but not sales tax
House of Reps Powers Ans: 1. Declare War