Administrative law and process

Question 1

U.S. constitution

Answer 1

First it creates a national government consisting of a legislative, an executive, and a judicial branch, with a system of checks and balances among the three branches
Second, it divides power between the federal government and the states.
Third, it protects various individual liberties of American citizens

Question 2

Federal powers

Answer 2

To lay and collect taxes; pay debts and borrow money; regulate commerce; coin money; establish post offices; protect patents and copyrights; establish lower courts; declare war; and raise and support an Army and Navy

Question 3

Regulate commerce

Answer 3

Provides that the Congress shall have the power to regulate interstate and foreign commerce

Question 4

Levy taxes

Answer 4

Levy is a required or collected fee or tax. An example of levy is sales tax

Question 5

Bill of rights limitations

Answer 5

You cannot shout “fire” in a crowded theater, cannot use speech meant to “incite an immediate breach of the peace” or to incite an imminent lawless action, obscenity and child pornography are limited (although subject to subjective standards) and deliberately “false statements of fact”

Question 6

Equal protection limitations

Answer 6

It limits only the powers of government bodies, and not the private parties on whom it confers equal protection

Question 7

State rights limitations

Answer 7

No state can ally with another country; make war; make their own money; allow private boats and vessels to catch and arrest enemy ships; or issue their own bills for credit.

Question 8

Due process limitations

Answer 8

Limits the exercise of such authority. No state or federal court may exercise jurisdiction in a manner that would deny a defendant the fundamental rights of due process

Question 9

State powers

Answer 9

So long as their laws do not contradict national laws, state governments can prescribe policies on commerce, taxation, healthcare, education, and many other issues within their state

Question 10

Police power

Answer 10

The inherent power of a government to exercise reasonable control over persons and property within its jurisdiction in the interest of the general security, health, safety, morals, and welfare except where legally prohibited

Question 11

Taxation

Answer 11

To lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the U.S.

Question 12

State power limitations

Answer 12

States cannot form alliances with foreign governments, declare war, coin money, or impose duties on imports or exports

Question 13

U.S. constitution Supremacy clause

Answer 13

It establishes that the federal constitution, and federal law generally, take precedence over state laws, and even state constitutions

Question 14

State constitution

Answer 14

The statement of basic principles and highest laws of a state

Question 15

Local government authority

Answer 15

To determine and execute measures within a restricted area inside and smaller than a whole state

Question 16

Home rule power

Answer 16

Home rule refers to the authority of a constituent part of a U.S. state to exercise powers of governance delegated to it by its state government

Question 17

Express authority

Answer 17

The authority which the principal has expressly given to the agent whether orally or in writing

Question 18

Implied authority

Answer 18

An agent’s power to act on behalf of a principal, intentionally granted by the principal as a result of the principal’s conduct, but without an express agreement

Question 19

Consequences of exceeding authority

Answer 19

The principal is liable to indemnify the agent for payments made by agent under the agency during the course of the relationship

Question 20

Delegation process

Answer 20

Choose appropriate task, choose appropriate person, set clear objects and plan, implement, monitor, evaluate or review

Question 21

U.S. congress

Answer 21

Is the legislature of the federal government

Question 22

Committee and subcommittee

Answer 22

A subdivision of the U.S. congressional committee that considers specified matters and reports back to the full committee

Question 23

U.S. congress parts

Answer 23

House and senate, committees and subcommittees, commissions

Question 24

State legislature parts

Answer 24

Upper and lower house, unicameral, committees and subcommittees, commissions

Question 25

Legislative district

Answer 25

Are areas from which members are elected to state or equivalent entity legislatures

Question 26

Legislative process

Answer 26

First, a representative sponsors a bill. The bill is then assigned to a committee for study. If released by the committee, the bill is put on a calendar to be voted on, debated or amended. If the bill passes by simple majority, the bill moves to the Senate.

Question 27

Introduction of bills

Answer 27

Any member in the House of Representatives may introduce a bill at any time while the House is in session by simply placing it in the “hopper” at the side of the Clerk’s desk in the House Chamber

Question 28

Committee hearing

Answer 28

Hearings are a method by which committee members gather information

Question 29

Environmental protection agency

Answer 29

Protects people and the environment from significant health risks, sponsors and conducts research, and develops and enforces environmental regulations

Question 30

Department of health, education and welfare

Answer 30

Mandated that educational institutions provide equal opportunity to men and women in athletic programs

Question 31

Department of agriculture

Answer 31

Provide leadership on food, agriculture, natural resources, rural development, nutrition, and related issues based on public policy, the best available science, and effective management

Question 32

Department of housing and urban development

Answer 32

Administers programs that provide housing and community development assistance

Question 33

Department of labor

Answer 33

To foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners, job seekers, and retirees

Question 34

Occupational safety and health administration

Answer 34

Assures safe and healthful working conditions by setting and enforcing standards, and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance

Question 35

Department of interior

Answer 35

Manages public lands and minerals, national parks, and wildlife refuges and upholds Federal trust responsibilities to Indian tribes and Native Alaskans

Question 36

Department of public health

Answer 36

To educate individuals and communities to make informed healthy decisions

Question 37

Health systems agency

Answer 37

Carry out health planning activities for a specific health service area