Exam 2 Flashcards
(39 cards)
War powers resolution
limit president’s authority to wage war
Executive privilege
Right to maintain confidential communications.
Executive agreement
an agreement between the US and foreign government. It is less formal than a treaty.
Executive order
a directive from the president used to manage the operation of the federal government.
Signing statement
a statement from the president clarifying a bill signed into law.
Bureaucratic:
Selection is based on merit, you need some qualifications (police or firefighters), specialized training
2. Organization: hierarchical
Part of the government that implements policies and laws and provides services. Distinguished by organization. Specialized divisions to bureaucracies. We look at bureaucrats as professionals.
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Independent agency; Created merit system control board
Hired by the president, serves at pleasure of the president.
President can fire head of Office of personnel management
pendleton act 1883
established merit system for selecting people for bureaucracy
Civil service reform act (1978)
Gave presidents more power over bureaucracies.
Established senior executive staff
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Writes budget for president
Assists president in managing federal bureaucracy
New regulations need to be gone through OMB
Independent Commissions
End in commissions, Federal communications commission (FCC)
Federal trade commission (FTC)
Independent Boards
End in Boards, National labor relations board
State court amount
50
Supreme Court amount
1; 9 members
Federal appears courts
13
Federal district courts
94
Common Law
judge made law, made by judicial bodies.
Statutory Law
made by legislative body
Writ
court order
Writ of certiorari
court order that comes from supreme court; court order for a case to go to supreme court.
Rule of 4
four members of court to order a certiorari
Plea bargaining
instead of going to trial, they need to appear in front of a judge.
-charged with assault, plead guilty and then the judge tells you what to do.
Precedent
court references previous decisions that go before the court (from similar cases).
Textualism vs Originalism
Text: look at text of constitution, decisions based off actual wording of constitution
Original: look at text, actual statements, words, also goes back to see what they meant.
