unit 4 16-30

Question 1

executive order

Answer 1

presidential rule or regulation that has the force of law

Question 2

executive privilege

Answer 2

privilege of the president and his staff to withhold their “privileged” conversions from congress or the courts

Question 3

filibuster

Answer 3

nonstop Senate debate that prevents a bill from becoming a vote

Question 4

finance committee

Answer 4

senate committee that handles tax bills

Question 5

franking privilege

Answer 5

allows members of congress to send mail postage free

Question 6

gerrymandering

Answer 6

redrawing district lines to favor one party at the expense of the other

Question 7

hold

Answer 7

Senate maneuver that allows a Senator to stop or delay consideration of a bill or presidential appointment

Question 8

impeachment

Answer 8

House action that formally charges an official with wrongdoing. conviction requires 2/3 Senate vote

Question 9

impoundment

Answer 9

refusal of a president to spend money that has been appropriated by congress

Question 10

injunction

Answer 10

court order that forbids a party from performing a certain action

Question 11

judicial activism

Answer 11

philosophy that the courts should take an active role in solving problems

Question 12

judicial restraint

Answer 12

philosophy that the courts should defer to elected lawmakers in setting policy, and should instead focus on interpreting law rather than making law

Question 13

judicial review

Answer 13

power of the courts to review the constitutionality of laws or government actions

Question 14

legislative veto

Answer 14

process in which congress overturned rules and regulations proposed by executive branch agencies. struck down in 1983

Question 15

line item veto

Answer 15

power of most governors to delete or reduce funding in a bill on a line by line basis