Chapters 5,7, and 8

Which of the following displays the steps in the correct order of a Supreme Court case?

Filling briefs, oral arguments, conference sining of opinions

Which of the following is not a force that has contributed to the wage losses?

Foreign competition, tech changes

What are the unwritten selection criteria for Supreme Court judges?

No requirements in the U.S

The Supreme Court is in session from ________

October to June

When the court hears the case for the first time it is called ______.

Original Jurisdiction

The president is limited to _______ terms or ______ years due to the 22nd Amendment

2,8

In order to remove the president from office the House must impeach and then _______

2/3 vote from the senate

The idea of the chief executive officer started with _________

Constitutional convention when the new Gov was adopted

Supreme Court justices serve 15 years terms. T/F

False

The first president of the U.S was John Adams. T/F

False

The fiscal year begins on September 1st. T/F

False

The presidents term is 5 years

False

Catholics are the most conservative religious groups. T/F

False.

The current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is Warren Burger. T/F

False. John Roberts

Among minority groups, _________ tend to be the most politically conservative

Higher in social class

The process of bringing charges against a public official is called ______

Impeachment

The most widely held political value is _______

Individual liberty

_____________ is when decisions of lower courts are allowed to stand because they are in line with the constitution.

Judicial Restraint

In order to prove the ________ of the supreme courts decision in Little Rock Arkansas, the national guard was called in to keep the peace.

Legitimacy

The case of Clinton vs. New York overturned the presidents _______ power

Line-item veto

The Europeans had a system based on the needs of ________

Natural rights

Congress can disagree with the opinion of the Supreme Court by ______

Passing another version of the same law that was rendered unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

The process through which an individual squires particular political orientations is called_______

Political Socialization

________ means the individual preferences on a given issue candidate or an institution.

Public opinion

Judicial Review is the power to ________

Review laws of the land and determine their constitutionality.

unscientific Surveys used to gage public opinion on a variety of issues are called ____

Straw poll

Chose the correct higharchy of the federal court system, beginning with the one with the most power

Supreme Court

The _______ determines the number of appellate courts needed in the nation.

Supreme Court

Essay Question: Name and explain the powers of the president.

The president check on bills passed by Congress and overseas the laws enacted by Congress. The president is the commander and chief of the Armed forces , chief diplomat, and head of state.

Why did the founding fathers not make a list of formal powers for the president?

They did not want to grant too much power to the office

America has a socialist and capitalist economic system. T/F

True

Political liberty was articulated by Thomas Jefferson. T/F

True

The less religious you are the more liberal you are. T/F

True

political culture is __________

Widely shared belief concerning the relationship of citizens to the Gov. and to another.

An example of a value in American Society is __________

individualism, equality, justice, and nationalism.