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Unit 2: Interactions Among Branches of Government

Key Terms / Foundational Documents / Required Court Cases: Organized by Topic

(NOTE: ALL of the vocabulary should be studied for the test!)

Legislative Branch Executive Branch Judicial Branch

(Textbook - Chapter 10) (Textbook - Chapter 11 & 12) (Textbook - Chapter 13)

Structure & Powers: Article II / Formal Powers: Article III

Bicameral Federalist No. 70 Federalist No. 78
17th Amendment Chief executive (vesting clause) Supreme Court
Reapportionment - Census Commander in chief Original jurisdiction
Enumerated / Expressed powers in Pardon power Appellate jurisdiction
Article I, Section 8 (know all of Chief diplomat (treaties, Judiciary Act of 1789
these!) ambassadors) U.S. District Courts
Power of the Purse Appointment power U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Commerce Clause Recess appointment power Marbury v. Madison
War Powers Act Veto power (pocket veto; line item Judicial Review
Implied Powers (Art I, Sec 8, Clause veto) Criminal trial - prosecution &
18) Inform and Convene power (State of defendant
McCulloch v. Maryland the Union) Civil lawsuit - plaintiff & defendant
Powers unique to the House Take care clause Diversity citizenship
Powers unique to the Senate Impeachment Precedent / stare decisis
Franking Privilege Electoral College Warren Court
Quorum 12th Amendment Burger Court
Speaker of the House 20th Amendment Roberts Court
Majority / Minority Leaders 22nd Amendment Judicial activism
Whips 23rd Amendment Judicial restraint
President of the Senate 25th Amendment Rule of 4
President Pro Tempore Inherent powers Petition for certiorari / writ of
Committees: Informal Powers: certiorari
Standing Committees: examples in Executive orders Amicus curiae brief
both houses, including House Rules, Executive agreements Majority opinion
House Ways & Means Executive privilege Concurring opinion
Joint Committee Executive immunity Dissenting opinion
Select Committee Bully pulpit Litmus test
Conference Committee Signing statements Senatorial courtesy / Blue slips
Congressional Oversight The President’s Team: Nuclear option
Caucuses White House Staff Checks on Judicial Branch:
Rules & Procedures: Chief of Staff Confirmation process
Discharge petition Press Secretary Solicitor general
Filibuster Executive Office of the President - Amendment process
Unanimous consent OMB, Council of Econ Advisors, Nat Executive enforcement of rulings
Hold Sec Council
Cloture Cabinet secretaries
Committee of the Whole Vice President
Bill to Law Process: Expansion of Executive Power:
Committee Chairman Imperial president
Earmarks (pork barrel spending) Andrew Jackson
Riders Abraham Lincoln
Logrolling Teddy Roosevelt

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Delegate model Woodrow Wilson

Trustee model FDR
Pocket veto Structure of Bureaucracy:
Budget: Cabinet Departments
OMB Independent Agencies
CBO Independent Regulatory Commissions
Budget Resolution Government Corporations
Appropriations Bills Their Tasks:
Sources of revenue: Regulations
Individual income taxes Compliance monitoring
Corporate taxes Testifying before committee
Social insurance taxes (payroll taxes) Iron Triangle
Tariffs / Excise taxes Issue Network
Spending: Spoils to Merit:
Mandatory spending Patronage / Spoils System
Discretionary spending Pendleton Act
Influences on Congress: Merit system
Reapportionment Hatch Act
Redistricting OPM
Gerrymandering Rulemaking:
Discretionary authority
Rulemaking
Red tape
Accountability:
Congressional oversight
Freedom of Information Act
Whistleblower Protection Act

Unit 5 Foundational Documents: Unit 5 Required Supreme Court Cases:

Federalist No. 70 (executive branch) Baker v. Carr (legislative branch)
Federalist No. 78 (judicial branch) Shaw v. Reno (legislative branch)
Marbury v. Madison (judicial branch)

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