Function of a standing committee Provide expertise/advice in a specific policy area to a congress
Congress legislative branch that represents the american people and makes the nations laws
An open Primary election an election where voters are not required to be members of a party to vote
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Government Praxis Review Questions and Answe rs Function of a standing committee ✅Provide expertise/advice in a specific policy area to a congress Congress ✅legislative branch that represents the american people and makes the nations laws An open Primary election ✅an election where voters are not required to be members of a party to vote Anti federalists ✅opposers of a strong central government around 1787 Federalists ✅a person advocating for everyone to be under one central government, all the states Ratification ✅The action off signing or consenting to a treaty, contract or agreement (making it valid) What is one example of an argument anti -federalists made against ratifying the constitution? ✅The constitution failed to protect individual rights What powers does the contitution grant the President? ✅making appointments/appointming people to positions, grant clemency John Locke ✅Philosopher who argued that protection of private property is a central function of governments Bureaucrat ✅someone who is a part of a government department who is concerned with proceedual correctness at the expense of peoples needs (gov official, civil/public servants, police officer, tax collectors, milirary people) Rulemaking ✅Federal agencies make new regulations Burecrats have the authority to do what? ✅Rule making and Discretionary authroty when it comes to laws being IMPLEMENTED What is an example of an application of the Full faith and credit clause ✅The state of conneticut recognizes marriage licenses from all other states What is the Full faith and credit clause? ✅one state recognizing and enforcing the public acts, records, and judical proceedings of another state. what is a widely shared belief in political culture in the USA? ✅Participating in elections is an important civiv duty The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty focusing on the issue of... ✅Sets environmental standards for 37 industrialized countries + europe for reducing greenhouse gas emissions what are binding targets? ✅An agreed or mandatory environmental standard that a country must meet in the future (usualllly withing a defined time period.) What is proportional represenation? ✅a system used to elect a country's government where the results decide directly how many seats each party gets Coalitions governments ✅A government formed jointly by more then one political party for one reason or another (usually to cooperate to achieve a common outcome) What is the most common in the US that use proportional represenation electoral systems? ✅Coalition governments If a states population increases, its represenation in congress is going to change in which way? ✅The state will gain representation in the house What are the 3 branches of government in the USA? ✅Legislative, Executive, Judicial What is another name for the legislative branch? ✅Congress What are the two champers within congress? ✅The house of representatives and the senate What does the senate do? ✅The senate confirms the people that the president appoints to positions and they advise for/against treaties with the president. What does the house of represenatives do? ✅they make and pass deferal laws Who elects Congress? ✅Citizens of the USA elect congress every two years What is judical independence? ✅an federal judge The framers of the constitution argued that judicial independence would be best protected by... ✅Life tenure with good behavior What is life tenure and good behavior? ✅Basically that federal judges can only be removed from their positions if they are impeached and convited for a high crime or misdemeanor What is horse race journalism? ✅election media coverage focusing on which canadates are ahead or behind in the polls Anarchy can only be avoiced by entering into a social contact enfforced by a sovereign is a belief held by who? ✅Thomas Hobbes and his argument in favor of a strong central gov what is the difference between the senate and the house of representatives? ✅The senate has fewer formal rules then the house does what is the house of representatives formal requirements for electing people to the house ✅25 years old, citizens of the US for atleast 7 years, and live in the state that they represent What is the senates requirements to be a part of it? ✅atleast 30 years of age, 9 years of citizenship in america, must have residency in the state electing them Which type of election gets the highest voter turn out? ✅Presidential voting w/ 60% of the population voting Which type of election gets the lowest voter turn out? ✅Midterm w/ 40% of the eligable population voting What is federalism? ✅A system in which powers are distributed between the national and subnational governments What is selective incorporation? ✅The process by which certain bill of rights protections have been applied at the state level What is the bill of rights? ✅protects citizens rights and liberties against infringements by the federal gov What does the bill of rights fail to mention? ✅infringement and regulation of peoples rights by state governments What was created to protect people from the state governments which the bill of rights fails to do? ✅the doctorine of selective incorpotation (makes the protections of the Bill of Rights apply to every level of gov, not just state)
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