Unit 2 APGOPO

The use of judicial decisions to create change in society:

• judicial activism
• judicial restraint
• stare decisis
• cloture

The committee that takes different versions of a bill passed by the House and Senate to create a single bill:

• joint committee
• conference committee
• select committee
• standing committee

What is the first step after a census in creating the correct number of seats per state in the House of Representatives

• redistricting
• reapportionment
• gerrymandering
• constituents

The Supreme Court is an APPELLATE court except in cases involving:

• states vs. states
• us vs other nations
• president vs governors
• treason

Which of these is considered an advantage of incumbency?

• filibuster
• seniority
• earmarks
• franking

Which Latin term refers to an outside opinion turned in to support a court case?

• writ of certiorari
• amicus curiae brief
• stare decisis
• ceteris parubis

Which of these best describes the "rule of four" ?

• Four SCOTUS justices agree on a decision
• Four Congressmen put a bill onto the floor of the House
• Four SCOTUS clerk request to present a court case
• Four SCOTUS justices agree to hear a court case

One of the most powerful committees in the House because it determines the way a bill is able to be discussed on the floor.

• Judiciary committee
• Intelligence commitee
• Rules committee
• Appropriations committee

A case sent to the supreme court can end in three ways:  a denial of the writ of certiorari, a decision of stare decisis (leaving the prior decision standing) or creating a 

• precedent
• docket
• appellate
• veto

Which of these is the CORRECT checks & balances between the branches

• SCOTUS tells the president he can't nominate a justice
• Congress writes a law declaring a presidential action constitutional
• SCOTUS determines a Congressional act is unconstitutional
• The president overrules a SCOTUS decision