AP Government Unit Two

U.S. v. Nixon

• Essay in which Alexander Hamilton argues in favor of a single strong executive

• Resolution designed to limit the U.S. president's ability to initiate or escalate military actions abroad

• Case in which the Supreme Court limited the president's claims of executive privilege

• Annual message delivered by the president to Congress in which he sets forth his legislative agenda

Federalist 70

• Essay in which Alexander Hamilton argues in favor of a single strong executive

• Resolution designed to limit the U.S. president's ability to initiate or escalate military actions abroad

• Case in which the Supreme Court limited the president's claims of executive privilege

• Annual message delivered by the president to Congress in which he sets forth his legislative agenda

Apportionment

• The process of of distributing the 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives among the 50 states

• The process of drawing electoral district boundaries for states and local communities

• The practice of drawing district boundaries in a way that gives one group or political party an unfair advantage

• Diluting the voting power of the opposing party's supporters across many districts

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Baker v. Carr

• Held that legislative districts drawn exclusively to divide voters based on their race are unconstitutional

• Established to principle of judicial review, giving the Supreme Court the power to interpret the U.S. Constitution

• Established the federal courts' power to review legislative districts, laying the groundwork for the "one man, one vote" principle

• Held that when state and national laws come into conflict, the national law is supreme

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Shaw v. Reno

• Held that legislative districts drawn exclusively to divide voters based on their race are unconstitutional

• Established to principle of judicial review, giving the Supreme Court the power to interpret the U.S. Constitution

• Established the federal courts' power to review legislative districts, laying the groundwork for the "one man, one vote" principle

• Held that when state and national laws come into conflict, the national law is supreme

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In the House of Representatives, the ​​ (a)   controls committee assignments, sets the calendar,  & determines who is allowed to speak during debates on the House floor.

• Speaker of the House

• Majority Leader

• Minority Leader

• Whip

Standing Committee

• Committees appointed to perform a special function that is beyond the authority or capacity of standing committee

• Committees created to resolve disagreements on a particular bill

• Committees that are made up of members from both the House of Representatives & the Senate

• Committees that consider & refines legislative bills that fall under the committee's subject matter

Conference Committee

• Committees appointed to perform a special function that is beyond the authority or capacity of standing committee

• Committees created to resolve disagreements on a particular bill

• Committees that are made up of members from both the House of Representatives & the Senate

• Committees that consider & refines legislative bills that fall under the committee's subject matter

Put the following steps in How a Bill Becomes a Law in order:

• The bill is introduced by a sponsor

• The bill is debated on the House or Senate floor

• The bill is sent to the president

• The bill is referred to a committee

• The bill is sent to a Conference Committee

Match the following spending types to their definitions:

• Spending that exceeds revenues

• Mandatory Spending

• Optional spending that is set each year

• Deficit Spending

• Spending that is required by law

• Discretionary Spending