Home > Flashcards > Political Studies > Government Final

Details Title: Government Final Description: Jenswold POLS 1113 Total Flash Cards: 55 Created: 12/12/2005 14:56:13	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Media's Functions Definition entertainment, reporting the news, identifying public problems, socializing new generations, providing a political forum, and making profits Term The rise of the political press Definition described by managed news and politically sponsered newspapers Term Mass Readership Newspaper Definition development of telegraph and increased urbanization Term Beginning of the Electronic Media Definition Scopes v. Monkey Trial over the radio and rise of large media empires Term Narrowcasting Definition broadcasting toward a specific demographic Term yellow journalism Definition sensationalizing news and manipulating the public's views Term conglomerate of media Definition concentration of media owning Term management of news coverage (spin) Definition ongoing efforts to try and get the media to play a story a certain way Term what the media does with political campaigns Definition advertising, management of news coverage, presidential debates, voter impact Term white house press corps Definition lazy, only rewrites of old press releases, not much hard news generated Term media's outcome on the government Definition media and the presidency, setting the public agenda, incumbents have a better advantage Term controlling ownership Definition most publishers and owners are conservative Term why congress was created Definition founders feard tyrannical rulers, founders experienced the weakness of the congress under the articles of confederation, bicameralism attempts to balance the power among large and small states Term enumerated powers Definition as stated in Article 1 Section 8 in constitution, control of money, regulation of trade and military, defining court structure Term implied powers of congress Definition from neccessary and proper and McCulloch v. Maryland ruling, allows congress to enact laws that may assist the Congress in accomplishing goals directly related to the enumerated power Term functions of congress Definition lawmaking and representation Term representation of congress Definition as a trustee, instructed delegate, or a combination of both Term trustee rep Definition Burkean approach, represent using your own knowledge base and judgement Term instructed delegate rep Definition you must represent the voters opinions no matter what! Term oversight Definition a significant part of congress oversee Supreme court and executive branch Term diffrences in senate and house representation Definition the senate can do the trustee rep b/c they can, however congressmen must represent their voters (instructed delegate) Term bills Definition proposed legislation Term congressmen want goodies for their district Definition Example NASA in Houston b/c Lyndon Johnson was in control of Texas Term congress reapportionment Definition the allocations of seats in the House to each state is decided by census which is due to voting patterns and support Term redistricting Definition redrawing the boundaries of districts within each state Term standing committee Definition main type dealing with legislative process, in both the house and senate, deals with legislative measures Term select committee Definition ad hoc committees, a.k.a. investigative committees, mainly used for the investigation of some specific issue Term joint committee Definition subcategory of select committee or conference committee or Congress-wide committee Term Remember to... Definition look at the leadership in Congress Term democratic caucus Definition meeting instead of a primary election, republicans call it conference Term Remember to look at... Definition how a bill is passed!! Term pork barrel Definition the process of delivering benefits or goods or resources to your particular district (Lyndon Johnson again) Term and the Definition budget process Term statutory law Definition related to positivist approach to law, the only real law or socially binding significance are law that pare produced by a body of people vs. natural law Term common law Definition judge made law that originated in England and was derived from prevailing customs. Writing laws which are based on common practice already (customary law). Example: Old England Term precedent Definition a court ruling bearing on subsequent legal decisions in similar cases Emanating from stare decisis (Latin, let the decision stand), or standing on decided cases. Term civil law Definition state acts as a member of the community and can participate in the process of suing Term criminal law Definition offenses against the community Term sources of American law Definition US Constitution, state constitutions, statutes and administrative regulations, case law Term basic judicial requirements Definition jurisdiction and standing to sue Term United States District courts (low) Definition 94 courts Term United States Court of Appeals (medium) Definition 13 courts (13th is called the Federal Circuit) judges appointed by the president Term Supreme Court (high) Definition justices appointed by the president Term State trial courts Definition superior, probate, county, municipal, domestic relations, justice of the peace and police magistrate Term original jurisdiction courts Definition court that hears the case first Term appellate courts Definition appeal courts Term Supreme Court Definition 2nd stage appeals court, can be a court of original jurisdiction, settles constitutional matter through judical review, the justices are very involved in the process Term Look up Definition the supreme court process Term how cases reach the supreme court Definition two lower court disagreements, remand (SC returns to lower to try again), lower court ruling conflicts with SC, case with broad significance, when a state courts has decided a substancial federal question, when the highest state court hold a federal law invalid, when the soliciter is pressuring the court to hear a case Term types of court decision Definition opinion, affirm, reverse, remand Term judicial review Definition the power of the courts to declare the acts of governmental officials unconstitutional, Marbury v. Madison (SC took this power on by itself) Term judicial activism Definition taking a broad view of the constitution and using power to direct policy towards a desired goal Term judicial restraint Definition rarely using judicial review and limiting judicial action in the policy process Term habeus corpus Definition "deliver the body" charge someone with a crime and formally identify the crime or drop the charges Term supreme court justices Definition can be impeached!!