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| Qualifications of The Presidency |
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Age of 35
National Born Citizen
Resident in the United States for 14 Years |
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| What did the articles of confederation say about the presidency? |
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| There was no executive branch of government. The person with the title of president had no power. They were just a figure head. |
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| What did the framers agree on? |
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| the executive authority should be vested in one person |
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| Who was the first president |
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| What was the 22nd amendmentabout? |
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| limits the President only to two 4 year terms |
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| If the president is to die, how many years can the Vice President Serve? |
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| Two years of the previous presidents term, and two full terms. A total of 10 years. |
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| The power delegated to the House of Representatives in the Constitution to charge the president, vice president, or other "civil officers" including federal judges, with "Treason, Bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors." This is the first step in the constitutional process of removing government officials from office. |
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| What is the House's role in the impeachment process? |
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| empowered to vote to impeach the president by a simple majority vote. |
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| What is the Senate's role in the impeachment process? |
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| acts as a court of law and tries the president for the charged offenses with the cheif justice of the supreme court presideing. |
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| What is the vote needed to remove the president from office by the senate? |
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| Who resigned from office in 1974 due to Watergate |
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| the supreme court ruled unanimously that there was no overriding executive privilege that sanctioned the president's refusal to produce information for use in the Watergate trial. |
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| Who was the first president to die in office |
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| William Harrison was the first president to die in office. He caught a cold, then died one month later. |
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| who was William h. Harrison succeeded by? |
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| Who was the first person to be assassinated? |
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| What is the presidential succession act |
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| The presidential succession act is an act which lists those who attain power after the president. |
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| Name the first 5 in the presidental line of succession |
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1. Vice President
2. Speaker of the house
3. President Pro Tempore of the Senate
4. Secretary of state
5. Secretary of the Treasury |
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| What was the 25th Amendment |
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| Adopted in 1967 to establish procedures for filling vacancies in the office of president and vice president as well as providing for procedures to deal with the disablity of the president |
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| According to the 25th amendment, what should happen if a vacancy occurs in the office of the vice president? |
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| the president shall appoint someone to the office of the vice president, upon approval of House |
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| What is the prsidential cabinet? |
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| The formal body of presidential advisers who head the fifteen executive departments. Presidents often add others to this body of formal advisers. |
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| What are the roles of the president |
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Chief Law Enforcer
Leader of the Party
Shaper of public policy
Key player in legislative processes
Chief of State |
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| What are the powers given to the president in the constitution? |
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The power of Appointment
The Power to Convene Congress
The Power to Make Treaties
Veto Power
Power to preside over the military as commander in Chief.
The pardoning power |
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| What does the power of appointment entail? |
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| The appointment power allows the president to appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers, and consuls, jusdges of he supreme court, and all other officers of the united states, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for. This is done with the consent of the senate. |
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| What does the power to convene congress entail? |
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| The constitution requires the president to inform the congress periodically of "The State of the Union" and authorizes the president to convene either one or both houses of Congress on "extraordinary Occasions." |
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| What does the power to make treaties entail? |
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| The presidents power to make treaties with foreign nations is checked by the constitutions stipulation that all treaties must be approved by at least two thirds of the members of the senate. |
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| What does the veto power entail |
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| The power to veto bills, but congress can override it with a two-thirds vote from each house. |
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| What does the power of Commander in Chief entail |
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| The president will be commander in Chief of the Armed forces. |
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| What does the pardoning power entail? |
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| Presidents can exercise a check on judicial power through their constitutional authority to grant reprieves or pardons |
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| What were the four legally questionable acts of Lincoln? |
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1. He suspended habeas corpus, which allows those in prison to petition to be released, citing the need to jail persons suspected of disloyal practices.
2.He expanded the size of the U.S, Army above congressionally mandated ceilings.
3. He ordered a blockade of southern ports without approval of congress.
4. He closed the U.S. mail to treasonable correspondence. |
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| What are inherent powers? |
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| Powers that belong to the president because they can be inferred from the constitution? |
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| Who were the 5 best and worst presidents? |
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1.Lincoln
2.Washington
3.F. Roosevelt
4.T. Roosevelt
5.Truman
1.Buchanan
2.A. Johnson
3.Pierce
4.W. H. Harrison
5.Harding |
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| the name given to the program of "Relief, Recovery, Reform" begun by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933 to bring the United States out of the Great Depression |
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| How much power does the Vice President have? |
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| It depends on how much the President is willing to give them. |
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| What is the Executive Office of the President? |
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| A mini-bureaucracy created in 1939 to help the president oversee the executive branch bureaucracy. |
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| Which presidents have Positive Active Personalities? |
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F. Roosevelt
Truman
Kennedy
Ford
Carter
Bush |
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| Which presidents have a Negative Active personality? |
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Wilson
Hoover
L. Johnson
Nixon |
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| Which presidents have a Positive-Passive personality? |
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| Which presidents have a Negative Passive personality? |
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| What is the office of Management and Budget? |
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| The office that prepares the presidents annual budget proposals, reviews the budget and programs of the executive departments, supplies economic forecasts, and conducts detailed analyses of proposed bills and agency rules. |
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| Rule or regulation issued by the president that has the effect of law. All executive orders must be published in the Federal Register. |
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| When are general elections? |
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| First Monday after the fist tuesday |
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| Who does the electoral college consist of? |
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| 538 members. from both houses and dc |
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| What is a Winner-take-all primary? |
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| when the candidate who wins the most votes in a state secures all of that state's delegates. |
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| What is a Proportional representation primary? |
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| when candidates who secure a threshold percentage of votes are awarded delegates in proportion to the number of popular votes won. |
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| the oldest, most party oriented method of choosing delegates to teh national conventions. |
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| The tendency of states to choose an early date on the nomination calendar. |
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| What is the Electoral College? |
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| A body that consists of representatives of each state who cast the final ballots that actually elect a president. |
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| a Member of the Electoral college |
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| the reallocation of the number of seats in the house of representatives after each decennial census. |
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| What are the three essentials to understanding the framers design of the electoral college? |
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1.Work without political parties
2. cover both the nominating and electing phases of presidential selection,
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3. produce a nonpartisan president |
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| What was the first presidential election that was put in front of the house, and list the outcome. |
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1800 election
Thomas Jefferson, and Aaron Burr
Resulted in a Tie
36 ballots cast in the house of representatives
Jefferson won |
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| What was the second election put in front of congress and list the outcome. |
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1824, John Quincy Adams, and Andrew Jackson
Neither one secured a majority of the Electoral College
Election went into the house
Adams won |
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| How many votes are needed to win the presidency |
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| What is the purpose for electors? |
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| To act like a buffer between the people, and the canidates |
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| How many votes does missouri have in teh electoral college |
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| What are the Pros of the Electoral College? |
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1. Preserves Federalism
2.Maintains two party system
3. presidential mandates |
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| What are the cons of the Electoral College |
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1. Non Popular candidate might win
2. Hurts third parties
3. Decreases voter turnout |
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| In what instances did the non popular candidate win the presidency? |
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1. 1876 Tiden v. Hayes
Tiden had the popular vote, yet hayes won the electoral college vote
2.1888, Clevland v. Harrison
Clevland had the popular vote, yet Harrison got the electoral votes |
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| What was the outcome of the 2000 Election. |
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| Al Gore won the popular vote, but bush won the Electoral college. |
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| What are the reform proposals? |
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1. Automatic Plan
2.Proportional Plan
3. District Plan
4. Direct Plan |
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| What is the Automatic Plan? |
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| Requires electors to vote how they are to vote. |
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| What is the proportional plan? |
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| when the states have the electors vote by percentage of popular vote. |
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| What is the District plan |
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used in 2 states, Nebraska, and Maine.
Electoral votes are divided between congressional districts. |
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| the candidate has to get popular vote to win the election. Completely gets rid of the electoral college |
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| How many presidents have died in office, list them. |
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William H. Harrison
Zachary Taylor
Warren Harding
FDR |
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| Which presidents were assassinated? |
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Lincoln
Garfield
McKinley
Kennedy |
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| What happens if the vice president dies or is removed from office |
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| the president nominates someone to the office of the Vice president, and it is approved by congress for simple majority. |
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Clinton was sued by New york city
6-3 decision voted unconstitutional
President under the constitution can approve or disapprove of the bill as a whole, but the president can not pick and chose. - Justice Stevens |
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| What is the judiciary act of 1789? |
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| established the basic three tiered structure of teh federal court system. |
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| What was Marbury v. Madison about? |
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| The case in which the supreme court first asserted the power of judicial review by finding that the congressional statute extending the courts original jurisdiction was unconstitutional. |
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| Court of original jurisdiction where cases begin |
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| court that generally reviews only findings of law made by lower courts |
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| the authority vested in a particular court to hear and decide the issues in a particular case. |
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| what is Original Jurisdiction? |
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| The jurisdiction of courts that hear a case first, usually in a trial. These courts determine the facts of a case. |
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| What is the current supreme court referred to as? |
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| Who are the supreme court justices? |
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John Roberts
Antonin Sealia
Anthony Kennedy
Clarence Thomas
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen Breyer
Samuel Alito
Sonia Sotomayor
Elena Kagen |
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| How many of the supreme court justices are liberal, and conservitive? |
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| 5 Conservative, and 4 Liberal |
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| Has there ever been a supreme court justice from missouri? |
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| What is a Writ of Mandamus? |
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| A writ of mandamus is an order from the supreme court of the united states for an official to do, or not to do something. |
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| Court of original jurisdiction where cases begin. |
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| What is an Appellate court? |
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| Court that generally reviews only findings of law made by lower courts. |
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| How many cases does the U.S. Districts courts hear? |
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| How many district courts are there? |
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| United States Courts of Appeals, how many are there? |
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| United States Supreme court, how many |
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| How many cases does the Supreme court hear? |
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| How many cases does the United States Court of Apppeals hear per year? |
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| Authority vested in a particular court to hear and decidethe issues in a particular case. |
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| What is original jurisdiction? |
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| The jurisdiction of courts that hear a case first, usually in a trial. These courts determine the facts of a case. |
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| What is appellate jurisdiction? |
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| The power vested in particular courts to review an/or revise the decision of a lower court. |
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| Codes of behavior related to the protection of property and individual safety |
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| What are constitutional courts? |
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| Federal courts specifically created by the U.S. Constitution or by Congress pursuant to its authority in Article III. |
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| What are legislative courts? |
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| Courts established by congress for specialized purposes such as the court of appeals for veterans claims. |
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| What are the federal district courts, courts of appeals, and the supreme court called? |
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| They are often called constitutional or article III courts. |
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| A document containing the legal written arguments in a case filed with a court by a party prior to a hearing or trial. |
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| A prior judicial decision that serves as a rule for settling subsequent cases of a similar nature. |
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| In court rulings, a reliance on past decisions or precedents to formulate decisions in new cases. |
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| What is senatorial courtesy? |
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| Process by which presidents generally defer selection of district court judges to the choice of senators of their own party who represent the state where the vacancy occurs. |
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| How does the supreme court decide what to decide |
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| 99% is through a writ of certiorari. |
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| Is the court involved in polotics? |
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| No, the courts are not affiliated with any political party |
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| What are the guidelines for the supreme court to hear a case? |
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Has to be a federal case,
4 Justices have to want to hear it,
Writ of Certiorari |
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| How many justices does the supreme court have? |
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| How many justices are on the court of appeals? |
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| What regional appeals court is Missouri in? |
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| the 8th circuit of appeals |
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| How many judges sit in on the appeals court cases? |
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| How many district courts are there? |
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| How many judges preside over the district courts? |
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| What level is trial courts at? |
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| Who appoints the federal judges? |
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| How many judges are on the Missouri Supreme court, and what are their terms? |
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| 7 judges, for 12 year terms |
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| How many judges are on the Missouri Court of Appeals, and what are their terms |
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| 23 judges for 12 year terms |
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| How many judges are on the missouri circuit courts, and what are their terms? |
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| 45 judges for 6 year terms |
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| What are co-current cases? |
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| What is a writ of certiorari? |
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| A request for the supreme court to order up the records from a lower court to review the case |
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| What is the rule of four? |
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| At least four justices of the supreme court must vote to consider a case before it can be heard |
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| What is the solicitor general |
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| The fourth ranking member in the department of justice; responsable for handling nearly all appeals on behalf of the us government to the supreme court. |
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| "Friend of the court"; amici may file beifs or even appear to argue their interest orally before the court |
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| what is judicial restraint? |
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| A philosophy of judicial decision making that posits courts should allow the decisions of other branches of government to stand, even when they offend a judge's own principles. |
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| What is Judicial activism. |
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| A philosophy of judicial decision making that posits judges should use their power broadly to further justice. |
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| What is strict constructionist |
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| an approach to constitutional interpretation that emphasizes interpreting the Constitution as it was written and intended by the framers |
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| What is judicial implementation? |
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| How and whether judical decisions arer translated into actual public policies affecting more than the immediate parties to a lawsuit. |
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| What is the time frame for the Session calender? |
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| Starts in October, and goes through June |
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| What is the time frame for the Oral Argument Calender? |
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| Starts in June, Ends in April |
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| What are the details for a Writ of Certiorati |
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Cant be no more than 30 pages,
Color has to be White |
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| What color is the Respondants breif to a writ of certiorati? |
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| What percentage of the Writs of Certiorati are discussed? |
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| 10% of the 9,000 are discussed |
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| When do the Justices discuss the Writs of Certiorati? |
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| When was the Certiorari Pool created? |
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| In 1972 by the request of Lewis F. Powell |
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| Which Justice does not participate in the Pool? |
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| Justice Samuel does not participate in the pool |
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| Rule 10 is a set of rules that gives guidence to the justices for which cases to hear. |
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| Let the Prior Decisions stand |
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