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1. What are constituents ? n People from a representative’s district

2. What is a select committee? n A committee is created to do a special job for a limited period

3. What is an oddly shaped district designed to increase the voting strength of a particular group? n gerrymander

4. The president pro tempore the person who usually acts as chairperson of the _____. n Senate

5. What is a census? n a population count taken every 10 years.

6. What is filibustering? n tactic of delaying a vote until a bill’s sponsor withdraws the measure

7. Riders are completely unrelated _____ tacked onto a Senate bill. n amendments

8. Senators can end a filibuster by a _____ vote in favor of cloture. n cloture

9. What is a pocket veto? n president ignores a bill for 10 days and Congress is not in session

10. What is the Electoral College? n indirect method we use to elect the president

11. How many electoral votes does each state have? n the total of its U. S. senators and representatives

12. What is the most important role of the president? n Chief Executive

13. What is foreign policy? n nation’s overall plan for dealing with other nations

14. District courts have ____ jurisdiction, or the authority to hear federal cases first. n original

15. Appellate jurisdiction allows a court to hear appeals from a _____ court. n lower

16. An appeals court can remand a case, that is, send it back to the lower court for _____. n retrial

17. _____ courts have exclusive jurisdiction over cases involving maritime law. n Federal

18. What is a precedent? n a previous case that gives guidance to other judges hearing similar cases

19. Any disagreements between ____ are initially heard by federal courts. n State governments

20. What is the job of the appeals courts? n review decisions made in the lower district courts

21. The Supreme Court claimed the power of judicial review in the decision of what case? n Marbury v. Madison

22. Which opinion states the facts of the case, announces the ruling, and explains the Court’s reasoning in reaching the decision? n majority
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