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Test 3 - Review

 

Know and be familiar with these terms:

 

Constituency

Bicameral

Representation

District

Incumbent

Entrenched Incumbency

Pork-barrel

Bill

Filibuster

Veto

Oversight

Committee

Cloture

Delegated powers

Appointment

State of the Union Address

Honeymoon Period

Persuasion

Presidential Personality (Barber)

Cabinet

Executive Office of the President

Brownlow Committee

OMB

Bureaucracy

Civil Service Act of 1883

Departments

Agencies

Independent Regulatory Commissions

U.S. Supreme Court

Judicial Review

Stare Decisis

Jurisdiction

Trial Court

Federal Court

Court of Appeals

Chief Justice

Marbury v. Madison

Writ of Mandamus

Writ of Certiorari

 

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