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1 National Government Review Kinda like Heads Up!

2 Teamwork! Cannot say a word in the term (or derivative thereof) Must be Civics/Government specific in your clues But can use prior knowledge and history (ex) If anyone on the team breaks the rules your team will be skipped a turn (then 2 turns) and so on depending on how many times it happens. No acting a fool! No spelling, rhyming, abbreviations, no trying to bend the rules, etc Rules can be made up as we go along and I am the judge of all things! 2 points per question answered.from HOT SEAT participant.

3 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

4 Ideas Current one is John Roberts Main judge on the highest court in the land First one was John Jay Presides over conferences of the judges while making a decision

5 Writ of Habeas Corpus

6 Ideas 1) Congressional Limitation 2) Court order that requires police to bring a prisoner to court to explain why they are being held

7 Concurrent Jurisdiction

8 Ideas 1) both federal and state courts have authority to hear a case 2) a type of jurisdiction 3) an example of federalism in the court system

9 precedent

10 Ideas previous decisions in courts that judges will base case decisions on something in law that helps judges

11 Pocket Veto

12 Ideas A power of the Executive A power of the President Not expressly signing a bill and letting it die when Congress adjourns A check on the Legislative Branch

13 Judicial Review

14 Ideas Gives SCOTUS power to declare a law unconstitutional Gives SCOTUS power to declare an act of government unconstitutional Gives SCOTUS their true power Decided in Marbury v. Madison

15 Majority Opinion

16 Ideas A decision given by SCOTUS after hearing a case Not everyone agrees with the decision but this is the written one that most agreed with presents the views of most of the justices about a case

17 Chief Diplomat

18 Ideas A role of the President Directs foreign policy/strategy Makes key decisions between the USA and other countries

19 Casework

20 Ideas Deals with members of Congress Troubleshooting for people in their state Requests for help dealing with Federal Govt. from people in a home state/district Helps get Representatives re-elected Helps lawmakers get a closer look at Executive workings

21 Special Interest Groups

22 Ideas often provide ideas for new bills organized group of people w/ common interests want to influence public opinion - often use propaganda techniques like a. bandwagon, b. name-calling, c. endorsement

23 25 Years Old

24 Ideas Minimum age to be a Representative A qualification to be a U.S. Representatives Set forth by the Article I Constitution of the U.S.A.

25 Impeach

26 Ideas Happened to Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton Almost happened to Nixon The H.o.R has the sole authority to do this Accuse officials of misconduct in office

27 Voice Vote

28 Ideas Voting in the H.o.R in which those in favor say Yea and those against say, no

29 35 years old

30 Ideas Minimum age to be a president Set forth in Article II of the Constitution

31 25th Amendment

32 Ideas Ratified 1967 Says the V.P. becomes President if the President dies or leaves office. New President chooses his/her V.P. Senate and H.o.R must approve Also gives V.P. power to detainee whether the President is disables/unable to perform the job. Used only 3 times (Spiro Agnew resign, Nixon resign, Reagan sick)

33 Legislative Leader

34 Ideas Role of President President should introduce legislation President can veto

35 Commander in Chief

36 Ideas Presidential role in charge of the Armed Forces power to back up foreign policy w/ force

37 White House

38 Ideas Where the President Lives Address: 1600 PA Avenue, NW Washington D.C Can land a helicopter on the South Lawn 132 rooms, 32 bathrooms, and 6 levels 412 doors, 147 windows, 28 fireplaces, 7 staircases, and 3 elevators "President's Palace," the "President's House," and the "Executive Mansion. Teddy was the first to call it the WH in Full time chefs Requires 570 gallons of paint to cover the exterior Includes tennis court, a jogging track, swimming pool, movie theater, billiard room, basketball court and a bowling lane

39 SCOTUS

40 Ideas The highest court in the land Makes decisions all courts must follow Has 9 justices Is in Washington, D.C.

41 Marbury v. Madison

42 Ideas established SCOTUS Judicial Review Occurred b/c TJ didn t want Adams to appoint all the Midnight Judges (that would ve of course been Federalist) Appointment wasn t delivered to William Marbury Chief Justice John Marshall stated rights had been violated under Judiciary Act but that the Act gave the Judicial Branch power that it should NOT have - thus ruling the law unconstitutional -

43 Docket

44 Ideas The court calendar Cases that the Court decides to hear SCOTUS

45 Disputes Between States

46 Ideas Under the umbrella of Federal Court Jurisdiction Disagreements between two types of governments Give ex. CO and CA argue over rights to the Colorado River.

47 Independent Agencies

48 Ideas Part of the Executive Branch but NOT part of the cabinet 3 types (executive, government corporations, regulatory commissions) Ex NASA, FCC0

49 Political Appointees

50 Ideas people whom the president has chosen b/c they have proven executive ability or were important supporters of the president s election campaign Employment usually ends when the President s term ends

51 Supreme Court Justice

52 Ideas Justice Clarence Thomas, Justice Antonin Scalia (deceased), Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Standing left to right: Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Justice Stephen G. Breyer, Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Justice Elena Kagan Main judge 9 of them

53 Foreign Policy

54 Ideas Nation s Plan for dealing w/ other nations. President directed Primary goal is national security

55 Equal Justice Under the Law

56 Ideas our legal system is based off this quote on the SCOTUS building

57 Filibuster

58 Ideas talk a bill to death try and prevent a vote on the bill in Congress only In the Senate more specifically

59 About 80

60 Ideas Number of cases that SCOTUS hears

61 Franking privilege

62 Ideas ability to send job related mail without paying postage a benefit of being a member of Congress

63 Civil Service Workers

64 Ideas 90% of natl. government employees Have permanent employment Go through the Civil Service System

65 Checks & Balances

66 Ideas ability to limit another branch of government ex like the President vetoing a bill

67 Bicameral

68 Ideas Decided at the Constitutional Convention in the Great Compromise Congress is 2 parts Has an upper and a lower

69 Term

70 Ideas the meeting period of Congress 2 years in length

71 Sandra Day O Connor

72 Ideas First female SC Justice Appointed in 1981 by Reagan Retired 2006 From El Paso first female Majority Leader of a state senate as the Republican leader in the Arizona Senate awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor of the United States, by President Barack Obama

73 100 members (can t say any numbers)

74 Ideas The senate is made up of this many people Come from each state decided with the NJ Plan at the Constitutional Convention

75 Minority Party

76 Ideas the group in Congress that has less members than the other

77 Seniority

78 Ideas years of service more years the more likely you ll get on a committee you want

79 Elastic Clause/Implied Powers

80 Ideas Art I Section 18, Clause 18 shall have the power to do what is necessary and proper to cary out the expressed powers Congress ability to stretch its powers to meet new needs

81 Powers of Congress

82 Ideas lay & collect taxes borrow money bankruptcy laws coin $ regulate commerce declare war raise a military etc

83 Joint Resolution

84 Ideas do not necessarily have the force of law unless signed by the President Requires both houses of Congress Uses these to propose Constitutional Amendments

85 Gerrymandering

86 Ideas redrawing district lines usually in order to favor one party over another named after a guy named Elbridge

87 ELECTORAL COLLEGE

88 Ideas picks the President of the U.S.A. vote for one of the major candidates each state has it s own people that do this

89 VICE PRESIDENT

90 Ideas elected along with the nominee for the head candidate for the head of the executive branch

91 15 (clue must be Civics related)

92 Ideas Number of Electors from NC = TO THE REPS+SENATORS A natural number before 16 and after 14 30/2 smallest natural number with seven letters often confused with 50 (in speech) Atomic number of phosphorus In tennis - the first point gained in a game The age of a quinceañera The number of minutes in one quarter of an hour

93 committee

94 Ideas congress is broken into these to make it easier to look at the thousands of bills that they draft

95 Department of the Treasury

96 Ideas Collects, borrows, spends, and prints $ Financial agent for the U.S. Government Previous Jack Lew Current - Adam Szubin First to hold it - Alexander Hamilton

97 Legislative Branch (cannot use word law or any variation of in your clue)

98 Ideas Largest body in the government the one the Framers intended to be the most powerful established in Article I of the Constitution

99 Economic Leader

100 Ideas a role of the President Determines federal budget

101 Andrew Jackson (specific to his relationship w/ the SCOTUS as we discussed - no other clues allowed)

102 Ideas President that placed a Limit on Congress by not enforcing their ruling in Worcester v. Georgia Sided with the people of Georgia and this led to the Trail of Tears

103 constituent

104 Ideas people represented districts are drawn in order to contain the same number of these

105 6 years

106 Ideas Length of term for a Senator

107 expressed powers

108 Ideas enumerated 18 clauses that make up these powers in Art I

109 Ex Post Facto (LAWS)

110 Ideas laws that make an act a crime after it has been committed a power limitation on Congress

111 30 years old

112 Idea minimum age to become a senator qualification of senator established in Article I Sect. 3

113 Party Leader

114 Ideas Role of President president may help people in this after they help get him elected he s either a democrat or republican (usually)

115 Chief Executive

116 IDEAS Role of President The most important job - ENFORCE laws Has a 15 cabinets to help him

117 435

118 Ideas # of representatives area code which covers all of the U.S. state of Utah outside the Wasatch Front added together they make 12

119 Thurgood Marshall

120 Ideas First African-American Justice on the SCOTUS Appointed by LBJ Civil Rights Activist Served until 1991 Buried at ANC Wins Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, landmark case that demolishes legal basis for segregation in America.

121 Establishing Post Offices

122 IDEAS an expressed power of Congress deals with mail

123 John F. Kennedy

124 Ideas First & only Catholic President assassinated etc

125 538

126 Ideas Total number of Senators + Representatives + D.C. Reps Total Electoral Vote

127 Air Force One

128 Ideas the President s plane s call sign

129 Presidential Succession

130 Ideas the order of who would be the next leader if something were to happen to the current leader of the country

131 Bureaucracy

132 Ideas complex systems w/ many departments, many rules, and many people in the chain of command

133 Executive Office of the President (EOP) (You can use the phrase White House Office as a clue

134 Ideas Created by FDR in 1939 The core is the White House Office Comprised of many people doing different jobs to help the president like Management & Budget, Natl Security Council, etc

135 Department of Education

136 Ideas Provides advice and funding to schools Betsy De Vos (She Who Shall Not Be Named) Establishes guidelines and provides leadership to address American schools; helps local communities meet the needs of their students; helps individuals pay for college and prepare for employment.

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