200,000 students
Lifelong, engaged students
45 minute, 60 Questions and then 4 Free Response Questions
Checks and balances - House can impeach the President with a simple minority but the Senate REMOVES the President after House impeachment
1. Checks and balances
2. 3 Branches of government
3. How many questions on filibuster?
4. 100 key vocabulary words
Q1 - Christine from Maryland (2008) A tax whereby poor citizens pay a higher percentage of income than wealthier citizens is a
NOT a progressive tax... A REGRESSIVE tax... Dude misheard the question.
Problem areas is special interest groups. Daily newspaper will HELP... Arizona immigration law regarding federalism. Bobby Jindal in Louisiana
Q2 - San Jose shout-out... Specific federalist papers.
Federalist 10 is the grandadday of them all... Big tent politics... Works when different groups come together... Sample question... Which best describes Fed 10....
A. Political factions can be controlled by government, large republic.
Girl got the question wrong!
Q3 - Alyssa Garcia 10 points - Iron Triangle! (Hot topic!)
-Issue network
1 - Congressional Committee (specialist)
2- Bureaucratic agency (enforcer)
3 - Interest Group (linkage institution) Information, research, detail
Supreme Court? Process of filling vacancy. Not current events. Obama's perspective.
Q4 - "selective" incorporation
Separates those who've studied and have not. Supreme Court applies the Bill of Rights to the states.
Gitlow v. New York - free speech applied to the states
Mapp v. Ohio, 4th
Gideon v. Wainwright, 6th
Step by step process
McCullough v. Maryland
A. Federal over state Supremacy Clause... Student CONFIDENTLY said B. Power of judicial review (Marbury v. Madison) Gave shout-out to teacher and credit to her teacher for INCORRECT answer.
Q5 - Supreme Court Cases?
Study the major cases. Explains the AP process.
Q6 - Alabama... Shout-out... Campaign finance reform
HOT ONE. Confusing. There are limits.
McCain-Feingold - $2300 per person per election cycle
527 - independent expenditure. UNLIMITED to spend your own ad promoting an issue, like the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth
Citizens United mention
Free speech used to limit campaign... Remember Buckley v. Valeo
Q7 -Due Process v. Equal Protection
Equal Protection - Brown
Due Process - Selective Protection
14th Amendment
Q8 - iTunes? No.
Q9 - shout-out
House v. Senate?
Legislative:
House - Rules Committee, usually closed rules and limited debate
Senate - No rules committee, unlimited debate, use of filibuster, cloture of 60 votes to end filibuster
House 2 years, close to people
Senate 6 years, slow things down
Q10 - Amendment important
1 - 1st Amendment
Speech, Press, Religion, Petition, Assembly
Establishment and free exercise
2nd, 4th, 5th (right to remain silent), 8th, 10th
NOT AN ESSAY test
Gerrmandering? Court case
Q11 - White House staff vs. Cabinet
Staff gives advice not confirmed. Secretary approved by Senate.
Q12 - Formal vs. Informal
Formal - 1787
Informal - implied, inherent, not EXPRESSLY stated
Executive order, agreement, privilege, public opinion.
E. Bully pulpit is an "informal" power
Q13 - primary vs. Caucus
FRQ - CAMPAIGN
Primary season historically held caucuses. Small group 10-12 decide, but as we have democratized we went to a primary election which is b asically same as in general. High profile caucus in Iowa... FRONTLOADING... Primary voters ýmore ideological... Candidates have to go left or right
Q14 - Separation of powers, checks and federalism
Dilution of power, limit power of government
Q15 - Weaknesses of article?
Q16 - Buckley v Valeo - multi-millionaire spending unlimited personal spending, states check federal government?...arizona a test of this... DEVOLUTION and welfare reform in 1990s
Q17 - Federal bureaucracy - enforce the law. Congress makes the law. President in charge
Q18 - Pigeonholing -narrow focus issue and getting your issue on the docket. Most bills die in committee... Stuck in standing committee
Q19 - Imperial Presidency
Arthur Schlesinger, executive agreement and privilege... War Powers Resolution, US v. Nixon examples of limits
Q20 - Commerce Clause
Expressed powers... Health care under commerce clause... Scalia... Don't answer, no ideas
Q21 - shoutout, Foreign policy questions
Formal powers of Congress - declare war, passes budget, power of purse
Pres - commander-in-chief, 48 hours under War Powers Resolution
Q22-1999 questions... Budget Impoundment Act - Congress rec the budget... President signs it.. If congress approves, then Pres must spend
Q23 - crosscutting cleavages
African-American Christian
Q24 - Grants and mandates, sticks and carrots
Stick is Mandate
Carrot is block grant
Federal govt agenda onto states
Q25 - Apportionment
435 members, Census 10 years
Q26 - Open, closed primary
Most closed primaries - only registered members vote, independents don't participate
Open - allows independents to vote in primaries
Blanket is unconstitutional.
Chief of staff advisors
Predictions?
1. Interest groups
2. Transparency
3. Opportunity
Gibbons v. Ogden - expanded federal govt, drop-in
Establishment v. Free exercise
Wall of Separation in 1947 Hugo Black
Full faith and credit - gay marriage and federalism
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