Govt Unit 4B Test

political appointees and civil servants.

all federal agencies conduct their business regularly in public session.

the idea of automatic program termination after a prescribed period unless Congress reauthorizes it.

have less power than the civil servants because of greater turnover.

a more complex concept than "iron triangles" that illustrates how experts support issues on a particularly policy position.

withhold the appropriation of money to the bureaucracy.

judicial activism.

will review a lower court decision.

judicial review.

The District Court hear trial cases while the Courts of Appeals and the Supreme Court review judicial process.

Cases from its appellate jurisdiction.

review decision from a lower court.

wants to highlight a different reason for the decision.

they often form the basis for arguments that reverse decisions and establish new precedent.

Stare decisis.

They can only serve as long as the president does.

On the Supreme Court panel there are 9 justices. It's an odd number so that means one party will always have an extra person so that the majority is in their favor. If their is a "swing" voter, in our case Kennedy, then the number of Democrat and Republican justices are split in half and the "swing" voter usually decides a tie because he is not for either party but votes for both on different issues.