Executive orders are unilateral changes in policy that presidents can issue without consulting Congress.

When a court is the first one to interpret the application of law from a lower court, it is said to have original jurisdiction.

Which one of the following statements best characterizes public attitudes toward Congress?

The power to veto legislation

What is it called when Congress is unable to pass important legislation because of partisan conflict?

In Marbury v. Madison, the Court asserted its power by forcing Secretary of State James Madison to deliver Justice William Marbury his commission so that Marbury could rightfully take his place as a justice of the peace.

The winner of the general election for president is NOT necessarily the person who receives the most popular votes.

Which one of the following is part of the president’s job as head of the executive branch?

________ wrote that the Supreme Court would be “beyond comparison the weakest of the three departments of power.”

Any unnecessarily complex set of procedures in the bureaucracy is called