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

The president’s ability to appoint bureaucrats helps him or her control the bureaucracy.

The division of power between the national government and the state and local governments is called

The Seventeenth Amendment gave women the right to vote.

It is almost impossible for people to get everything they want from the political process.