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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Round 1Round 2 Final Jeopardy

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Who’s yer fav teacher? 1 You da bomb 2 Pass da APGO 3 Who Loves Ya? 4 Yo Mama 5 Wuzup? 6 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 Round 2 Final Jeopardy Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 What is the name of the powerful House committee that determines how much time for debate and how many amendments will be allowed on the floor of the House?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 What is the “Rules” Committee? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved The title given to the assistant to the majority leader whose job is to keep party members in line when there is a vote… $200

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved What is the “Whip”? $200 Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved The name of the nonpartisan agency that provides Congress with cost estimates for every bill and economic reports related to budget proposals $300

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved What is the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)? $300 Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved What is the term for representatives trading their votes to gain support from colleagues for bills they support? $400

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved What is “Logrolling?” $400 Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved The term for a joint committee of members of the House and Senate that is formed to reconcile bills passed by both houses $500

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 What is a “Conference Committee?” Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved The name of the committees in the House and Senate that approve all spending bills $100

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved What is Appropriations? $100 Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Leader of the House of Representatives who is second in line to be president if the president dies in office $200

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 What is the Speaker of the House Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved The name of the Senate committee that holds confirmation hearings for all federal judicial nominees. $300

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved What is the Judiciary Committee? $300 Scores

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$400 : Identify the house of Congress that permits a minority of members to block legislation by Filibuster.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 What is the Senate? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved The name for organized groups of congressmen or women such as the Blue Dogs or Tea Party who share interests based on common characteristics such as political philosophy, race, or ethnicity $500

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved What is a caucus? $500 Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved The title of the speech the president presents to Congress each year in accordance with Article II, Section 3 of the constitution $600

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved What is the State of the Union Address $600 Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved What is the t itle of the president’s closest advisor who coordinates the president’s daily schedule? $700

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 Identify three formal or constitutional powers of the president.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 1.Commander in Chief (Commit Troops) 2.Executive Power (i.e. Executive Orders) 3.Legislative Powers (Chief Legislator) 4. Appointment Powers (Supreme Court Nominations) 5.Clemency Powers (Pardon) 1.Commander in Chief (Commit Troops) 2.Executive Power (i.e. Executive Orders) 3.Legislative Powers (Chief Legislator) 4. Appointment Powers (Supreme Court Nominations) 5.Clemency Powers (Pardon) Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Informal power of the president, limited by the Supreme Court in the case of U.S. v. Nixon $200

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved What is Executive Privilege? $200 Scores

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$300 Identify one formal constitutional power of the vice-president

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Tie Breaker in Senate? Becoming President if Chief is killed? Becoming acting Pres. If Chief is incapacitated? $300 Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 What is the title of the White House advisor who is the president’s spokesperson and who meets daily with the media?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved What is the Press Secretary? $400 Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved What is the name of the agency in the Executive Office of the President that oversees preparation of the president’s budget? $500

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved What is the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)? $500 Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 Name of the agency in the Executive Office of the President that advises the president on economic policy

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved What is the Council of Economic Advisors? $100 Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 What is the name the executive department responsible the nation’s foreign policy?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 What is the State Department? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Name the 1883 law that established the merit system for hiring and promoting federal employees $300

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 What is the Pendleton Act? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 General name for the part of the federal bureaucracy that includes AMTRAK, the US Postal Service, and FDIC

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved What are Government Corporations? $400 Scores

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$500 Identify one way that Congress can limit bureaucratic power

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved They can: 1. Cut an agency’s budget. 2. Hold hearings on an agency’s conduct. 3. They can change a law that affects an agency’s authority. $500 Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 Title of the head of the Department of Justice

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Who is the Attorney General (AG)? $100 Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Name the agency created by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to investigate complaints of job discrimination $200

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved What is the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)? $200 Scores

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The 1939 law that placed restrictions on the political activities of federal employees $300

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 What is the Hatch Act? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 Name given to the 94 lowest level courts in the federal court system

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 What are the District Courts? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Name of the longest serving Chief Justice whose decisions transformed the Court into an equal branch of government $500

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Who is John Marshall? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Number of Supreme Court justices who must agree to hear a case $100

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved The “Rule of 4.” $100 Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Term for a “friend of the court” brief filed by an interest group that provides the justices with information that may be relevant to the case $200

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Term for a written appeal for a case to be heard by the Supreme Court $300

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved What is writ of certiorari? $300 Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Term for the authority of a court to hear a case first $400

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved What is Original Jurisdiction? $400 Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Term for the authority of a court to review a case heard by a lower court $500

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved What is Appellate Jurisdiction? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Approximate number of cases heard by the Supreme Court each year $100

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved What is 100? $100 Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Term for an opinion written by one or more justices who are in the majority but want to express a separate opinion from the majority opinion $200

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved What is a concurring opinion? $200 Scores

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Name of the Chief Justice who presided over the Court during the 1960s, during which the Court expanded the rights of persons accused of crimes $300

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Who is Earl Warren? $300 Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Name of the current Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court $400

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Who is John Roberts? $400 Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Term for a judicial philosophy that interprets the Constitution broadly $500

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved What is judicial activism? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Scores Becoming a Senator Final Jeopardy Question

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Identify three constitutional qualifications for members of the Senate Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved 1.At least 30 years of age 2.Citizen of US for 9 years 3.Resident of state he/she is going to run for Scores