Terms and Topics for the Final Test

advantages of incumbency
franking privilege
art 1 sec 6
reapportionment and redistricting
gerrymandering
membership in congress
underrepresented minorities in congress
bicameralism
articles of the federal constitution
leadership in congress
congressional bureaucracy,
amendments 16, 12, 17, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27
debate in the senate
how a bill is passed
attentive public
committee and subcommittees
logrolling
senatorial courtesy
functions of congress
duties and powers of the president
qualifications for congress and the presidency
advisors of the president
honeymoon
lame duck
state of the union address
veto
VP
budget making
organization of the bureaucracy
functions of the bureaucracy
presidential line of succession
structure of the federal judiciary
laws of the US, criminal law
state
adversarial system of the courts
justiciable case
class action suit
jury
standing and sue