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22nd Amendment: Prevents a prez from serving more than two terms or more than ten years if he came to office via the death or impeachment or his predecessor.
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25th Amendment: Established procedures for filling vacancies in the prez and VP as well as procedures to deal with disability of the prez
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Administrative adjudication: Quasi-judicial process in which a bureaucratic agency settles disputes between two parties in a manner similar to the way courts resolve disputes.
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Bureaucracy: Hierarchal departments and staff that exist to help a CEO carry out duties. Private organizations of gov't units
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Cabinet: The formal body of the president's advisors who head the fifteen executive departments. Presidents often add others to this position.
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Civil service system: The system created by civil service laws by which many appointments are made. Taken away from political parties and given based on competition.
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EOP (Executive Office of the President): Establishment created to help the president oversee the executive branch bureaucracy. FDR
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Executive agreement: formal government agreement entered into by the president that does not require the advise and consent of the U.S senate.
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Executive order: A rule or regulation issued by the president that has the effect of law. All executive orders must be published in the Federal Register.
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Executive privilege: Implied power that allows the president to refuse to disclose info regarding confidential conversations or national security to congress or the judiciary
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Federal Employees Political Activities Act: Liberalization of Hatch Act. Can run for office in nonpartisan elections and can contribute money to campaigns
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Government Corporation: Businesses established by congress that perform functions that could be done privately (USPS)
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Hatch Act: Prohibit civil servants from taking activist roles in partisan campaigns or campaigning for a particular candidate.
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Implementation: Law or policy is enacted by a bureacracy
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Independent executive agency: Government units that resemble a cabinet but have a narrower area of responsibility (CIA).
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Independent regulatory commission: An agency created by Congress that is generally concerned with a specific aspect of the economy.
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Inherent Powers: Powers of the president that can be derived or inferred from specific powers in the constitution
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Iron triangle: Stable relationship that occurs amongst an agency, interest group, and congressional committees.
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Issue network: Loose and informal relationship that exists among a large number of actors who work in broad policy areas
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Merit System: Federal service jobs are classified into levels to which appointments are made based on results of competitive exams
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OMB (Office of Management and Budget): The office that prepares the prez's annual budget proposal, reviews the budget and programs, detailed analysis of proposed bills and agency rules
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Pardon: Authority to cancel a conviction of a crime by a court and to eliminate all sanctions and punishments resulting from convictions
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Patronage: Jobs, grants, or other special favors that are given as rewards to friends and political allies for their support.
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Pendleton Act: Reforms that created Civil Service Commision, appointments made based on grades, illegal for employees to be required to contribute to a political party
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Spoils system: The firing of public office holders of the defeated political party and their replacement with the loyalists of the newly elected party
