Standards Index: AP Government and Politics
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Explain political principles, institutions, processes, policies, and behaviors.
Describe the facts, reasoning, decisions, and majority opinion of required Supreme Court cases.
Explain how required Supreme Court cases apply to scenarios in context.
Explain patterns and trends in data to draw conclusions.
Explain what the data imply or illustrate about political principles, institutions, processes, policies, and behaviors.
Explain how the steps or stages in a process relate to each other.
Explain the relevance, implications, and/or significance of similarities and differences.
Enacting legislation that addresses a wide range of economic, environmental, and social issues based on the necessary and proper clause
Restrictions on the Supreme Court are represented by: Congressional legislation to modify the impact of prior Supreme Court decisions and The president and states evading or ignoring Supreme Court decisions
Precedents and stare decisis play an important role in judicial decision making.
Ideological changes in the composition of the Supreme Court due to presidential appointments have led to the Court’s establishing new or rejecting existing precedents.
Skill 1.E: Explain how political processes apply to different scenarios in context.
Skill 2B: Explain how New York Times Co. v. United States relates to a foundational document.
Theme: Liberty and Order (LOR)
Skill 4.B: Explain how a specific historical context is situated within a broader historical context.
Skill 1.E: Explain how political processes apply to different scenarios in context.
Skill 5D: Use refutation, concession, or rebuttal in responding to opposing perspectives.
Theme: Civic Participation in a Representative Democracy (PRD)
Skill 1.D: Describe political principles, institutions, processes, policies, and behaviors illustrated in different scenarios in context.
Skill 1.E: Explain how various political processes apply to different scenarios in context.
Skill 1.D: Describe policies illustrated in different scenarios in context.
Skill 4.B: Explain how a specific historical development or process is situated within a broader historical context.
Theme 5: Politics and Power (PCE).
Skill 1.D: Describe policies illustrated in different scenarios.
Skill 1.E: Explain how political processes apply to different scenarios in context.
The powers allocated to Congress, the president, and the courts demonstrate the separation of powers and checks and balances features of the U.S. Constitution.
Explain how congressional behavior is influenced by election processes, partisanship, and divided government.
CON-3.C.1: Congressional behavior and governing effectiveness
Presidents use powers and perform functions of the office to accomplish a policy agenda.
Senate confirmation is an important check on appointment powers, but the president’s longest lasting influence lies in life-tenured judicial appointments.
Explain how other branches in the government can limit the Supreme Court’s power.
- CON-5.C.1: Restrictions on the Supreme Court are represented by Judicial appointments and confirmations.
The design of the judicial branch protects the Supreme Court’s independence as a branch of government, and the emergence and use of judicial review remains a powerful judicial practice.
Explain why and how political parties change and adapt.
Topic 5.3: Political Parties
Topic 5.8: Electing a President
Topic 5.9: Congressional Elections
Topic 5.10: Modern Campaigns