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1. 30 minutes.
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Lawrence v. Texas
Pork Barrel Legislation
Joint Chiefs of Staff


2. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.
Redlining
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Devolution
Power of the Federal Reserve


3. WWll - 1941
The Declaration of Independence.
Last time Congress declared war
90% or higher
The Right of Due Process


4. Interstate Commerce Commission 1887. Created over railroad problems.
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Buckley v. Valeo
The Right of Due Process
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress


5. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Around 100
Buckley v. Valeo
George Washington


6. Affecting ambassadors and other public ministers and consuls and disputes between the states.
Critical Period
Pork Barrel Legislation
Class Action Suit
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction


7. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.

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8. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.
CA Prop 187
Plessy v. Fergueson
Presidential Mandate
Pork Barrel Legislation


9. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.
Amicus Curiae
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
War Powers Resolution
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress


10. Congress has this power - only used twice.
Power to Declare War
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Least dangerous branch of the gov't


11. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.
Dred Scot v. Standford
Plessy v. Fergueson
Miranda v. Arizona
Daniel Shays


12. de jure - 'by law'. Legally enforced practices - such as school segregation in the South before the 1960s. De facto - 'by fact'. Practices that occur even when there is no legal enforcement - such as school segregation in much of the US today.
Alexander Hamilton
President's Appointment Power
Devolution
De facto and de jure segregation


13. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.
Senatorial Courtesy
President's Inherent Powers
Delegated Powers
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction


14. A claim by a victorious candidate that the electorate has given him or her special authority to carry out promises made during the campaign.
Filibuster
Critical Period
Presidential Mandate
War Powers Resolution


15. Congress because they're tied to the people.

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16. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.
De facto and de jure segregation
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Bill of Rights
Joint Chiefs of Staff


17. Save Our State - 1994 - Prohibit illegal aliens from using health care - public education - and other social services in the U.S. State of California.
Presidential Mandate
CA Prop 187
Administrative Rule Making
State of the Union Address


18. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Around 100
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
The Declaration of Independence.


19. A survey of the origins and development of the political system in the United States from the colonial days to modern times with an emphasis on the Constitution - various political structures such as the legislative - executive - and judicial branche
American Government and Politics
Jim Crow Laws
Stare Decisis
Griswald v. Connecticut


20. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?
Filibuster
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
The Declaration of Independence.
Critical Period


21. The chief presiding officer of the HoR. The speaker is the most important party and House leader - can influence lefislative agenda - fate of individual pieces of legislation - and members positions with the House.
War Powers Resolution
Speaker of the House
Shays' Rebellion
Devolution


22. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.
State of the Union Address
Articles of Confederation
Logrolling
Alexander Hamilton


23. Term of Senate/House
6 years/2 years
Executive office of the President
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court


24. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.

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25. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.
4th Amendment protections
Independent Agency
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
The Federalist Papers


26. % of House that get reelected
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
The Right of Due Process
90% or higher
Logrolling


27. President is obligated to make recommendations for Congress's consideration.
Civil Service Act of 1883
State of the Union Address
Thomas Jefferson
90% or higher


28. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.
The Right of Due Process
Redlining
James Madison
Griswald v. Connecticut


29. A practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill; vote trading.
The Declaration of Independence.
Shays' Rebellion
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Logrolling


30. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.
President's Appointment Power
Lawrence v. Texas
State of the Union Address
8th Amendment


31. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.
Standing
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Clear and Present Danger Test
14th Amendment


32. Federal employees are elected/hired based on merit.
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Civil Service Act of 1883
Miranda v. Arizona
Senatorial Courtesy


33. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.
The Right of Due Process
Activist Judges
Plessy v. Fergueson
George Washington


34. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).
Devolution
14th Amendment
Brown v. Board of Education
Strict Scrutiny


35. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.
James Madison
Executive office of the President
Gouverneur Morris
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld


36. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.

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37. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.
8th Amendment
James Madison
Griswald v. Connecticut
Habeas Corpus


38. First ten amendments to the US Constitution - ratified in 1971; ensure the rights and liberties to the people.
Devolution
Standing
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Bill of Rights


39. Implemented following the successful revolt of the British colonies in North America against imperial rule - the articles served as the national government from 1781-1787.
9
Stare Decisis
8th Amendment
Articles of Confederation


40. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.
Jim Crow Laws
4th Amendment protections
Standing
Gouverneur Morris


41. Temp. committees whose members are appointed by SotH and officer of the Senate. They are charged with reaching compromise on legislation once it has been passed by the House. Determine what laws are passed.
The Exclusionary Rule
Activist Judges
Daniel Shays
Conference Committee


42. Not allowed.
Native American Smoking
George Washington
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Gideon v. Wainwright


43. A system in which the president submits the name of a candidate for judicial appointment to the senators from the candidate's state before formally submitting it for full senate approval.
War Powers Resolution
Senatorial Courtesy
Constitutional Convention
President's Inherent Powers


44. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.
Shays' Rebellion
Strict Scrutiny
Marbury v. Madison
Activist Judges


45. A rule that gov't action toward religion is permissible if it is secular in purpose. Separation of law and religion.

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46. An effort by a gov't agency to block the publication of material it deems libelous or harmful in some other way; censorship.
Joint Chiefs of Staff
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Prior Restraint
Lawyers


47. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.
Constitutional Convention
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Native American Smoking
Executive Agreements


48. Reasserted the principle of congressional war power - required the president to inform Congress of any planned military campaign. 1973.
Filibuster
War Powers Resolution
Native American Smoking
President's Appointment Power


49. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
Presidential Mandate
Constitutional Convention
The Declaration of Independence.


50. Allows the right to a legal representation in all felony cases.
The Declaration of Independence.
Miranda v. Arizona
Senatorial Courtesy
Gideon v. Wainwright