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CLEP Political Science Us
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1. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.
Jurisdiction
American Government and Politics
Delegated Powers
Brown v. Board of Education
2. Delegate - member of Congress acts on the express preference of his constituents. Trustee - member is more loosely tied to constituents and makes the decisions she thinks best.
Miranda v. Arizona
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Strict Scrutiny
Government Corporation
3. Court found detainess held both at US and Guantanamo bay had the right to challenge their detention before a judge or other neutral decision maker.
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Thomas Jefferson
Logrolling
Native American Smoking
4. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.
CA Prop 187
Executive Agreements
Redlining
Government Corporation
5. Save Our State - 1994 - Prohibit illegal aliens from using health care - public education - and other social services in the U.S. State of California.
The Declaration of Independence.
CA Prop 187
Joint Chiefs of Staff
De facto and de jure segregation
6. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
9
Administrative Rule Making
Conference Committee
7. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.
Griswald v. Connecticut
Devolution
President's Appointment Power
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
8. 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.
De facto and de jure segregation
Congressional Oversight
Plessy v. Fergueson
Senatorial Courtesy
9. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.
Dred Scot v. Standford
Executive Order
Stare Decisis
The Declaration of Independence.
10. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Critical Period
11. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
State of the Union Address
Standing
Congressional Oversight
12. Civil liberties are rights that individuals have against government. Among our civil liberties are the right to free expression - the right to worship (or not) as we choose - and the right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. Only the
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Constitutional Convention
Civil Service Act of 1883
Prior Restraint
13. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.
Brown v. Board of Education
Standing
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
The Right of Due Process
14. President is obligated to make recommendations for Congress's consideration.
8th Amendment
Executive Agreements
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
State of the Union Address
15. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.
Class Action Suit
Power of the Federal Reserve
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
16. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.
Griswald v. Connecticut
4th Amendment protections
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Around 100
17. A Revolutionary War veteran who led a rebellion of farmers against tax collectors and the banks that were siezing their property.
Power of the Federal Reserve
Stare Decisis
Thomas Jefferson
Daniel Shays
18. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
Government Corporation
American Government and Politics
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Executive Order
19. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.
Lawrence v. Texas
Redlining
Alexander Hamilton
14th Amendment
20. Number of Supreme Court Justices
9
Power to Declare War
90% or higher
Around 100
21. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.
Filibuster
Presidential Mandate
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
22. The 1780s in the United States - maked by internal conflict. The economy deteriorated as individual states printed their own currencies - taxed the products of their neighbors - and ignored foreign trade agreements. Inflation soared - small farmers l
CA Prop 187
Activist Judges
Critical Period
The Federalist Papers
23. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.
President's Appointment Power
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
8th Amendment
Independent Agency
24. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.
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25. A practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill; vote trading.
Bill of Rights
Amicus Curiae
Stare Decisis
Logrolling
26. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.
Critical Period
Buckley v. Valeo
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Dred Scot v. Standford
27. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.
Jim Crow Laws
Griswald v. Connecticut
Around 100
President's Inherent Powers
28. 30 minutes.
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Devolution
Logrolling
Critical Period
29. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Thomas Jefferson
Griswald v. Connecticut
The Declaration of Independence.
30. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Government Corporation
Around 100
31. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Daniel Shays
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Pork Barrel Legislation
32. % of House that get reelected
CA Prop 187
Amicus Curiae
President's Inherent Powers
90% or higher
33. Ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment.
9
The Exclusionary Rule
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Congressional Oversight
34. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
Regulatory Agency
Last time Congress declared war
Brown v. Board of Education
Clear and Present Danger Test
35. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Gideon v. Wainwright
Buckley v. Valeo
Joint Chiefs of Staff
36. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.
State of the Union Address
Marbury v. Madison
Shays' Rebellion
Class Action Suit
37. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.
Executive Agreements
Regulatory Agency
Amicus Curiae
Plessy v. Fergueson
38. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Power to Declare War
Congressional Oversight
14th Amendment
39. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.
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40. Congress because they're tied to the people.
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41. Process that executive and independent agencies use to create - or promulgate - regulations.
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Administrative Rule Making
Gouverneur Morris
Government Corporation
42. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.
Buckley v. Valeo
Speaker of the House
Habeas Corpus
Gouverneur Morris
43. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.
9
Speaker of the House
James Madison
The Federalist Papers
44. A series of meetings to reform the Articles of Confederation convened in Philadelphia in 1787 in response to the economic and social disorder and the dangers of foreign intervention. The result was an entirely new plan of government - the Constitutio
Constitutional Convention
Gouverneur Morris
Delegated Powers
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
45. 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.
Articles of Confederation
Executive Order
Last time Congress declared war
Redlining
46. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.
Power to Declare War
Gouverneur Morris
Logrolling
James Madison
47. Federal employees are elected/hired based on merit.
Civil Service Act of 1883
Stare Decisis
Alexander Hamilton
Bill of Rights
48. Congress has this power - only used twice.
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Activist Judges
Pork Barrel Legislation
Power to Declare War
49. WWll - 1941
Around 100
Thomas Jefferson
9
Last time Congress declared war
50. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.
Constitutional Convention
Strict Scrutiny
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Plessy v. Fergueson