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CLEP Political Science Us
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1. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).
Activist Judges
Thomas Jefferson
9
Miranda v. Arizona
2. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.
Activist Judges
Stare Decisis
Alexander Hamilton
CA Prop 187
3. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.
Amicus Curiae
Brown v. Board of Education
Gouverneur Morris
State of the Union Address
4. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
Clear and Present Danger Test
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Marbury v. Madison
Senatorial Courtesy
5. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.
Independent Agency
Logrolling
War Powers Resolution
8th Amendment
6. Requires police to read the Miranda rights so they know they don't have to self incriminate.
Congressional Oversight
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Miranda v. Arizona
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
7. 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
Amicus Curiae
Jurisdiction
Thomas Jefferson
8. 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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9. 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.
6 years/2 years
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
State of the Union Address
Redlining
10. A claim by a victorious candidate that the electorate has given him or her special authority to carry out promises made during the campaign.
De facto and de jure segregation
Lawyers
Presidential Mandate
The Federalist Papers
11. President is obligated to make recommendations for Congress's consideration.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
State of the Union Address
Around 100
Filibuster
12. 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.
Buckley v. Valeo
Speaker of the House
6 years/2 years
Habeas Corpus
13. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.
Native American Smoking
Executive office of the President
Redlining
Critical Period
14. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.
State of the Union Address
Native American Smoking
The Right of Due Process
Amicus Curiae
15. 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.
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Conference Committee
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
16. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.
Pork Barrel Legislation
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Presidential Mandate
Regulatory Agency
17. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.
The Federalist Papers
6 years/2 years
Critical Period
Civil Rights Act of 1964
18. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.
Pork Barrel Legislation
Redlining
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Executive Agreements
19. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Last time Congress declared war
Devolution
Conference Committee
20. 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.
Buckley v. Valeo
De facto and de jure segregation
Clear and Present Danger Test
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
21. 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
Standing
Regulatory Agency
The Exclusionary Rule
Critical Period
22. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.
Senatorial Courtesy
Alexander Hamilton
Plessy v. Fergueson
Executive Order
23. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.
Redlining
Griswald v. Connecticut
Thomas Jefferson
90% or higher
24. Regulation issued by the president that has the effect and formal status of legislation.
Standing
Executive Order
Around 100
James Madison
25. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.
President's Appointment Power
Native American Smoking
Amicus Curiae
James Madison
26. Affecting ambassadors and other public ministers and consuls and disputes between the states.
Jim Crow Laws
Articles of Confederation
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Lawyers
27. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.
Government Corporation
14th Amendment
Activist Judges
4th Amendment protections
28. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.
The Federalist Papers
Jurisdiction
Government Corporation
8th Amendment
29. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.
Alexander Hamilton
Prior Restraint
Strict Scrutiny
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
30. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.
Constitutional Convention
Congressional Oversight
Around 100
Lawrence v. Texas
31. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.
Buckley v. Valeo
Regulatory Agency
Devolution
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
32. An effort by a gov't agency to block the publication of material it deems libelous or harmful in some other way; censorship.
Alexander Hamilton
Lawyers
CA Prop 187
Prior Restraint
33. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?
Congressional Oversight
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
14th Amendment
34. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.
Marbury v. Madison
Presidential Mandate
Habeas Corpus
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
35. Most common job of Senators
Lawyers
Civil Rights Act of 1964
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
14th Amendment
36. A Revolutionary War veteran who led a rebellion of farmers against tax collectors and the banks that were siezing their property.
Daniel Shays
Alexander Hamilton
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Constitutional Convention
37. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.
George Washington
Marbury v. Madison
90% or higher
Jim Crow Laws
38. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.
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39. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.
14th Amendment
Activist Judges
James Madison
The Federalist Papers
40. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.
Lawrence v. Texas
Alexander Hamilton
Around 100
Filibuster
41. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Lawyers
Thomas Jefferson
The Right of Due Process
Marbury v. Madison
42. Congress because they're tied to the people.
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43. A collection of essays expressing the political philosophy of the Founders and that were instrumental in bringing about the ratification of the Constitution.
Brown v. Board of Education
The Federalist Papers
Presidential Mandate
Logrolling
44. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Buckley v. Valeo
The Right of Due Process
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
45. First ten amendments to the US Constitution - ratified in 1971; ensure the rights and liberties to the people.
Jurisdiction
2/3 from Congress
Constitutional Convention
Bill of Rights
46. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
Government Corporation
Speaker of the House
2/3 from Congress
Thomas Jefferson
47. High-ranking military officers who represent the Navy - Army - Air Force and Marines. They assist the civilian leaders of the Department of Defense-advise the president on security matters.
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Constitutional Convention
Prior Restraint
Lawrence v. Texas
48. The 1803 case in which Chief Justice John Marshall and his associates first asserted the right of the Supreme Court to determine the meaning of the U.S. Constitution. The decision established the Court's power of judicial review over acts of Congress
4th Amendment protections
Marbury v. Madison
Jim Crow Laws
Power of the Federal Reserve
49. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.
Thomas Jefferson
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Administrative Rule Making
Constitutional Convention
50. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Civil Service Act of 1883
Around 100
George Washington