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1. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.
8th Amendment
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Jurisdiction
Dred Scot v. Standford
2. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
4th Amendment protections
Redlining
Brown v. Board of Education
3. 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.
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Miranda v. Arizona
Delegated Powers
Speaker of the House
4. 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.
8th Amendment
George Washington
Habeas Corpus
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
5. WWll - 1941
Brown v. Board of Education
Last time Congress declared war
Marbury v. Madison
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
6. First ten amendments to the US Constitution - ratified in 1971; ensure the rights and liberties to the people.
4th Amendment protections
Bill of Rights
State of the Union Address
Administrative Rule Making
7. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.
Plessy v. Fergueson
Gouverneur Morris
4th Amendment protections
6 years/2 years
8. 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.
Dred Scot v. Standford
Strict Scrutiny
Amicus Curiae
Joint Chiefs of Staff
9. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears
4th Amendment protections
President's Inherent Powers
Around 100
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
10. 30 minutes.
Last time Congress declared war
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Miranda v. Arizona
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
11. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Filibuster
Devolution
Thomas Jefferson
Lawyers
12. 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
Critical Period
Native American Smoking
Presidential Mandate
Articles of Confederation
13. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.
The Right of Due Process
14th Amendment
Miranda v. Arizona
Jim Crow Laws
14. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.
Government Corporation
Regulatory Agency
Jurisdiction
Last time Congress declared war
15. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.
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16. 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
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Filibuster
State of the Union Address
Constitutional Convention
17. % of House that get reelected
Buckley v. Valeo
90% or higher
Government Corporation
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
18. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.
Filibuster
Redlining
Presidential Mandate
Civil Service Act of 1883
19. Interstate Commerce Commission 1887. Created over railroad problems.
Marbury v. Madison
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
War Powers Resolution
2/3 from Congress
20. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.
Lawrence v. Texas
Habeas Corpus
Clear and Present Danger Test
Jurisdiction
21. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.
The Federalist Papers
6 years/2 years
Buckley v. Valeo
Jurisdiction
22. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Griswald v. Connecticut
Presidential Mandate
The Federalist Papers
23. 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
Daniel Shays
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Marbury v. Madison
Shays' Rebellion
24. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.
6 years/2 years
Standing
Executive office of the President
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
25. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.
Standing
Dred Scot v. Standford
8th Amendment
Prior Restraint
26. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
James Madison
Shays' Rebellion
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
27. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Civil Rights Act of 1964
American Government and Politics
The Declaration of Independence.
28. Requires police to read the Miranda rights so they know they don't have to self incriminate.
Miranda v. Arizona
Standing
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Senatorial Courtesy
29. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.
Regulatory Agency
Executive Order
Lawrence v. Texas
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
30. 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
Dred Scot v. Standford
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Lawyers
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
31. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
14th Amendment
6 years/2 years
Amicus Curiae
32. 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
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
The Federalist Papers
Executive Order
33. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.
Administrative Rule Making
James Madison
The Exclusionary Rule
Power of the Federal Reserve
34. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?
Jim Crow Laws
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Last time Congress declared war
Senatorial Courtesy
35. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.
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36. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.
Filibuster
George Washington
CA Prop 187
The Right of Due Process
37. 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.
Strict Scrutiny
Conference Committee
Griswald v. Connecticut
Shays' Rebellion
38. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?
Gouverneur Morris
The Declaration of Independence.
90% or higher
Standing
39. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.
Last time Congress declared war
Articles of Confederation
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Executive office of the President
40. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Independent Agency
Activist Judges
Jurisdiction
41. President is obligated to make recommendations for Congress's consideration.
Shays' Rebellion
The Exclusionary Rule
State of the Union Address
Plessy v. Fergueson
42. Term of Senate/House
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
6 years/2 years
Gouverneur Morris
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
43. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
Around 100
Clear and Present Danger Test
Civil Service Act of 1883
Standing
44. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).
Devolution
Lawrence v. Texas
Miranda v. Arizona
Gouverneur Morris
45. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.
Gideon v. Wainwright
Devolution
Habeas Corpus
Alexander Hamilton
46. Most common job of Senators
Lawyers
State of the Union Address
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
90% or higher
47. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.
Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Declaration of Independence.
Amicus Curiae
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
48. % of votes to override a presidential veto
Redlining
Native American Smoking
2/3 from Congress
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
49. Ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment.
The Exclusionary Rule
Standing
George Washington
Speaker of the House
50. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
Government Corporation
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Executive Agreements