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1. A claim by a victorious candidate that the electorate has given him or her special authority to carry out promises made during the campaign.






2. Congress has this power - only used twice.






3. President is obligated to make recommendations for Congress's consideration.






4. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.






5. Reasserted the principle of congressional war power - required the president to inform Congress of any planned military campaign. 1973.






6. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions






7. Ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment.






8. Affecting ambassadors and other public ministers and consuls and disputes between the states.






9. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.






10. An inability to regulate interstate and foreign trade - lack of a chief executive and a national court system - and its rule that amendments must be approved by unanimous consent.






11. % of House that get reelected






12. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.






13. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.






14. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.






15. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.






16. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.






17. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.






18. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.






19. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.






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

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21. 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.






22. Most common job of Senators






23. 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.






24. 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.






25. Federal employees are elected/hired based on merit.






26. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.






27. A Revolutionary War veteran who led a rebellion of farmers against tax collectors and the banks that were siezing their property.






28. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.






29. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.






30. 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






31. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.






32. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.






33. 30 minutes.






34. 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






35. 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.






36. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.






37. 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.






38. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.






39. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.






40. Allows the right to a legal representation in all felony cases.






41. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).






42. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.






43. Process that executive and independent agencies use to create - or promulgate - regulations.






44. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.






45. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.






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

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47. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.






48. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.






49. Number of Supreme Court Justices






50. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.







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