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CLEP Political Science Us
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1. 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.
President's Inherent Powers
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Prior Restraint
Gouverneur Morris
2. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.
Congressional Oversight
2/3 from Congress
Stare Decisis
Regulatory Agency
3. 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.
2/3 from Congress
Amicus Curiae
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Regulatory Agency
4. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.
Constitutional Convention
Independent Agency
Pork Barrel Legislation
Activist Judges
5. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.
Power to Declare War
Power of the Federal Reserve
Habeas Corpus
Redlining
6. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.
Alexander Hamilton
Redlining
Gideon v. Wainwright
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
7. 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.
Redlining
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
James Madison
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
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.
Strict Scrutiny
Redlining
De facto and de jure segregation
Gouverneur Morris
9. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.
Prior Restraint
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Strict Scrutiny
10. Term of Senate/House
6 years/2 years
The Declaration of Independence.
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Civil Service Act of 1883
11. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).
Last time Congress declared war
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Devolution
Stare Decisis
12. 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
Redlining
Miranda v. Arizona
Lawyers
13. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.
4th Amendment protections
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Gideon v. Wainwright
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
14. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
State of the Union Address
Filibuster
Brown v. Board of Education
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.
Conference Committee
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Executive Agreements
Delegated Powers
16. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.
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17. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.
Bill of Rights
Devolution
Delegated Powers
Alexander Hamilton
18. 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
Alexander Hamilton
Power to Declare War
War Powers Resolution
Critical Period
19. A practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill; vote trading.
Logrolling
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
State of the Union Address
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
20. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.
Articles of Confederation
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Strict Scrutiny
State of the Union Address
21. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Logrolling
Around 100
Executive Order
22. 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
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
American Government and Politics
Conference Committee
Independent Agency
23. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.
Administrative Rule Making
Griswald v. Connecticut
Daniel Shays
Executive office of the President
24. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.
George Washington
Marbury v. Madison
Plessy v. Fergueson
Prior Restraint
25. 30 minutes.
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Congressional Oversight
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
26. 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.
Brown v. Board of Education
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Articles of Confederation
American Government and Politics
27. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.
Executive Order
CA Prop 187
Executive office of the President
Clear and Present Danger Test
28. Reasserted the principle of congressional war power - required the president to inform Congress of any planned military campaign. 1973.
Lawyers
War Powers Resolution
Presidential Mandate
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
29. Process that executive and independent agencies use to create - or promulgate - regulations.
Executive office of the President
6 years/2 years
Administrative Rule Making
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
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
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Shays' Rebellion
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
31. 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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32. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.
Habeas Corpus
Jurisdiction
Griswald v. Connecticut
CA Prop 187
33. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.
Power to Declare War
Plessy v. Fergueson
Pork Barrel Legislation
De facto and de jure segregation
34. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
President's Appointment Power
Devolution
Executive Agreements
35. A collection of essays expressing the political philosophy of the Founders and that were instrumental in bringing about the ratification of the Constitution.
Presidential Mandate
The Federalist Papers
90% or higher
The Exclusionary Rule
36. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.
Around 100
Gouverneur Morris
Jim Crow Laws
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
37. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears
Standing
Lawyers
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Around 100
38. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.
Alexander Hamilton
James Madison
90% or higher
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
39. Requires police to read the Miranda rights so they know they don't have to self incriminate.
James Madison
Lawrence v. Texas
Miranda v. Arizona
Prior Restraint
40. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?
Regulatory Agency
The Declaration of Independence.
Around 100
Conference Committee
41. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Shays' Rebellion
Government Corporation
Lawrence v. Texas
42. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.
Power to Declare War
Clear and Present Danger Test
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Delegated Powers
43. Congress because they're tied to the people.
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44. An effort by a gov't agency to block the publication of material it deems libelous or harmful in some other way; censorship.
Thomas Jefferson
Prior Restraint
Marbury v. Madison
Habeas Corpus
45. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.
Gideon v. Wainwright
Delegated Powers
Articles of Confederation
8th Amendment
46. 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.
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Around 100
Senatorial Courtesy
47. 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
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Marbury v. Madison
Devolution
Thomas Jefferson
48. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.
Power of the Federal Reserve
Congressional Oversight
Thomas Jefferson
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
49. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Redlining
Lawrence v. Texas
Clear and Present Danger Test
50. President is obligated to make recommendations for Congress's consideration.
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
State of the Union Address
Clear and Present Danger Test
Bill of Rights