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1. Interstate Commerce Commission 1887. Created over railroad problems.
President's Appointment Power
Executive Agreements
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress


2. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.

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3. 30 minutes.
9
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Native American Smoking
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court


4. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.
Dred Scot v. Standford
Alexander Hamilton
George Washington
Delegated Powers


5. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.
90% or higher
Alexander Hamilton
Delegated Powers
Stare Decisis


6. First ten amendments to the US Constitution - ratified in 1971; ensure the rights and liberties to the people.
Bill of Rights
Prior Restraint
Thomas Jefferson
Standing


7. % of votes to override a presidential veto
2/3 from Congress
The Declaration of Independence.
Gideon v. Wainwright
Critical Period


8. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.
Pork Barrel Legislation
Amicus Curiae
Power of the Federal Reserve
8th Amendment


9. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).
Daniel Shays
Clear and Present Danger Test
Devolution
Regulatory Agency


10. Save Our State - 1994 - Prohibit illegal aliens from using health care - public education - and other social services in the U.S. State of California.
Conference Committee
Class Action Suit
CA Prop 187
Least dangerous branch of the gov't


11. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.
Executive office of the President
Regulatory Agency
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Jim Crow Laws


12. Regulation issued by the president that has the effect and formal status of legislation.
Amicus Curiae
Native American Smoking
Executive Order
Executive Agreements


13. Affecting ambassadors and other public ministers and consuls and disputes between the states.
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Government Corporation
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Devolution


14. 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.
Conference Committee
Executive Order
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Brown v. Board of Education


15. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.
Buckley v. Valeo
Lawrence v. Texas
Plessy v. Fergueson
Delegated Powers


16. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.
Standing
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Bill of Rights
Griswald v. Connecticut


17. Congress has this power - only used twice.
Thomas Jefferson
The Federalist Papers
Power to Declare War
Prior Restraint


18. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.
Miranda v. Arizona
Dred Scot v. Standford
Filibuster
Standing


19. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.
The Right of Due Process
President's Inherent Powers
2/3 from Congress
Bill of Rights


20. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.
Articles of Confederation
Gouverneur Morris
Joint Chiefs of Staff
State of the Union Address


21. 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
Lawrence v. Texas
Standing
Brown v. Board of Education


22. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.
Joint Chiefs of Staff
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Executive office of the President
Clear and Present Danger Test


23. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.
Alexander Hamilton
War Powers Resolution
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Exclusionary Rule


24. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Government Corporation
14th Amendment


25. 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.
James Madison
State of the Union Address
Clear and Present Danger Test
Articles of Confederation


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

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27. WWll - 1941
Last time Congress declared war
Articles of Confederation
Power of the Federal Reserve
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power


28. 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.
Griswald v. Connecticut
Senatorial Courtesy
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld


29. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).
Devolution
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Activist Judges
Gouverneur Morris


30. A Revolutionary War veteran who led a rebellion of farmers against tax collectors and the banks that were siezing their property.
Daniel Shays
6 years/2 years
George Washington
Native American Smoking


31. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.
James Madison
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Stare Decisis
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.


32. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.
Last time Congress declared war
Jurisdiction
Lawyers
Delegated Powers


33. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.
Brown v. Board of Education
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
2/3 from Congress
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power


34. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Redlining
War Powers Resolution
9


35. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Congressional Oversight
Griswald v. Connecticut
Class Action Suit


36. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Jim Crow Laws
Buckley v. Valeo
The Right of Due Process


37. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?
Government Corporation
The Exclusionary Rule
Strict Scrutiny
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.


38. Requires police to read the Miranda rights so they know they don't have to self incriminate.
Lawrence v. Texas
Daniel Shays
Miranda v. Arizona
Senatorial Courtesy


39. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.
Independent Agency
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Amicus Curiae
Shays' Rebellion


40. Reasserted the principle of congressional war power - required the president to inform Congress of any planned military campaign. 1973.
War Powers Resolution
Clear and Present Danger Test
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Senatorial Courtesy


41. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.
Gideon v. Wainwright
Griswald v. Connecticut
Congressional Oversight
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified


42. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Alexander Hamilton
De facto and de jure segregation


43. 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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44. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.
Prior Restraint
8th Amendment
Griswald v. Connecticut
Brown v. Board of Education


45. 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.
Senatorial Courtesy
George Washington
Constitutional Convention
Buckley v. Valeo


46. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Thomas Jefferson
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Constitutional Convention


47. Not allowed.
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Bill of Rights
Native American Smoking
Gouverneur Morris


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

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49. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.
Amicus Curiae
Alexander Hamilton
8th Amendment
Filibuster


50. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.

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