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1. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.
State of the Union Address
Power to Declare War
Redlining
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
2. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Strict Scrutiny
Speaker of the House
Habeas Corpus
3. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.
Amicus Curiae
The Right of Due Process
Strict Scrutiny
Redlining
4. 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.
Filibuster
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Speaker of the House
5. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.
Class Action Suit
Bill of Rights
CA Prop 187
Marbury v. Madison
6. A collection of essays expressing the political philosophy of the Founders and that were instrumental in bringing about the ratification of the Constitution.
Habeas Corpus
Delegated Powers
6 years/2 years
The Federalist Papers
7. Congress because they're tied to the people.
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8. Number of Supreme Court Justices
9
James Madison
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Plessy v. Fergueson
9. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.
Marbury v. Madison
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Thomas Jefferson
Executive Agreements
10. First ten amendments to the US Constitution - ratified in 1971; ensure the rights and liberties to the people.
Power to Declare War
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Plessy v. Fergueson
Bill of Rights
11. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.
Shays' Rebellion
Buckley v. Valeo
Lawrence v. Texas
The Exclusionary Rule
12. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.
Dred Scot v. Standford
9
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
13. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Civil Rights Act of 1964
8th Amendment
Congressional Oversight
14. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.
Clear and Present Danger Test
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Pork Barrel Legislation
Delegated Powers
15. Save Our State - 1994 - Prohibit illegal aliens from using health care - public education - and other social services in the U.S. State of California.
Marbury v. Madison
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
6 years/2 years
CA Prop 187
16. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
Clear and Present Danger Test
Alexander Hamilton
Constitutional Convention
Around 100
17. 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
Conference Committee
Marbury v. Madison
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Power of the Federal Reserve
18. A claim by a victorious candidate that the electorate has given him or her special authority to carry out promises made during the campaign.
Presidential Mandate
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Speaker of the House
Strict Scrutiny
19. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.
8th Amendment
The Exclusionary Rule
Stare Decisis
Power of the Federal Reserve
20. 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.
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Lawrence v. Texas
Class Action Suit
Articles of Confederation
21. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.
Griswald v. Connecticut
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
14th Amendment
Senatorial Courtesy
22. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.
6 years/2 years
Delegated Powers
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
23. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.
Habeas Corpus
President's Appointment Power
Lawrence v. Texas
Constitutional Convention
24. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.
Dred Scot v. Standford
Jim Crow Laws
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Critical Period
25. Congress has this power - only used twice.
Government Corporation
Power to Declare War
Executive office of the President
Class Action Suit
26. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.
Filibuster
War Powers Resolution
Delegated Powers
De facto and de jure segregation
27. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.
Executive Order
Executive office of the President
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
The Right of Due Process
28. Allows the right to a legal representation in all felony cases.
Articles of Confederation
Gideon v. Wainwright
Habeas Corpus
Plessy v. Fergueson
29. Ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment.
Critical Period
Class Action Suit
The Exclusionary Rule
Prior Restraint
30. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.
American Government and Politics
Power to Declare War
4th Amendment protections
Joint Chiefs of Staff
31. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears
President's Appointment Power
Thomas Jefferson
Around 100
Regulatory Agency
32. 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
Prior Restraint
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
33. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).
Daniel Shays
Amicus Curiae
Brown v. Board of Education
Devolution
34. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.
Executive Order
James Madison
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Strict Scrutiny
35. 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
Jurisdiction
Critical Period
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
36. Most common job of Senators
Independent Agency
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Jim Crow Laws
Lawyers
37. A practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill; vote trading.
Executive office of the President
Logrolling
Brown v. Board of Education
American Government and Politics
38. Process that executive and independent agencies use to create - or promulgate - regulations.
8th Amendment
Administrative Rule Making
Buckley v. Valeo
Government Corporation
39. 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.
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Power of the Federal Reserve
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
The Exclusionary Rule
40. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.
Congressional Oversight
Gouverneur Morris
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Strict Scrutiny
41. 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
Constitutional Convention
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Prior Restraint
Last time Congress declared war
42. President is obligated to make recommendations for Congress's consideration.
State of the Union Address
Clear and Present Danger Test
Filibuster
Administrative Rule Making
43. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Regulatory Agency
President's Inherent Powers
Alexander Hamilton
44. 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.
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Activist Judges
James Madison
War Powers Resolution
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.
Stare Decisis
Senatorial Courtesy
De facto and de jure segregation
Conference Committee
46. 30 minutes.
Logrolling
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Clear and Present Danger Test
47. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.
Lawyers
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Lawrence v. Texas
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
48. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.
Gideon v. Wainwright
Habeas Corpus
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Regulatory Agency
49. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.
Miranda v. Arizona
George Washington
14th Amendment
President's Appointment Power
50. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.
Pork Barrel Legislation
9
Brown v. Board of Education
Gouverneur Morris
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