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CLEP Political Science Us
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1. 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
Around 100
Civil Service Act of 1883
Presidential Mandate
2. Number of Supreme Court Justices
9
American Government and Politics
Bill of Rights
Devolution
3. Process that executive and independent agencies use to create - or promulgate - regulations.
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Civil Service Act of 1883
Administrative Rule Making
Stare Decisis
4. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.
2/3 from Congress
CA Prop 187
Jurisdiction
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
5. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.
Congressional Oversight
Amicus Curiae
Miranda v. Arizona
Bill of Rights
6. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.
Jim Crow Laws
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Pork Barrel Legislation
Plessy v. Fergueson
7. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).
James Madison
Class Action Suit
Devolution
Articles of Confederation
8. A claim by a victorious candidate that the electorate has given him or her special authority to carry out promises made during the campaign.
Jurisdiction
Presidential Mandate
Daniel Shays
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
9. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
8th Amendment
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Habeas Corpus
10. 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.
Civil Service Act of 1883
Senatorial Courtesy
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
11. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.
Lawrence v. Texas
Amicus Curiae
James Madison
Stare Decisis
12. President is obligated to make recommendations for Congress's consideration.
Strict Scrutiny
Redlining
Gideon v. Wainwright
State of the Union Address
13. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears
Prior Restraint
Power of the Federal Reserve
Around 100
Administrative Rule Making
14. Federal employees are elected/hired based on merit.
The Federalist Papers
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Devolution
Civil Service Act of 1883
15. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.
Bill of Rights
14th Amendment
Amicus Curiae
The Exclusionary Rule
16. Term of Senate/House
Gideon v. Wainwright
Last time Congress declared war
6 years/2 years
Power of the Federal Reserve
17. 30 minutes.
Executive Agreements
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Constitutional Convention
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
18. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Power of the Federal Reserve
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Executive office of the President
19. Not allowed.
Power to Declare War
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Native American Smoking
Amicus Curiae
20. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.
Griswald v. Connecticut
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Brown v. Board of Education
George Washington
21. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Gouverneur Morris
Executive office of the President
Native American Smoking
22. 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.
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Lawrence v. Texas
Jurisdiction
De facto and de jure segregation
23. An effort by a gov't agency to block the publication of material it deems libelous or harmful in some other way; censorship.
The Exclusionary Rule
Critical Period
Activist Judges
Prior Restraint
24. 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
The Exclusionary Rule
Amicus Curiae
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Critical Period
25. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?
The Declaration of Independence.
Civil Service Act of 1883
Prior Restraint
Jim Crow Laws
26. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?
Regulatory Agency
Shays' Rebellion
Bill of Rights
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
27. Interstate Commerce Commission 1887. Created over railroad problems.
Power of the Federal Reserve
Alexander Hamilton
Delegated Powers
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
28. Congress has this power - only used twice.
Conference Committee
Power to Declare War
Constitutional Convention
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
29. Affecting ambassadors and other public ministers and consuls and disputes between the states.
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Native American Smoking
30. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.
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31. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.
90% or higher
Executive Agreements
The Exclusionary Rule
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
32. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.
Delegated Powers
Plessy v. Fergueson
Executive office of the President
Pork Barrel Legislation
33. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.
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34. 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.
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.
De facto and de jure segregation
Joint Chiefs of Staff
35. WWll - 1941
Last time Congress declared war
Gideon v. Wainwright
6 years/2 years
Buckley v. Valeo
36. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.
Critical Period
James Madison
Buckley v. Valeo
President's Inherent Powers
37. 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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38. Reasserted the principle of congressional war power - required the president to inform Congress of any planned military campaign. 1973.
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
War Powers Resolution
9
Bill of Rights
39. Most common job of Senators
Lawyers
Class Action Suit
Articles of Confederation
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
40. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.
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41. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.
Power of the Federal Reserve
4th Amendment protections
The Exclusionary Rule
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
42. 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.
Executive Agreements
Independent Agency
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Habeas Corpus
43. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.
Pork Barrel Legislation
Filibuster
14th Amendment
Brown v. Board of Education
44. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.
Redlining
Government Corporation
The Right of Due Process
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
45. A collection of essays expressing the political philosophy of the Founders and that were instrumental in bringing about the ratification of the Constitution.
Last time Congress declared war
8th Amendment
The Federalist Papers
Strict Scrutiny
46. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).
Plessy v. Fergueson
The Federalist Papers
Native American Smoking
Activist Judges
47. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Brown v. Board of Education
Pork Barrel Legislation
48. First ten amendments to the US Constitution - ratified in 1971; ensure the rights and liberties to the people.
George Washington
Bill of Rights
Around 100
2/3 from Congress
49. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
Civil Service Act of 1883
Last time Congress declared war
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Government Corporation
50. A practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill; vote trading.
Delegated Powers
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Logrolling
Jim Crow Laws