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1. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.
Standing
Congressional Oversight
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Plessy v. Fergueson
2. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.
Executive Agreements
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
CA Prop 187
George Washington
3. 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.
Miranda v. Arizona
Around 100
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Lawyers
4. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.
Lawyers
American Government and Politics
Independent Agency
President's Inherent Powers
5. Process that executive and independent agencies use to create - or promulgate - regulations.
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Administrative Rule Making
8th Amendment
Jurisdiction
6. 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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7. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.
War Powers Resolution
Standing
The Exclusionary Rule
Critical Period
8. Requires police to read the Miranda rights so they know they don't have to self incriminate.
Miranda v. Arizona
Power of the Federal Reserve
War Powers Resolution
Around 100
9. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.
James Madison
Government Corporation
Gideon v. Wainwright
Amicus Curiae
10. 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.
CA Prop 187
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Independent Agency
The Declaration of Independence.
11. First ten amendments to the US Constitution - ratified in 1971; ensure the rights and liberties to the people.
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Logrolling
The Exclusionary Rule
Bill of Rights
12. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.
Power of the Federal Reserve
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
8th Amendment
13. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.
American Government and Politics
Native American Smoking
Standing
Regulatory Agency
14. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.
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15. 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
Filibuster
Habeas Corpus
Executive Order
Marbury v. Madison
16. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Independent Agency
8th Amendment
The Right of Due Process
17. 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.
Amicus Curiae
Marbury v. Madison
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
18. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.
The Exclusionary Rule
Executive office of the President
Daniel Shays
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
19. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.
Administrative Rule Making
Thomas Jefferson
Critical Period
Redlining
20. 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.
Government Corporation
The Declaration of Independence.
De facto and de jure segregation
Devolution
21. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.
Native American Smoking
Joint Chiefs of Staff
James Madison
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
22. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.
Class Action Suit
Alexander Hamilton
Logrolling
4th Amendment protections
23. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.
Gouverneur Morris
14th Amendment
Power to Declare War
8th Amendment
24. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Lawrence v. Texas
Alexander Hamilton
25. 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.
Bill of Rights
Senatorial Courtesy
Logrolling
Civil Service Act of 1883
26. 30 minutes.
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Executive office of the President
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Strict Scrutiny
27. 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.
Articles of Confederation
Dred Scot v. Standford
Senatorial Courtesy
Stare Decisis
28. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.
Redlining
Lawyers
Executive office of the President
Gouverneur Morris
29. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.
8th Amendment
The Exclusionary Rule
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
30. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Jim Crow Laws
Griswald v. Connecticut
Thomas Jefferson
President's Inherent Powers
31. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.
CA Prop 187
14th Amendment
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Administrative Rule Making
32. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Civil Service Act of 1883
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
The Federalist Papers
33. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Speaker of the House
Buckley v. Valeo
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
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.
Marbury v. Madison
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Gideon v. Wainwright
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
35. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
Government Corporation
War Powers Resolution
Griswald v. Connecticut
Amicus Curiae
36. Save Our State - 1994 - Prohibit illegal aliens from using health care - public education - and other social services in the U.S. State of California.
The Declaration of Independence.
CA Prop 187
Devolution
Shays' Rebellion
37. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.
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38. 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.
Thomas Jefferson
9
Shays' Rebellion
Speaker of the House
39. A practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill; vote trading.
Logrolling
Regulatory Agency
Government Corporation
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
40. 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
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Critical Period
Around 100
41. WWll - 1941
Lawyers
Amicus Curiae
Class Action Suit
Last time Congress declared war
42. 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
Daniel Shays
CA Prop 187
President's Inherent Powers
American Government and Politics
43. Interstate Commerce Commission 1887. Created over railroad problems.
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Stare Decisis
Executive Agreements
Dred Scot v. Standford
44. % of votes to override a presidential veto
Bill of Rights
Lawyers
2/3 from Congress
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
45. Congress has this power - only used twice.
Power to Declare War
90% or higher
Logrolling
CA Prop 187
46. Ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment.
Delegated Powers
The Exclusionary Rule
The Federalist Papers
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
47. Term of Senate/House
6 years/2 years
Miranda v. Arizona
Marbury v. Madison
8th Amendment
48. An effort by a gov't agency to block the publication of material it deems libelous or harmful in some other way; censorship.
Prior Restraint
Presidential Mandate
Clear and Present Danger Test
Pork Barrel Legislation
49. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?
The Declaration of Independence.
Administrative Rule Making
Daniel Shays
Griswald v. Connecticut
50. Not allowed.
Native American Smoking
Government Corporation
Jim Crow Laws
Lawrence v. Texas
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