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1. 30 minutes.
Power of the Federal Reserve
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Habeas Corpus
War Powers Resolution
2. Most common job of Senators
American Government and Politics
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Lawyers
The Declaration of Independence.
3. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
James Madison
Stare Decisis
Administrative Rule Making
4. First ten amendments to the US Constitution - ratified in 1971; ensure the rights and liberties to the people.
Last time Congress declared war
Devolution
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Bill of Rights
5. 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
Shays' Rebellion
Stare Decisis
Pork Barrel Legislation
6. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Gideon v. Wainwright
Around 100
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
7. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.
4th Amendment protections
Redlining
Administrative Rule Making
Lawrence v. Texas
8. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.
9. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.
Bill of Rights
James Madison
14th Amendment
Griswald v. Connecticut
10. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Buckley v. Valeo
8th Amendment
The Exclusionary Rule
11. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
Alexander Hamilton
War Powers Resolution
Government Corporation
Standing
12. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Around 100
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
13. A Revolutionary War veteran who led a rebellion of farmers against tax collectors and the banks that were siezing their property.
Daniel Shays
Activist Judges
Griswald v. Connecticut
Speaker of the House
14. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.
9
George Washington
Marbury v. Madison
Filibuster
15. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).
Devolution
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Presidential Mandate
Logrolling
16. 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
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Civil Service Act of 1883
Power of the Federal Reserve
17. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.
18. 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.
Amicus Curiae
8th Amendment
Devolution
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
19. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.
Constitutional Convention
8th Amendment
Executive office of the President
Brown v. Board of Education
20. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.
Alexander Hamilton
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Gideon v. Wainwright
Amicus Curiae
21. 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.
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
George Washington
Senatorial Courtesy
Thomas Jefferson
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.
Standing
Lawrence v. Texas
Civil Rights Act of 1964
De facto and de jure segregation
23. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.
24. Allows the right to a legal representation in all felony cases.
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Critical Period
American Government and Politics
Gideon v. Wainwright
25. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.
Plessy v. Fergueson
Congressional Oversight
Power of the Federal Reserve
Marbury v. Madison
26. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.
Alexander Hamilton
Regulatory Agency
Jim Crow Laws
Civil Service Act of 1883
27. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.
De facto and de jure segregation
Around 100
Dred Scot v. Standford
Critical Period
28. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.
Senatorial Courtesy
Griswald v. Connecticut
Jim Crow Laws
American Government and Politics
29. President is obligated to make recommendations for Congress's consideration.
James Madison
State of the Union Address
Constitutional Convention
Last time Congress declared war
30. WWll - 1941
Last time Congress declared war
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Pork Barrel Legislation
Gouverneur Morris
31. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Dred Scot v. Standford
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
8th Amendment
32. 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
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Executive Order
Daniel Shays
Marbury v. Madison
33. An effort by a gov't agency to block the publication of material it deems libelous or harmful in some other way; censorship.
Executive Order
Prior Restraint
Regulatory Agency
9
34. Congress has this power - only used twice.
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Power to Declare War
Presidential Mandate
35. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?
9
President's Inherent Powers
Power of the Federal Reserve
The Declaration of Independence.
36. A rule that gov't action toward religion is permissible if it is secular in purpose. Separation of law and religion.
37. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.
Speaker of the House
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Buckley v. Valeo
Administrative Rule Making
38. Reasserted the principle of congressional war power - required the president to inform Congress of any planned military campaign. 1973.
Prior Restraint
American Government and Politics
War Powers Resolution
Marbury v. Madison
39. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
Clear and Present Danger Test
Speaker of the House
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
War Powers Resolution
40. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.
Stare Decisis
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Articles of Confederation
Class Action Suit
41. 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
Prior Restraint
Daniel Shays
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Standing
42. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Habeas Corpus
Conference Committee
43. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.
Executive Order
Prior Restraint
Marbury v. Madison
Amicus Curiae
44. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
American Government and Politics
Prior Restraint
The Right of Due Process
45. 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.
Shays' Rebellion
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Delegated Powers
Articles of Confederation
46. 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
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Power to Declare War
Regulatory Agency
47. Federal employees are elected/hired based on merit.
Civil Service Act of 1883
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Last time Congress declared war
President's Appointment Power
48. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.
Power to Declare War
Independent Agency
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
49. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Clear and Present Danger Test
Delegated Powers
Executive Agreements
50. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).
CA Prop 187
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Activist Judges
Bill of Rights