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CLEP Political Science Us
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1. Allows the right to a legal representation in all felony cases.
Independent Agency
Critical Period
Gideon v. Wainwright
Griswald v. Connecticut
2. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.
Presidential Mandate
Filibuster
President's Inherent Powers
Standing
3. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.
Independent Agency
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
George Washington
Jurisdiction
4. Save Our State - 1994 - Prohibit illegal aliens from using health care - public education - and other social services in the U.S. State of California.
Congressional Oversight
2/3 from Congress
4th Amendment protections
CA Prop 187
5. 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.
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Around 100
Power of the Federal Reserve
Logrolling
6. WWll - 1941
6 years/2 years
Shays' Rebellion
Last time Congress declared war
Gideon v. Wainwright
7. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
James Madison
Buckley v. Valeo
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
8. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.
Activist Judges
Power of the Federal Reserve
The Right of Due Process
Standing
9. Most common job of Senators
8th Amendment
4th Amendment protections
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Lawyers
10. 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
Civil Service Act of 1883
Miranda v. Arizona
Constitutional Convention
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
11. A collection of essays expressing the political philosophy of the Founders and that were instrumental in bringing about the ratification of the Constitution.
6 years/2 years
The Federalist Papers
Thomas Jefferson
Gideon v. Wainwright
12. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Executive office of the President
Power of the Federal Reserve
4th Amendment protections
13. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.
Lawrence v. Texas
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Bill of Rights
Independent Agency
14. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.
Filibuster
Civil Rights Act of 1964
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
15. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.
The Exclusionary Rule
Congressional Oversight
Pork Barrel Legislation
Jurisdiction
16. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.
George Washington
Executive office of the President
Alexander Hamilton
Brown v. Board of Education
17. 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.
Power of the Federal Reserve
Speaker of the House
Last time Congress declared war
George Washington
18. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.
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19. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.
Devolution
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Delegated Powers
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
20. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.
Activist Judges
Government Corporation
14th Amendment
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
21. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.
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22. 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.
Plessy v. Fergueson
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Stare Decisis
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
23. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.
Class Action Suit
4th Amendment protections
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
14th Amendment
24. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
Conference Committee
Plessy v. Fergueson
Clear and Present Danger Test
Prior Restraint
25. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.
CA Prop 187
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
14th Amendment
Thomas Jefferson
26. 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.
Government Corporation
Gouverneur Morris
Last time Congress declared war
Joint Chiefs of Staff
27. 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
Devolution
American Government and Politics
Marbury v. Madison
8th Amendment
28. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.
8th Amendment
Lawrence v. Texas
Alexander Hamilton
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
29. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Presidential Mandate
Constitutional Convention
Conference Committee
30. President is obligated to make recommendations for Congress's consideration.
Clear and Present Danger Test
Shays' Rebellion
State of the Union Address
De facto and de jure segregation
31. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.
Amicus Curiae
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Griswald v. Connecticut
Shays' Rebellion
32. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.
Power of the Federal Reserve
Jim Crow Laws
De facto and de jure segregation
4th Amendment protections
33. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.
Administrative Rule Making
Stare Decisis
Dred Scot v. Standford
The Right of Due Process
34. 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.
President's Inherent Powers
Conference Committee
Administrative Rule Making
2/3 from Congress
35. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.
Administrative Rule Making
The Exclusionary Rule
Regulatory Agency
Alexander Hamilton
36. 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.
Constitutional Convention
Delegated Powers
Devolution
De facto and de jure segregation
37. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.
State of the Union Address
Redlining
Jim Crow Laws
Pork Barrel Legislation
38. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
Regulatory Agency
Government Corporation
2/3 from Congress
Presidential Mandate
39. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.
Senatorial Courtesy
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Griswald v. Connecticut
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
40. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.
Lawrence v. Texas
CA Prop 187
Dred Scot v. Standford
George Washington
41. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Class Action Suit
Strict Scrutiny
Last time Congress declared war
42. 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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43. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.
Administrative Rule Making
Alexander Hamilton
The Declaration of Independence.
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
44. Term of Senate/House
6 years/2 years
Independent Agency
Amicus Curiae
Joint Chiefs of Staff
45. Requires police to read the Miranda rights so they know they don't have to self incriminate.
Delegated Powers
Miranda v. Arizona
8th Amendment
Clear and Present Danger Test
46. Reasserted the principle of congressional war power - required the president to inform Congress of any planned military campaign. 1973.
Activist Judges
War Powers Resolution
Power to Declare War
Dred Scot v. Standford
47. 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.
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Independent Agency
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Brown v. Board of Education
48. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.
Articles of Confederation
Pork Barrel Legislation
Plessy v. Fergueson
Delegated Powers
49. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.
2/3 from Congress
90% or higher
Jurisdiction
Filibuster
50. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?
Redlining
George Washington
The Declaration of Independence.
Amicus Curiae