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CLEP Political Science Us

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears






3. 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.






4. First ten amendments to the US Constitution - ratified in 1971; ensure the rights and liberties to the people.






5. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.






6. 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.






7. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.






8. Term of Senate/House






9. Ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment.






10. A claim by a victorious candidate that the electorate has given him or her special authority to carry out promises made during the campaign.






11. Congress has this power - only used twice.






12. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).






13. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.






14. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.






15. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.


16. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.






17. A rule that gov't action toward religion is permissible if it is secular in purpose. Separation of law and religion.


18. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.






19. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.






20. Interstate Commerce Commission 1887. Created over railroad problems.






21. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.






22. Requires police to read the Miranda rights so they know they don't have to self incriminate.






23. Regulation issued by the president that has the effect and formal status of legislation.






24. 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.






25. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.






26. 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






27. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.






28. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.






29. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.






30. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?






31. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.






32. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.






33. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.






34. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.






35. 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






36. 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






37. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).






38. WWll - 1941






39. Allows the right to a legal representation in all felony cases.






40. % of House that get reelected






41. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.






42. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.






43. Number of Supreme Court Justices






44. Affecting ambassadors and other public ministers and consuls and disputes between the states.






45. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.


46. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.






47. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.






48. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.






49. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?






50. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.