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1. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.
Filibuster
Articles of Confederation
Class Action Suit
Strict Scrutiny
2. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.
George Washington
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Redlining
President's Inherent Powers
3. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.
Redlining
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Joint Chiefs of Staff
President's Appointment Power
4. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.
Critical Period
Amicus Curiae
Jurisdiction
Gideon v. Wainwright
5. President is obligated to make recommendations for Congress's consideration.
Presidential Mandate
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Dred Scot v. Standford
State of the Union Address
6. A collection of essays expressing the political philosophy of the Founders and that were instrumental in bringing about the ratification of the Constitution.
The Federalist Papers
George Washington
Power to Declare War
Devolution
7. 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.
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Plessy v. Fergueson
Strict Scrutiny
De facto and de jure segregation
8. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.
Devolution
Plessy v. Fergueson
Last time Congress declared war
9
9. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.
Executive Agreements
Congressional Oversight
Delegated Powers
Speaker of the House
10. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?
6 years/2 years
George Washington
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
11. 30 minutes.
Delegated Powers
President's Appointment Power
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Miranda v. Arizona
12. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Regulatory Agency
Shays' Rebellion
Brown v. Board of Education
13. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.
Jurisdiction
Amicus Curiae
Around 100
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
14. % of votes to override a presidential veto
2/3 from Congress
Pork Barrel Legislation
9
8th Amendment
15. Affecting ambassadors and other public ministers and consuls and disputes between the states.
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Alexander Hamilton
Jim Crow Laws
Constitutional Convention
16. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.
Executive Agreements
Articles of Confederation
Last time Congress declared war
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
17. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.
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18. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?
Miranda v. Arizona
The Declaration of Independence.
Stare Decisis
Bill of Rights
19. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Senatorial Courtesy
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Constitutional Convention
20. 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
Miranda v. Arizona
Civil Service Act of 1883
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
21. 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
Marbury v. Madison
Brown v. Board of Education
Last time Congress declared war
Critical Period
22. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).
Constitutional Convention
Activist Judges
Executive Agreements
Amicus Curiae
23. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.
Regulatory Agency
Executive Order
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Shays' Rebellion
24. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.
Clear and Present Danger Test
CA Prop 187
4th Amendment protections
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
25. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.
Conference Committee
Administrative Rule Making
Bill of Rights
Buckley v. Valeo
26. Interstate Commerce Commission 1887. Created over railroad problems.
President's Inherent Powers
Delegated Powers
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
George Washington
27. Requires police to read the Miranda rights so they know they don't have to self incriminate.
Buckley v. Valeo
Miranda v. Arizona
James Madison
9
28. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.
De facto and de jure segregation
Gouverneur Morris
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Speaker of the House
29. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
Filibuster
The Declaration of Independence.
Government Corporation
Articles of Confederation
30. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Strict Scrutiny
Articles of Confederation
American Government and Politics
31. First ten amendments to the US Constitution - ratified in 1971; ensure the rights and liberties to the people.
Bill of Rights
Thomas Jefferson
Independent Agency
President's Appointment Power
32. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Power of the Federal Reserve
4th Amendment protections
Native American Smoking
33. Federal employees are elected/hired based on merit.
Speaker of the House
State of the Union Address
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Civil Service Act of 1883
34. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.
Plessy v. Fergueson
Daniel Shays
14th Amendment
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
35. Not allowed.
Stare Decisis
Native American Smoking
De facto and de jure segregation
Independent Agency
36. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.
Amicus Curiae
Jim Crow Laws
Strict Scrutiny
James Madison
37. 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.
Executive Agreements
Lawyers
War Powers Resolution
Speaker of the House
38. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.
Executive Order
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
James Madison
Amicus Curiae
39. 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
14th Amendment
Conference Committee
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Redlining
40. Number of Supreme Court Justices
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Critical Period
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
9
41. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.
Native American Smoking
Jurisdiction
Lawrence v. Texas
Prior Restraint
42. Save Our State - 1994 - Prohibit illegal aliens from using health care - public education - and other social services in the U.S. State of California.
CA Prop 187
Filibuster
Senatorial Courtesy
War Powers Resolution
43. Congress has this power - only used twice.
Redlining
Power to Declare War
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Pork Barrel Legislation
44. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Presidential Mandate
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Stare Decisis
Thomas Jefferson
45. An effort by a gov't agency to block the publication of material it deems libelous or harmful in some other way; censorship.
Dred Scot v. Standford
Regulatory Agency
Prior Restraint
Devolution
46. Process that executive and independent agencies use to create - or promulgate - regulations.
Administrative Rule Making
Plessy v. Fergueson
George Washington
90% or higher
47. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.
Jim Crow Laws
State of the Union Address
Independent Agency
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
48. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.
9
Presidential Mandate
Stare Decisis
Civil Service Act of 1883
49. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.
Regulatory Agency
Activist Judges
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Thomas Jefferson
50. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.
8th Amendment
Around 100
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Jim Crow Laws
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