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1. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.






2. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.






3. 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.






4. % of House that get reelected






5. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.






6. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.






7. 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






8. 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.






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






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






11. 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.






12. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.






13. 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.






14. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.






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






16. % of votes to override a presidential veto






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






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






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

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20. 30 minutes.






21. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.






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






23. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.






24. 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






25. 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.






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






27. Not allowed.






28. 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






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






30. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.






31. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.






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

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33. 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






34. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.

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35. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.






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






37. An effort by a gov't agency to block the publication of material it deems libelous or harmful in some other way; censorship.






38. 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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39. 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.






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






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






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






43. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.






44. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.






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.






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






47. Save Our State - 1994 - Prohibit illegal aliens from using health care - public education - and other social services in the U.S. State of California.






48. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears






49. Reasserted the principle of congressional war power - required the president to inform Congress of any planned military campaign. 1973.






50. A Revolutionary War veteran who led a rebellion of farmers against tax collectors and the banks that were siezing their property.







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