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CLEP Political Science Us
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1. Not allowed.
14th Amendment
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Native American Smoking
Stare Decisis
2. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears
Around 100
6 years/2 years
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Standing
3. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.
Buckley v. Valeo
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Delegated Powers
Constitutional Convention
4. Most common job of Senators
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Logrolling
Lawyers
James Madison
5. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.
14th Amendment
Daniel Shays
90% or higher
CA Prop 187
6. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.
14th Amendment
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
American Government and Politics
Civil Rights Act of 1964
7. Process that executive and independent agencies use to create - or promulgate - regulations.
Independent Agency
Administrative Rule Making
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Thomas Jefferson
8. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Prior Restraint
Executive Order
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Thomas Jefferson
9. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
Clear and Present Danger Test
Jurisdiction
Power to Declare War
Delegated Powers
10. A practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill; vote trading.
Logrolling
Regulatory Agency
Plessy v. Fergueson
Stare Decisis
11. 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
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Congressional Oversight
Civil Service Act of 1883
Standing
12. 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.
Jim Crow Laws
Delegated Powers
Conference Committee
Activist Judges
13. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.
The Federalist Papers
Power of the Federal Reserve
The Right of Due Process
Prior Restraint
14. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.
Executive Order
6 years/2 years
Prior Restraint
8th Amendment
15. Congress has this power - only used twice.
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Thomas Jefferson
Power to Declare War
Last time Congress declared war
16. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.
Native American Smoking
Redlining
Jurisdiction
Marbury v. Madison
17. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.
Lawrence v. Texas
State of the Union Address
Regulatory Agency
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
18. Regulation issued by the president that has the effect and formal status of legislation.
The Federalist Papers
President's Inherent Powers
Executive Order
Speaker of the House
19. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.
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20. Implemented following the successful revolt of the British colonies in North America against imperial rule - the articles served as the national government from 1781-1787.
Stare Decisis
Articles of Confederation
Jurisdiction
Executive Order
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.
Senatorial Courtesy
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Executive Agreements
The Declaration of Independence.
22. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Filibuster
Plessy v. Fergueson
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
23. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.
Gouverneur Morris
Habeas Corpus
Strict Scrutiny
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
24. 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
War Powers Resolution
Jim Crow Laws
American Government and Politics
The Exclusionary Rule
25. A collection of essays expressing the political philosophy of the Founders and that were instrumental in bringing about the ratification of the Constitution.
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
The Federalist Papers
Miranda v. Arizona
6 years/2 years
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.
9
Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Right of Due Process
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
27. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.
Logrolling
Around 100
Gideon v. Wainwright
Class Action Suit
28. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.
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29. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.
Strict Scrutiny
Executive Agreements
Congressional Oversight
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
30. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.
Strict Scrutiny
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
31. A Revolutionary War veteran who led a rebellion of farmers against tax collectors and the banks that were siezing their property.
Senatorial Courtesy
Delegated Powers
Daniel Shays
Strict Scrutiny
32. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Alexander Hamilton
Presidential Mandate
Government Corporation
33. An effort by a gov't agency to block the publication of material it deems libelous or harmful in some other way; censorship.
George Washington
Executive Agreements
Prior Restraint
Daniel Shays
34. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.
Amicus Curiae
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
State of the Union Address
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
35. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.
CA Prop 187
Stare Decisis
President's Inherent Powers
6 years/2 years
36. 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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37. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Executive Agreements
Power to Declare War
Standing
38. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.
Independent Agency
Plessy v. Fergueson
Habeas Corpus
George Washington
39. Number of Supreme Court Justices
Independent Agency
Gouverneur Morris
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
9
40. 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.
Dred Scot v. Standford
Congressional Oversight
Executive Order
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
41. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.
Congressional Oversight
2/3 from Congress
Dred Scot v. Standford
Executive Agreements
42. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.
Speaker of the House
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
6 years/2 years
James Madison
43. % of House that get reelected
Plessy v. Fergueson
90% or higher
14th Amendment
Standing
44. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.
Last time Congress declared war
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Power of the Federal Reserve
45. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.
Executive Agreements
Dred Scot v. Standford
Brown v. Board of Education
Redlining
46. Save Our State - 1994 - Prohibit illegal aliens from using health care - public education - and other social services in the U.S. State of California.
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Marbury v. Madison
CA Prop 187
Delegated Powers
47. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).
Native American Smoking
President's Appointment Power
Habeas Corpus
Activist Judges
48. Federal employees are elected/hired based on merit.
Civil Service Act of 1883
Daniel Shays
9
Marbury v. Madison
49. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Executive office of the President
Habeas Corpus
Regulatory Agency
50. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.
Speaker of the House
Redlining
Congressional Oversight
Standing