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1. A Revolutionary War veteran who led a rebellion of farmers against tax collectors and the banks that were siezing their property.
Executive office of the President
8th Amendment
Daniel Shays
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
2. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.
8th Amendment
Strict Scrutiny
The Exclusionary Rule
Standing
3. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Pork Barrel Legislation
Senatorial Courtesy
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
4. A practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill; vote trading.
Standing
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Logrolling
5. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.
George Washington
Congressional Oversight
De facto and de jure segregation
The Exclusionary Rule
6. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.
Filibuster
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Bill of Rights
7. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.
Class Action Suit
Alexander Hamilton
President's Inherent Powers
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
8. 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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9. Requires police to read the Miranda rights so they know they don't have to self incriminate.
Miranda v. Arizona
Regulatory Agency
Devolution
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
10. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.
Executive office of the President
Conference Committee
Redlining
Class Action Suit
11. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.
Habeas Corpus
Plessy v. Fergueson
Civil Rights Act of 1964
De facto and de jure segregation
12. 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.
Articles of Confederation
Thomas Jefferson
President's Appointment Power
Gouverneur Morris
13. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.
The Exclusionary Rule
Redlining
Jim Crow Laws
Executive Order
14. 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
Power to Declare War
Critical Period
De facto and de jure segregation
8th Amendment
15. 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.
Senatorial Courtesy
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Gouverneur Morris
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
16. % of House that get reelected
90% or higher
State of the Union Address
Independent Agency
Government Corporation
17. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.
Logrolling
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Buckley v. Valeo
The Right of Due Process
18. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.
Critical Period
Habeas Corpus
8th Amendment
CA Prop 187
19. 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
Congressional Oversight
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Lawyers
20. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
Government Corporation
Articles of Confederation
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Civil Rights Act of 1964
21. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Jurisdiction
Brown v. Board of Education
22. 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.
De facto and de jure segregation
Marbury v. Madison
Devolution
Jim Crow Laws
23. Reasserted the principle of congressional war power - required the president to inform Congress of any planned military campaign. 1973.
4th Amendment protections
De facto and de jure segregation
War Powers Resolution
Jim Crow Laws
24. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.
Executive Agreements
Habeas Corpus
Class Action Suit
Gideon v. Wainwright
25. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).
Pork Barrel Legislation
Speaker of the House
90% or higher
Devolution
26. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.
Marbury v. Madison
Bill of Rights
American Government and Politics
Stare Decisis
27. A collection of essays expressing the political philosophy of the Founders and that were instrumental in bringing about the ratification of the Constitution.
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Executive office of the President
Pork Barrel Legislation
The Federalist Papers
28. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.
Bill of Rights
Delegated Powers
The Exclusionary Rule
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
29. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.
Griswald v. Connecticut
Independent Agency
Shays' Rebellion
Strict Scrutiny
30. Congress has this power - only used twice.
Strict Scrutiny
Power to Declare War
Plessy v. Fergueson
Griswald v. Connecticut
31. Not allowed.
Native American Smoking
Jurisdiction
War Powers Resolution
Last time Congress declared war
32. 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.
Regulatory Agency
Gouverneur Morris
Prior Restraint
Senatorial Courtesy
33. 30 minutes.
Executive Agreements
Redlining
4th Amendment protections
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
34. President is obligated to make recommendations for Congress's consideration.
State of the Union Address
Thomas Jefferson
Buckley v. Valeo
Executive Agreements
35. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.
Habeas Corpus
President's Appointment Power
Shays' Rebellion
8th Amendment
36. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears
Congressional Oversight
Around 100
Executive Order
Executive office of the President
37. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.
Speaker of the House
Executive Order
Delegated Powers
Regulatory Agency
38. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.
Independent Agency
Last time Congress declared war
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Standing
39. 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
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Daniel Shays
Marbury v. Madison
American Government and Politics
40. Allows the right to a legal representation in all felony cases.
Speaker of the House
Gideon v. Wainwright
Congressional Oversight
Marbury v. Madison
41. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.
Government Corporation
Griswald v. Connecticut
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
2/3 from Congress
42. 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
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
The Federalist Papers
War Powers Resolution
Marbury v. Madison
43. % of votes to override a presidential veto
4th Amendment protections
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
2/3 from Congress
Buckley v. Valeo
44. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
CA Prop 187
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Clear and Present Danger Test
Lawrence v. Texas
45. Number of Supreme Court Justices
9
Regulatory Agency
Bill of Rights
Buckley v. Valeo
46. Term of Senate/House
Filibuster
De facto and de jure segregation
6 years/2 years
Habeas Corpus
47. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.
Regulatory Agency
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Lawyers
48. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.
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49. Ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment.
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
War Powers Resolution
The Exclusionary Rule
50. 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
George Washington
Jurisdiction
Speaker of the House