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1. 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.
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Gideon v. Wainwright
Articles of Confederation
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
2. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.
Articles of Confederation
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Strict Scrutiny
George Washington
3. 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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4. Reasserted the principle of congressional war power - required the president to inform Congress of any planned military campaign. 1973.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Miranda v. Arizona
War Powers Resolution
Government Corporation
5. Not allowed.
Filibuster
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Native American Smoking
James Madison
6. A claim by a victorious candidate that the electorate has given him or her special authority to carry out promises made during the campaign.
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Presidential Mandate
James Madison
The Right of Due Process
7. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.
Pork Barrel Legislation
American Government and Politics
Native American Smoking
Joint Chiefs of Staff
8. 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
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Constitutional Convention
Congressional Oversight
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
9. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.
Activist Judges
Thomas Jefferson
Jim Crow Laws
Presidential Mandate
10. 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
Executive Agreements
American Government and Politics
Jurisdiction
The Declaration of Independence.
11. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.
Redlining
Speaker of the House
Constitutional Convention
Buckley v. Valeo
12. 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
Buckley v. Valeo
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Logrolling
Marbury v. Madison
13. WWll - 1941
War Powers Resolution
Last time Congress declared war
2/3 from Congress
Bill of Rights
14. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).
The Right of Due Process
Articles of Confederation
Civil Service Act of 1883
Devolution
15. 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.
Congressional Oversight
Buckley v. Valeo
9
Joint Chiefs of Staff
16. Save Our State - 1994 - Prohibit illegal aliens from using health care - public education - and other social services in the U.S. State of California.
The Exclusionary Rule
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Civil Service Act of 1883
CA Prop 187
17. Requires police to read the Miranda rights so they know they don't have to self incriminate.
Native American Smoking
Pork Barrel Legislation
Miranda v. Arizona
The Declaration of Independence.
18. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.
CA Prop 187
Buckley v. Valeo
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
19. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.
The Right of Due Process
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Articles of Confederation
8th Amendment
20. 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.
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Senatorial Courtesy
21. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.
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22. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?
The Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Lawyers
23. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.
Administrative Rule Making
Daniel Shays
Lawyers
George Washington
24. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.
Senatorial Courtesy
Government Corporation
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Brown v. Board of Education
25. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears
State of the Union Address
Marbury v. Madison
Around 100
De facto and de jure segregation
26. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.
Gouverneur Morris
Logrolling
Power of the Federal Reserve
De facto and de jure segregation
27. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Government Corporation
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Redlining
28. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.
Plessy v. Fergueson
14th Amendment
Executive office of the President
Gideon v. Wainwright
29. 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.
Presidential Mandate
De facto and de jure segregation
Pork Barrel Legislation
14th Amendment
30. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Executive Agreements
8th Amendment
Brown v. Board of Education
31. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
American Government and Politics
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Plessy v. Fergueson
Clear and Present Danger Test
32. Number of Supreme Court Justices
Class Action Suit
The Federalist Papers
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
9
33. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.
Clear and Present Danger Test
Redlining
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Gouverneur Morris
34. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.
James Madison
Amicus Curiae
Jurisdiction
Jim Crow Laws
35. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.
Power to Declare War
Strict Scrutiny
Griswald v. Connecticut
Jurisdiction
36. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Civil Service Act of 1883
Congressional Oversight
37. 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.
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Amicus Curiae
The Exclusionary Rule
Habeas Corpus
38. President is obligated to make recommendations for Congress's consideration.
Power to Declare War
Brown v. Board of Education
Joint Chiefs of Staff
State of the Union Address
39. 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.
Conference Committee
Strict Scrutiny
Logrolling
Constitutional Convention
40. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Bill of Rights
Conference Committee
Stare Decisis
41. A practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill; vote trading.
Logrolling
Speaker of the House
Strict Scrutiny
Dred Scot v. Standford
42. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
Speaker of the House
De facto and de jure segregation
Native American Smoking
43. Allows the right to a legal representation in all felony cases.
Class Action Suit
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Articles of Confederation
Gideon v. Wainwright
44. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.
President's Appointment Power
Gideon v. Wainwright
Filibuster
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
45. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.
Class Action Suit
Critical Period
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Shays' Rebellion
46. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.
Senatorial Courtesy
4th Amendment protections
George Washington
Habeas Corpus
47. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.
Amicus Curiae
Redlining
Regulatory Agency
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
48. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Dred Scot v. Standford
Speaker of the House
Constitutional Convention
49. 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
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Constitutional Convention
6 years/2 years
Government Corporation
50. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.
Executive Order
Standing
Jurisdiction
Native American Smoking