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1. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).
4th Amendment protections
Devolution
Conference Committee
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
2. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Government Corporation
Strict Scrutiny
Buckley v. Valeo
3. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.
Power to Declare War
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Executive office of the President
Jim Crow Laws
4. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.
Class Action Suit
6 years/2 years
Executive Order
President's Inherent Powers
5. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.
Lawrence v. Texas
Articles of Confederation
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Class Action Suit
6. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.
Brown v. Board of Education
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
4th Amendment protections
Alexander Hamilton
7. WWll - 1941
Brown v. Board of Education
90% or higher
Constitutional Convention
Last time Congress declared war
8. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.
Amicus Curiae
Devolution
Executive office of the President
Thomas Jefferson
9. Process that executive and independent agencies use to create - or promulgate - regulations.
Thomas Jefferson
6 years/2 years
Gouverneur Morris
Administrative Rule Making
10. 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
The Federalist Papers
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Prior Restraint
Logrolling
11. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
Civil Rights Act of 1964
De facto and de jure segregation
Clear and Present Danger Test
Delegated Powers
12. 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.
Jurisdiction
90% or higher
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senatorial Courtesy
13. 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.
War Powers Resolution
Conference Committee
Congressional Oversight
Class Action Suit
14. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.
Plessy v. Fergueson
Filibuster
CA Prop 187
Civil Rights Act of 1964
15. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.
Gouverneur Morris
The Declaration of Independence.
CA Prop 187
Habeas Corpus
16. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.
James Madison
Lawyers
Clear and Present Danger Test
The Right of Due Process
17. Save Our State - 1994 - Prohibit illegal aliens from using health care - public education - and other social services in the U.S. State of California.
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Executive office of the President
CA Prop 187
Around 100
18. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.
Regulatory Agency
14th Amendment
Logrolling
Plessy v. Fergueson
19. An effort by a gov't agency to block the publication of material it deems libelous or harmful in some other way; censorship.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
President's Appointment Power
Daniel Shays
Prior Restraint
20. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.
Last time Congress declared war
Jurisdiction
George Washington
90% or higher
21. Requires police to read the Miranda rights so they know they don't have to self incriminate.
Jim Crow Laws
Miranda v. Arizona
Native American Smoking
Constitutional Convention
22. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.
Gouverneur Morris
The Declaration of Independence.
Miranda v. Arizona
Civil Service Act of 1883
23. A claim by a victorious candidate that the electorate has given him or her special authority to carry out promises made during the campaign.
Presidential Mandate
6 years/2 years
Thomas Jefferson
Dred Scot v. Standford
24. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.
The Exclusionary Rule
The Right of Due Process
Buckley v. Valeo
The Federalist Papers
25. Affecting ambassadors and other public ministers and consuls and disputes between the states.
The Federalist Papers
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Executive Order
Thomas Jefferson
26. 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
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Constitutional Convention
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
27. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.
Griswald v. Connecticut
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
8th Amendment
28. Congress because they're tied to the people.
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29. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.
Marbury v. Madison
Dred Scot v. Standford
Stare Decisis
14th Amendment
30. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Strict Scrutiny
Around 100
George Washington
31. Regulation issued by the president that has the effect and formal status of legislation.
George Washington
Congressional Oversight
Executive Order
Joint Chiefs of Staff
32. A practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill; vote trading.
Logrolling
Presidential Mandate
Standing
Senatorial Courtesy
33. Number of Supreme Court Justices
Buckley v. Valeo
James Madison
Senatorial Courtesy
9
34. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Articles of Confederation
Lawrence v. Texas
35. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.
Devolution
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
State of the Union Address
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
36. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.
Critical Period
Congressional Oversight
Government Corporation
Brown v. Board of Education
37. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.
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38. President is obligated to make recommendations for Congress's consideration.
Buckley v. Valeo
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Executive office of the President
State of the Union Address
39. 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
Standing
Class Action Suit
Dred Scot v. Standford
Marbury v. Madison
40. 30 minutes.
The Exclusionary Rule
Critical Period
Redlining
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
41. Most common job of Senators
Plessy v. Fergueson
The Exclusionary Rule
Thomas Jefferson
Lawyers
42. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.
The Right of Due Process
Executive Order
Regulatory Agency
Pork Barrel Legislation
43. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.
Critical Period
Alexander Hamilton
Jurisdiction
De facto and de jure segregation
44. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.
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45. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.
Pork Barrel Legislation
Senatorial Courtesy
Congressional Oversight
Constitutional Convention
46. Interstate Commerce Commission 1887. Created over railroad problems.
Griswald v. Connecticut
14th Amendment
Constitutional Convention
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
47. 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
American Government and Politics
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
James Madison
48. 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.
Lawyers
Regulatory Agency
Speaker of the House
14th Amendment
49. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.
Standing
Senatorial Courtesy
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Around 100
50. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Habeas Corpus
Presidential Mandate
Executive office of the President