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1. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.
Alexander Hamilton
Brown v. Board of Education
Pork Barrel Legislation
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
2. Most common job of Senators
Lawyers
14th Amendment
Redlining
President's Inherent Powers
3. 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
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Power of the Federal Reserve
Class Action Suit
Marbury v. Madison
4. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.
Critical Period
Daniel Shays
Brown v. Board of Education
4th Amendment protections
5. Ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment.
Power to Declare War
Brown v. Board of Education
The Exclusionary Rule
Amicus Curiae
6. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.
14th Amendment
CA Prop 187
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
90% or higher
7. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears
Around 100
Habeas Corpus
Daniel Shays
The Federalist Papers
8. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.
90% or higher
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Thomas Jefferson
Congressional Oversight
9. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.
George Washington
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Amicus Curiae
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
10. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.
9
James Madison
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Civil Rights Act of 1964
11. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Jim Crow Laws
Jurisdiction
Power to Declare War
12. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.
American Government and Politics
Dred Scot v. Standford
Activist Judges
8th Amendment
13. 30 minutes.
Habeas Corpus
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Speaker of the House
Shays' Rebellion
14. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.
Class Action Suit
Delegated Powers
Devolution
Dred Scot v. Standford
15. Term of Senate/House
6 years/2 years
Senatorial Courtesy
Executive office of the President
Strict Scrutiny
16. First ten amendments to the US Constitution - ratified in 1971; ensure the rights and liberties to the people.
Strict Scrutiny
Bill of Rights
Articles of Confederation
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
17. Allows the right to a legal representation in all felony cases.
Senatorial Courtesy
State of the Union Address
Gideon v. Wainwright
Constitutional Convention
18. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.
Bill of Rights
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
8th Amendment
Habeas Corpus
19. 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
War Powers Resolution
Bill of Rights
Joint Chiefs of Staff
20. A claim by a victorious candidate that the electorate has given him or her special authority to carry out promises made during the campaign.
Gouverneur Morris
Regulatory Agency
Presidential Mandate
Pork Barrel Legislation
21. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.
Activist Judges
Executive office of the President
Marbury v. Madison
Plessy v. Fergueson
22. Process that executive and independent agencies use to create - or promulgate - regulations.
Administrative Rule Making
Brown v. Board of Education
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
War Powers Resolution
23. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.
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24. 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.
Power of the Federal Reserve
Jim Crow Laws
Buckley v. Valeo
De facto and de jure segregation
25. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.
Articles of Confederation
Filibuster
Gideon v. Wainwright
Native American Smoking
26. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.
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27. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.
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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
James Madison
The Federalist Papers
Standing
Constitutional Convention
29. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
Miranda v. Arizona
Government Corporation
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Congressional Oversight
30. 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
Presidential Mandate
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Jim Crow Laws
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
31. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.
Administrative Rule Making
Delegated Powers
CA Prop 187
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
32. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.
Executive office of the President
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Federalist Papers
33. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).
Activist Judges
Amicus Curiae
Dred Scot v. Standford
Daniel Shays
34. Requires police to read the Miranda rights so they know they don't have to self incriminate.
Lawrence v. Texas
Shays' Rebellion
Critical Period
Miranda v. Arizona
35. A Revolutionary War veteran who led a rebellion of farmers against tax collectors and the banks that were siezing their property.
Pork Barrel Legislation
Strict Scrutiny
Daniel Shays
Jim Crow Laws
36. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.
Stare Decisis
9
Lawrence v. Texas
Last time Congress declared war
37. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.
The Right of Due Process
Buckley v. Valeo
CA Prop 187
Devolution
38. 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.
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Joint Chiefs of Staff
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
The Exclusionary Rule
39. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).
Plessy v. Fergueson
Devolution
Pork Barrel Legislation
Delegated Powers
40. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.
Standing
Alexander Hamilton
Pork Barrel Legislation
Redlining
41. Not allowed.
Independent Agency
Native American Smoking
Constitutional Convention
The Federalist Papers
42. 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.
Dred Scot v. Standford
Marbury v. Madison
Senatorial Courtesy
War Powers Resolution
43. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Gouverneur Morris
Thomas Jefferson
Class Action Suit
44. An effort by a gov't agency to block the publication of material it deems libelous or harmful in some other way; censorship.
Logrolling
Constitutional Convention
George Washington
Prior Restraint
45. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.
Strict Scrutiny
Jurisdiction
Around 100
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
46. A collection of essays expressing the political philosophy of the Founders and that were instrumental in bringing about the ratification of the Constitution.
Lawrence v. Texas
The Federalist Papers
The Right of Due Process
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
47. 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.
Congressional Oversight
Jurisdiction
Marbury v. Madison
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
48. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Delegated Powers
Power of the Federal Reserve
Class Action Suit
49. 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.
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Native American Smoking
American Government and Politics
Clear and Present Danger Test
50. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Gouverneur Morris
Civil Service Act of 1883
Plessy v. Fergueson