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CLEP Political Science Us
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1. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.
Jurisdiction
Dred Scot v. Standford
Speaker of the House
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
2. Regulation issued by the president that has the effect and formal status of legislation.
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Executive Order
Delegated Powers
3. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.
Dred Scot v. Standford
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
War Powers Resolution
8th Amendment
4. 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.
Executive Order
Senatorial Courtesy
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
5. 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.
Speaker of the House
90% or higher
Senatorial Courtesy
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
6. % of House that get reelected
Bill of Rights
Executive Order
Pork Barrel Legislation
90% or higher
7. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.
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8. % of votes to override a presidential veto
2/3 from Congress
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
George Washington
Amicus Curiae
9. 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
6 years/2 years
Marbury v. Madison
Last time Congress declared war
Critical Period
10. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.
Presidential Mandate
Stare Decisis
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
4th Amendment protections
11. Process that executive and independent agencies use to create - or promulgate - regulations.
Administrative Rule Making
Logrolling
90% or higher
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
12. 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?
Delegated Powers
Articles of Confederation
CA Prop 187
13. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Filibuster
Daniel Shays
Pork Barrel Legislation
14. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Dred Scot v. Standford
Plessy v. Fergueson
Power of the Federal Reserve
15. 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.
Lawrence v. Texas
Articles of Confederation
Bill of Rights
Delegated Powers
16. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.
Administrative Rule Making
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Executive office of the President
The Exclusionary Rule
17. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Devolution
Griswald v. Connecticut
Miranda v. Arizona
18. Congress has this power - only used twice.
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
CA Prop 187
Miranda v. Arizona
Power to Declare War
19. 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
Jurisdiction
President's Inherent Powers
Griswald v. Connecticut
Critical Period
20. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.
Executive Order
Filibuster
Amicus Curiae
Buckley v. Valeo
21. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.
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22. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.
Jim Crow Laws
Articles of Confederation
The Federalist Papers
James Madison
23. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.
Stare Decisis
Buckley v. Valeo
Articles of Confederation
Constitutional Convention
24. 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.
Independent Agency
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
25. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears
Amicus Curiae
Around 100
Congressional Oversight
The Declaration of Independence.
26. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.
4th Amendment protections
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Executive office of the President
Gouverneur Morris
27. WWll - 1941
Gideon v. Wainwright
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Last time Congress declared war
State of the Union Address
28. 30 minutes.
Redlining
Delegated Powers
Class Action Suit
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
29. Term of Senate/House
War Powers Resolution
Civil Service Act of 1883
Daniel Shays
6 years/2 years
30. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.
6 years/2 years
Speaker of the House
Strict Scrutiny
Joint Chiefs of Staff
31. Federal employees are elected/hired based on merit.
James Madison
Critical Period
The Right of Due Process
Civil Service Act of 1883
32. 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.
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Daniel Shays
Thomas Jefferson
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
33. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Government Corporation
Administrative Rule Making
Alexander Hamilton
34. 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
Habeas Corpus
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
4th Amendment protections
James Madison
35. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.
Congressional Oversight
8th Amendment
Executive Agreements
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
36. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Alexander Hamilton
2/3 from Congress
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
37. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
President's Appointment Power
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Executive Agreements
38. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.
Speaker of the House
Pork Barrel Legislation
Jim Crow Laws
Gouverneur Morris
39. 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
Constitutional Convention
Jim Crow Laws
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
40. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.
Executive office of the President
Gouverneur Morris
Civil Rights Act of 1964
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
41. Congress because they're tied to the people.
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42. Affecting ambassadors and other public ministers and consuls and disputes between the states.
Strict Scrutiny
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Activist Judges
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
43. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.
Filibuster
American Government and Politics
Prior Restraint
Gideon v. Wainwright
44. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Activist Judges
Independent Agency
Pork Barrel Legislation
45. 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
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Civil Rights Act of 1964
American Government and Politics
Pork Barrel Legislation
46. 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.
6 years/2 years
Gouverneur Morris
Power of the Federal Reserve
47. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?
90% or higher
The Declaration of Independence.
De facto and de jure segregation
Executive Agreements
48. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
War Powers Resolution
Executive Agreements
Thomas Jefferson
Articles of Confederation
49. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.
4th Amendment protections
Around 100
Logrolling
Brown v. Board of Education
50. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.
Redlining
Congressional Oversight
Regulatory Agency
Conference Committee