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CLEP Political Science Us

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1. 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.






2. WWll - 1941






3. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.






4. A practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill; vote trading.






5. Most common job of Senators






6. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.






7. 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.






8. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.






9. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.






10. % of votes to override a presidential veto






11. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.






12. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.






13. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.






14. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.






15. An effort by a gov't agency to block the publication of material it deems libelous or harmful in some other way; censorship.






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.






17. Process that executive and independent agencies use to create - or promulgate - regulations.






18. 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.






19. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.






20. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.






21. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.

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22. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.






23. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.






24. 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.






25. 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.






26. A claim by a victorious candidate that the electorate has given him or her special authority to carry out promises made during the campaign.






27. Regulation issued by the president that has the effect and formal status of legislation.






28. Affecting ambassadors and other public ministers and consuls and disputes between the states.






29. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.






30. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.






31. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.






32. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears






33. Ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment.






34. 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.






35. 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.






36. A Revolutionary War veteran who led a rebellion of farmers against tax collectors and the banks that were siezing their property.






37. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.






38. Reasserted the principle of congressional war power - required the president to inform Congress of any planned military campaign. 1973.






39. 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






40. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.






41. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.






42. Number of Supreme Court Justices






43. First ten amendments to the US Constitution - ratified in 1971; ensure the rights and liberties to the people.






44. 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.






45. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions






46. 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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47. Interstate Commerce Commission 1887. Created over railroad problems.






48. Requires police to read the Miranda rights so they know they don't have to self incriminate.






49. 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






50. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.