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1. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.
Civil Service Act of 1883
Jurisdiction
De facto and de jure segregation
Strict Scrutiny
2. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.
American Government and Politics
14th Amendment
Class Action Suit
Regulatory Agency
3. 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.
Lawyers
Conference Committee
War Powers Resolution
Alexander Hamilton
4. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.
Independent Agency
4th Amendment protections
Gouverneur Morris
Devolution
5. 30 minutes.
Gouverneur Morris
Articles of Confederation
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Government Corporation
6. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.
Plessy v. Fergueson
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Strict Scrutiny
Speaker of the House
7. 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.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Speaker of the House
8. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.
James Madison
Redlining
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Alexander Hamilton
9. 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.
Gouverneur Morris
President's Inherent Powers
8th Amendment
10. Number of Supreme Court Justices
9
Pork Barrel Legislation
Plessy v. Fergueson
Miranda v. Arizona
11. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.
Civil Service Act of 1883
Standing
Miranda v. Arizona
Devolution
12. WWll - 1941
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Pork Barrel Legislation
Last time Congress declared war
6 years/2 years
13. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.
Around 100
Regulatory Agency
De facto and de jure segregation
Buckley v. Valeo
14. 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.
Gideon v. Wainwright
The Right of Due Process
Thomas Jefferson
Senatorial Courtesy
15. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
6 years/2 years
The Right of Due Process
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
16. Affecting ambassadors and other public ministers and consuls and disputes between the states.
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Gouverneur Morris
Daniel Shays
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
17. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Prior Restraint
Activist Judges
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
18. Congress has this power - only used twice.
14th Amendment
Power to Declare War
Bill of Rights
Prior Restraint
19. An effort by a gov't agency to block the publication of material it deems libelous or harmful in some other way; censorship.
Critical Period
Prior Restraint
The Right of Due Process
Constitutional Convention
20. Federal employees are elected/hired based on merit.
The Federalist Papers
State of the Union Address
Plessy v. Fergueson
Civil Service Act of 1883
21. 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.
Gouverneur Morris
Bill of Rights
Articles of Confederation
Filibuster
22. 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
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Redlining
George Washington
State of the Union Address
23. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
Government Corporation
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Clear and Present Danger Test
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
24. A claim by a victorious candidate that the electorate has given him or her special authority to carry out promises made during the campaign.
The Right of Due Process
Government Corporation
President's Inherent Powers
Presidential Mandate
25. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.
6 years/2 years
Filibuster
Conference Committee
The Declaration of Independence.
26. 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.
State of the Union Address
Logrolling
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
27. 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.
De facto and de jure segregation
Bill of Rights
Miranda v. Arizona
Activist Judges
28. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Pork Barrel Legislation
Executive Order
Daniel Shays
29. 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
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
The Right of Due Process
9
30. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.
Standing
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
War Powers Resolution
Habeas Corpus
31. 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
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Executive Agreements
American Government and Politics
Clear and Present Danger Test
32. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?
Strict Scrutiny
The Declaration of Independence.
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Conference Committee
33. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.
Class Action Suit
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Lawrence v. Texas
34. A collection of essays expressing the political philosophy of the Founders and that were instrumental in bringing about the ratification of the Constitution.
Plessy v. Fergueson
Buckley v. Valeo
The Federalist Papers
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
35. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.
Thomas Jefferson
Activist Judges
Dred Scot v. Standford
Congressional Oversight
36. 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
Redlining
Filibuster
Marbury v. Madison
Miranda v. Arizona
37. Congress because they're tied to the people.
38. Save Our State - 1994 - Prohibit illegal aliens from using health care - public education - and other social services in the U.S. State of California.
CA Prop 187
Executive Order
George Washington
Pork Barrel Legislation
39. President is obligated to make recommendations for Congress's consideration.
Griswald v. Connecticut
6 years/2 years
Government Corporation
State of the Union Address
40. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.
Executive Agreements
Power of the Federal Reserve
Regulatory Agency
The Exclusionary Rule
41. Process that executive and independent agencies use to create - or promulgate - regulations.
Miranda v. Arizona
Administrative Rule Making
Executive Agreements
Activist Judges
42. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.
8th Amendment
Brown v. Board of Education
War Powers Resolution
Stare Decisis
43. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.
Regulatory Agency
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Daniel Shays
The Federalist Papers
44. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.
45. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.
Class Action Suit
Power of the Federal Reserve
Bill of Rights
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
46. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
2/3 from Congress
Thomas Jefferson
War Powers Resolution
Bill of Rights
47. Interstate Commerce Commission 1887. Created over railroad problems.
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Speaker of the House
Government Corporation
48. 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
Lawyers
Alexander Hamilton
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Constitutional Convention
49. % of votes to override a presidential veto
Strict Scrutiny
2/3 from Congress
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
50. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.
President's Inherent Powers
Logrolling
James Madison
Griswald v. Connecticut