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1. A rule that gov't action toward religion is permissible if it is secular in purpose. Separation of law and religion.
2. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.
The Federalist Papers
Jurisdiction
Power to Declare War
Griswald v. Connecticut
3. A practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill; vote trading.
Logrolling
Regulatory Agency
Constitutional Convention
8th Amendment
4. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.
Activist Judges
Government Corporation
De facto and de jure segregation
Jim Crow Laws
5. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Alexander Hamilton
Delegated Powers
6. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.
Native American Smoking
Strict Scrutiny
4th Amendment protections
Lawrence v. Texas
7. 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.
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Brown v. Board of Education
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Senatorial Courtesy
8. Regulation issued by the president that has the effect and formal status of legislation.
American Government and Politics
State of the Union Address
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Executive Order
9. 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.
Conference Committee
Independent Agency
Marbury v. Madison
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
10. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.
Standing
Thomas Jefferson
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Redlining
11. Requires police to read the Miranda rights so they know they don't have to self incriminate.
Shays' Rebellion
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Bill of Rights
Miranda v. Arizona
12. Save Our State - 1994 - Prohibit illegal aliens from using health care - public education - and other social services in the U.S. State of California.
Around 100
9
CA Prop 187
6 years/2 years
13. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
George Washington
Amicus Curiae
Independent Agency
14. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.
Alexander Hamilton
Habeas Corpus
Jurisdiction
Brown v. Board of Education
15. % of House that get reelected
9
14th Amendment
90% or higher
Independent Agency
16. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.
State of the Union Address
Independent Agency
Civil Service Act of 1883
Marbury v. Madison
17. 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.
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Buckley v. Valeo
Congressional Oversight
George Washington
18. 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.
Articles of Confederation
Jim Crow Laws
Griswald v. Connecticut
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
19. 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
Administrative Rule Making
De facto and de jure segregation
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
20. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.
President's Inherent Powers
Civil Rights Act of 1964
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Civil Service Act of 1883
21. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.
Plessy v. Fergueson
Congressional Oversight
Gouverneur Morris
Logrolling
22. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Lawrence v. Texas
Native American Smoking
4th Amendment protections
23. President is obligated to make recommendations for Congress's consideration.
State of the Union Address
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Conference Committee
6 years/2 years
24. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
American Government and Politics
Government Corporation
Brown v. Board of Education
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
25. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Stare Decisis
Plessy v. Fergueson
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
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
Redlining
Conference Committee
Constitutional Convention
90% or higher
27. Affecting ambassadors and other public ministers and consuls and disputes between the states.
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Activist Judges
Jurisdiction
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
28. Congress has this power - only used twice.
Power to Declare War
George Washington
Executive Order
War Powers Resolution
29. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.
Thomas Jefferson
14th Amendment
Power of the Federal Reserve
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
30. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
De facto and de jure segregation
Buckley v. Valeo
9
31. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Around 100
George Washington
Habeas Corpus
32. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.
Prior Restraint
8th Amendment
Brown v. Board of Education
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
33. Allows the right to a legal representation in all felony cases.
Gideon v. Wainwright
Clear and Present Danger Test
Redlining
Strict Scrutiny
34. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Clear and Present Danger Test
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
35. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.
36. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.
8th Amendment
Senatorial Courtesy
The Declaration of Independence.
Government Corporation
37. Process that executive and independent agencies use to create - or promulgate - regulations.
Plessy v. Fergueson
Lawyers
The Declaration of Independence.
Administrative Rule Making
38. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.
Gouverneur Morris
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
The Right of Due Process
Executive Order
39. A claim by a victorious candidate that the electorate has given him or her special authority to carry out promises made during the campaign.
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
State of the Union Address
Presidential Mandate
Lawrence v. Texas
40. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
James Madison
14th Amendment
Bill of Rights
41. 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?
8th Amendment
Presidential Mandate
State of the Union Address
42. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.
The Federalist Papers
Daniel Shays
14th Amendment
Executive Agreements
43. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Standing
90% or higher
Last time Congress declared war
44. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.
Around 100
Alexander Hamilton
Gouverneur Morris
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
45. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.
Executive Agreements
War Powers Resolution
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
American Government and Politics
46. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?
Amicus Curiae
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Gideon v. Wainwright
Presidential Mandate
47. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.
Jim Crow Laws
Plessy v. Fergueson
8th Amendment
Congressional Oversight
48. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.
Regulatory Agency
Activist Judges
Lawrence v. Texas
War Powers Resolution
49. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.
Alexander Hamilton
9
Class Action Suit
Strict Scrutiny
50. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
The Right of Due Process
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson