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1. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Executive office of the President
Around 100
14th Amendment
2. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Shays' Rebellion
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Gouverneur Morris
3. First ten amendments to the US Constitution - ratified in 1971; ensure the rights and liberties to the people.
Amicus Curiae
Bill of Rights
The Federalist Papers
Standing
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.
Senatorial Courtesy
Executive Agreements
Redlining
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
5. Term of Senate/House
Class Action Suit
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
6 years/2 years
14th Amendment
6. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.
Jurisdiction
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Habeas Corpus
The Exclusionary Rule
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.
Standing
Class Action Suit
6 years/2 years
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
8. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Power to Declare War
2/3 from Congress
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
9. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Presidential Mandate
Thomas Jefferson
2/3 from Congress
10. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.
CA Prop 187
Around 100
Power of the Federal Reserve
Standing
11. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
4th Amendment protections
Activist Judges
Last time Congress declared war
12. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.
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13. Congress because they're tied to the people.
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14. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.
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15. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.
Thomas Jefferson
Bill of Rights
The Right of Due Process
Daniel Shays
16. President is obligated to make recommendations for Congress's consideration.
The Federalist Papers
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
State of the Union Address
Administrative Rule Making
17. Ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment.
Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Exclusionary Rule
American Government and Politics
Clear and Present Danger Test
18. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.
James Madison
Class Action Suit
Plessy v. Fergueson
Executive Order
19. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
Government Corporation
2/3 from Congress
The Right of Due Process
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
20. Process that executive and independent agencies use to create - or promulgate - regulations.
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Government Corporation
Administrative Rule Making
Executive Agreements
21. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.
Senatorial Courtesy
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Delegated Powers
Miranda v. Arizona
22. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.
14th Amendment
Habeas Corpus
Marbury v. Madison
Administrative Rule Making
23. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.
Strict Scrutiny
Amicus Curiae
4th Amendment protections
Activist Judges
24. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
War Powers Resolution
Native American Smoking
Alexander Hamilton
25. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.
Power to Declare War
De facto and de jure segregation
Congressional Oversight
Jim Crow Laws
26. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?
Class Action Suit
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Executive Order
Executive office of the President
27. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.
6 years/2 years
The Exclusionary Rule
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
14th Amendment
28. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
Clear and Present Danger Test
Executive office of the President
Shays' Rebellion
Congressional Oversight
29. 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
Speaker of the House
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Executive Agreements
30. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.
Independent Agency
Logrolling
Daniel Shays
Senatorial Courtesy
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
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Lawyers
Gideon v. Wainwright
American Government and Politics
32. % of votes to override a presidential veto
Senatorial Courtesy
2/3 from Congress
George Washington
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
33. 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
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Critical Period
Gideon v. Wainwright
Strict Scrutiny
34. Interstate Commerce Commission 1887. Created over railroad problems.
Senatorial Courtesy
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Gouverneur Morris
Amicus Curiae
35. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.
Buckley v. Valeo
Native American Smoking
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
The Right of Due Process
36. 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.
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
37. 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
Plessy v. Fergueson
Thomas Jefferson
American Government and Politics
38. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
2/3 from Congress
Redlining
Jurisdiction
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
Regulatory Agency
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
4th Amendment protections
Miranda v. Arizona
40. % of House that get reelected
Jurisdiction
Joint Chiefs of Staff
90% or higher
Civil Service Act of 1883
41. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.
Redlining
Amicus Curiae
Delegated Powers
Prior Restraint
42. Federal employees are elected/hired based on merit.
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Last time Congress declared war
Civil Service Act of 1883
Plessy v. Fergueson
43. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Class Action Suit
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Gouverneur Morris
44. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.
Executive Agreements
Constitutional Convention
President's Appointment Power
6 years/2 years
45. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.
Executive Order
Clear and Present Danger Test
Senatorial Courtesy
Filibuster
46. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.
Government Corporation
Filibuster
8th Amendment
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
47. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.
6 years/2 years
Clear and Present Danger Test
Executive office of the President
Independent Agency
48. Allows the right to a legal representation in all felony cases.
Articles of Confederation
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Gideon v. Wainwright
9
49. 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
Executive Order
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Brown v. Board of Education
50. 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.
The Declaration of Independence.
Executive office of the President
Speaker of the House
Devolution