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CLEP Political Science Us

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1. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.






2. 30 minutes.






3. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.






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






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






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






7. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.






8. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.






9. Term of Senate/House






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






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






12. 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






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






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






15. Interstate Commerce Commission 1887. Created over railroad problems.






16. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.






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






18. Congress has this power - only used twice.






19. Allows the right to a legal representation in all felony cases.






20. 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.






21. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.






22. 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.






23. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.






24. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.






25. 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.






26. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?






27. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.






28. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.

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29. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.






30. 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






31. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.






32. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.






33. 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.






34. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.






35. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.






36. Congress because they're tied to the people.

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






38. Not allowed.






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






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






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






42. 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.






43. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.






44. 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






45. % of votes to override a presidential veto






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






47. President is obligated to make recommendations for Congress's consideration.






48. 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






49. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.






50. Save Our State - 1994 - Prohibit illegal aliens from using health care - public education - and other social services in the U.S. State of California.