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CLEP Political Science Us

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.






2. Not allowed.






3. 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.






4. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.






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






6. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.






7. 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






8. 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.






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






10. % of votes to override a presidential veto






11. Federal employees are elected/hired based on merit.






12. Congress has this power - only used twice.






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

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14. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.






15. 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.






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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






22. Most common job of Senators






23. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.






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






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






26. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.






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






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






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






30. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).






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






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






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






34. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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






45. Term of Senate/House






46. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?






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






48. 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.






49. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.






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