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CLEP Political Science Us
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1. 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.
Thomas Jefferson
Regulatory Agency
De facto and de jure segregation
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
2. Affecting ambassadors and other public ministers and consuls and disputes between the states.
Last time Congress declared war
6 years/2 years
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Stare Decisis
3. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.
Delegated Powers
Lawyers
De facto and de jure segregation
Gouverneur Morris
4. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.
The Federalist Papers
Gouverneur Morris
Executive Agreements
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
5. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.
James Madison
President's Inherent Powers
Speaker of the House
George Washington
6. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Clear and Present Danger Test
4th Amendment protections
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Thomas Jefferson
7. Federal employees are elected/hired based on merit.
9
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Civil Service Act of 1883
Power of the Federal Reserve
8. 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.
Congressional Oversight
Clear and Present Danger Test
Bill of Rights
Articles of Confederation
9. 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.
Delegated Powers
Bill of Rights
Speaker of the House
Habeas Corpus
10. Most common job of Senators
Presidential Mandate
Lawyers
Last time Congress declared war
90% or higher
11. Allows the right to a legal representation in all felony cases.
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
James Madison
Gideon v. Wainwright
Executive Order
12. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.
Bill of Rights
American Government and Politics
Power of the Federal Reserve
Habeas Corpus
13. Congress because they're tied to the people.
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14. A collection of essays expressing the political philosophy of the Founders and that were instrumental in bringing about the ratification of the Constitution.
The Federalist Papers
Government Corporation
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Gideon v. Wainwright
15. A claim by a victorious candidate that the electorate has given him or her special authority to carry out promises made during the campaign.
Conference Committee
Executive office of the President
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Presidential Mandate
16. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.
Jurisdiction
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Alexander Hamilton
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
17. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.
The Right of Due Process
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Buckley v. Valeo
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18. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.
Power of the Federal Reserve
De facto and de jure segregation
4th Amendment protections
Amicus Curiae
19. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.
Strict Scrutiny
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
De facto and de jure segregation
Last time Congress declared war
20. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.
Executive office of the President
Congressional Oversight
9
Senatorial Courtesy
21. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.
Presidential Mandate
Alexander Hamilton
Congressional Oversight
Plessy v. Fergueson
22. 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.
Articles of Confederation
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Government Corporation
President's Appointment Power
23. % of House that get reelected
Marbury v. Madison
Around 100
90% or higher
George Washington
24. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Alexander Hamilton
Last time Congress declared war
Miranda v. Arizona
25. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Buckley v. Valeo
Clear and Present Danger Test
2/3 from Congress
26. Process that executive and independent agencies use to create - or promulgate - regulations.
Shays' Rebellion
Regulatory Agency
Administrative Rule Making
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
27. First ten amendments to the US Constitution - ratified in 1971; ensure the rights and liberties to the people.
Bill of Rights
American Government and Politics
Congressional Oversight
The Declaration of Independence.
28. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?
Plessy v. Fergueson
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
Conference Committee
29. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Conference Committee
CA Prop 187
Lawrence v. Texas
30. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.
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31. 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.
Native American Smoking
Delegated Powers
Clear and Present Danger Test
Joint Chiefs of Staff
32. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.
Speaker of the House
Gideon v. Wainwright
Miranda v. Arizona
Brown v. Board of Education
33. Regulation issued by the president that has the effect and formal status of legislation.
Bill of Rights
Speaker of the House
Executive Order
Prior Restraint
34. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.
Lawyers
Power of the Federal Reserve
2/3 from Congress
George Washington
35. Interstate Commerce Commission 1887. Created over railroad problems.
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
American Government and Politics
State of the Union Address
Buckley v. Valeo
36. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.
Strict Scrutiny
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Executive Agreements
37. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Power of the Federal Reserve
Devolution
Brown v. Board of Education
38. % of votes to override a presidential veto
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Alexander Hamilton
2/3 from Congress
39. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.
8th Amendment
90% or higher
Bill of Rights
Class Action Suit
40. Term of Senate/House
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Amicus Curiae
6 years/2 years
Plessy v. Fergueson
41. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears
Lawyers
Around 100
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
42. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.
Gouverneur Morris
Power of the Federal Reserve
Lawrence v. Texas
Regulatory Agency
43. Number of Supreme Court Justices
9
Brown v. Board of Education
Thomas Jefferson
Last time Congress declared war
44. Ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment.
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Constitutional Convention
The Exclusionary Rule
45. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.
Senatorial Courtesy
Shays' Rebellion
Jim Crow Laws
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
46. President is obligated to make recommendations for Congress's consideration.
Presidential Mandate
State of the Union Address
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
4th Amendment protections
47. 30 minutes.
Clear and Present Danger Test
Senatorial Courtesy
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
48. WWll - 1941
Marbury v. Madison
Last time Congress declared war
Independent Agency
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
49. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.
Clear and Present Danger Test
90% or higher
Pork Barrel Legislation
Standing
50. 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.
President's Inherent Powers
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Miranda v. Arizona