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1. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears






2. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.






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






4. WWll - 1941






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






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






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






8. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.






9. % of votes to override a presidential veto






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

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11. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.






12. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






21. Number of Supreme Court Justices






22. 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






23. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.






24. % of House that get reelected






25. 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






26. Ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment.






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






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






29. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.

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






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






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






33. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.






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






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






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






37. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.






38. 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.






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






40. 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






41. Most common job of Senators






42. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.






43. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.






44. Process that executive and independent agencies use to create - or promulgate - regulations.






45. 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.






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






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






48. 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.






49. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.

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







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