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1. A claim by a victorious candidate that the electorate has given him or her special authority to carry out promises made during the campaign.
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
14th Amendment
Presidential Mandate
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
2. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.
Congressional Oversight
Pork Barrel Legislation
Brown v. Board of Education
6 years/2 years
3. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.
Redlining
Independent Agency
The Declaration of Independence.
State of the Union Address
4. Most common job of Senators
Lawyers
Standing
Devolution
President's Appointment Power
5. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Pork Barrel Legislation
6 years/2 years
Thomas Jefferson
4th Amendment protections
6. A collection of essays expressing the political philosophy of the Founders and that were instrumental in bringing about the ratification of the Constitution.
Pork Barrel Legislation
14th Amendment
Gideon v. Wainwright
The Federalist Papers
7. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?
Conference Committee
Power of the Federal Reserve
The Declaration of Independence.
De facto and de jure segregation
8. 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
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Standing
Devolution
9. Congress has this power - only used twice.
Delegated Powers
Jim Crow Laws
2/3 from Congress
Power to Declare War
10. 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.
Pork Barrel Legislation
Senatorial Courtesy
Amicus Curiae
Bill of Rights
11. 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
Critical Period
Alexander Hamilton
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Shays' Rebellion
12. An effort by a gov't agency to block the publication of material it deems libelous or harmful in some other way; censorship.
Griswald v. Connecticut
Prior Restraint
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
James Madison
13. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.
Speaker of the House
8th Amendment
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Last time Congress declared war
14. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.
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15. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.
Griswald v. Connecticut
Daniel Shays
James Madison
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
16. 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.
Logrolling
Conference Committee
Standing
President's Appointment Power
17. Allows the right to a legal representation in all felony cases.
The Exclusionary Rule
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Gideon v. Wainwright
18. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).
Devolution
De facto and de jure segregation
Filibuster
James Madison
19. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.
George Washington
The Federalist Papers
Administrative Rule Making
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
20. 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
4th Amendment protections
Constitutional Convention
Native American Smoking
Daniel Shays
21. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.
Joint Chiefs of Staff
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Jim Crow Laws
Logrolling
22. WWll - 1941
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Last time Congress declared war
Constitutional Convention
Activist Judges
23. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.
Executive Agreements
Gideon v. Wainwright
Stare Decisis
Gouverneur Morris
24. Number of Supreme Court Justices
George Washington
Senatorial Courtesy
State of the Union Address
9
25. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.
Pork Barrel Legislation
Shays' Rebellion
Gouverneur Morris
Stare Decisis
26. Regulation issued by the president that has the effect and formal status of legislation.
Native American Smoking
Executive Order
6 years/2 years
De facto and de jure segregation
27. First ten amendments to the US Constitution - ratified in 1971; ensure the rights and liberties to the people.
Bill of Rights
Class Action Suit
Lawyers
Executive office of the President
28. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.
Daniel Shays
Standing
War Powers Resolution
Executive Agreements
29. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.
The Right of Due Process
Clear and Present Danger Test
Gideon v. Wainwright
Buckley v. Valeo
30. 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.
President's Inherent Powers
De facto and de jure segregation
Gouverneur Morris
Lawrence v. Texas
31. 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
Clear and Present Danger Test
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Marbury v. Madison
32. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.
Civil Service Act of 1883
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Jurisdiction
Logrolling
33. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.
Power of the Federal Reserve
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Shays' Rebellion
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
34. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.
Habeas Corpus
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Speaker of the House
35. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
Lawyers
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Clear and Present Danger Test
36. 30 minutes.
President's Appointment Power
Congressional Oversight
Class Action Suit
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
37. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.
Pork Barrel Legislation
George Washington
Regulatory Agency
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
38. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.
Miranda v. Arizona
Lawrence v. Texas
Civil Rights Act of 1964
6 years/2 years
39. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.
Alexander Hamilton
Pork Barrel Legislation
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Presidential Mandate
40. A rule that gov't action toward religion is permissible if it is secular in purpose. Separation of law and religion.
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41. % of votes to override a presidential veto
Strict Scrutiny
War Powers Resolution
Last time Congress declared war
2/3 from Congress
42. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.
Class Action Suit
President's Inherent Powers
The Right of Due Process
Habeas Corpus
43. Affecting ambassadors and other public ministers and consuls and disputes between the states.
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
14th Amendment
Articles of Confederation
Executive office of the President
44. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.
Class Action Suit
Miranda v. Arizona
Dred Scot v. Standford
Congressional Oversight
45. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.
Plessy v. Fergueson
Activist Judges
Regulatory Agency
Presidential Mandate
46. Interstate Commerce Commission 1887. Created over railroad problems.
Around 100
2/3 from Congress
Thomas Jefferson
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
47. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.
The Exclusionary Rule
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Executive office of the President
Jurisdiction
48. 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.
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Speaker of the House
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Around 100
49. 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.
American Government and Politics
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
President's Appointment Power
4th Amendment protections
50. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.
2/3 from Congress
Redlining
Critical Period
Filibuster