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1. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.
14th Amendment
Strict Scrutiny
Lawrence v. Texas
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
2. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Government Corporation
Last time Congress declared war
8th Amendment
3. President is obligated to make recommendations for Congress's consideration.
Marbury v. Madison
State of the Union Address
Executive office of the President
Gouverneur Morris
4. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
President's Inherent Powers
Government Corporation
Delegated Powers
The Right of Due Process
5. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.
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6. Term of Senate/House
6 years/2 years
Gideon v. Wainwright
Bill of Rights
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
7. 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
Pork Barrel Legislation
Plessy v. Fergueson
Standing
8. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
Senatorial Courtesy
Shays' Rebellion
Clear and Present Danger Test
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
9. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.
Civil Service Act of 1883
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Executive office of the President
CA Prop 187
10. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.
6 years/2 years
9
Alexander Hamilton
Joint Chiefs of Staff
11. 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
American Government and Politics
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Power to Declare War
Government Corporation
12. 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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13. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.
Around 100
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
2/3 from Congress
14th Amendment
14. Regulation issued by the president that has the effect and formal status of legislation.
Gideon v. Wainwright
Executive office of the President
Standing
Executive Order
15. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
James Madison
Senatorial Courtesy
16. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.
Congressional Oversight
8th Amendment
Miranda v. Arizona
Presidential Mandate
17. 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.
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Filibuster
De facto and de jure segregation
Dred Scot v. Standford
18. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.
Gideon v. Wainwright
Redlining
Clear and Present Danger Test
The Federalist Papers
19. Congress has this power - only used twice.
State of the Union Address
Gideon v. Wainwright
Power to Declare War
Congressional Oversight
20. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.
Administrative Rule Making
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
9
21. Not allowed.
Shays' Rebellion
Stare Decisis
Class Action Suit
Native American Smoking
22. A practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill; vote trading.
Logrolling
The Federalist Papers
The Right of Due Process
Miranda v. Arizona
23. 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
Habeas Corpus
Delegated Powers
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Critical Period
24. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.
Thomas Jefferson
Standing
Miranda v. Arizona
Activist Judges
25. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Delegated Powers
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Class Action Suit
26. An effort by a gov't agency to block the publication of material it deems libelous or harmful in some other way; censorship.
American Government and Politics
Gideon v. Wainwright
Prior Restraint
Power of the Federal Reserve
27. Process that executive and independent agencies use to create - or promulgate - regulations.
Regulatory Agency
Griswald v. Connecticut
Administrative Rule Making
The Federalist Papers
28. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.
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29. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Amicus Curiae
Congressional Oversight
Alexander Hamilton
30. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.
Independent Agency
Standing
Jurisdiction
Bill of Rights
31. 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.
2/3 from Congress
Power to Declare War
Speaker of the House
Amicus Curiae
32. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.
Miranda v. Arizona
Dred Scot v. Standford
Alexander Hamilton
Filibuster
33. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.
4th Amendment protections
The Exclusionary Rule
James Madison
Marbury v. Madison
34. 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
Constitutional Convention
George Washington
Marbury v. Madison
De facto and de jure segregation
35. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.
Clear and Present Danger Test
Brown v. Board of Education
Regulatory Agency
James Madison
36. 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.
Standing
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Filibuster
Prior Restraint
37. Ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment.
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Lawyers
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
The Exclusionary Rule
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.
Senatorial Courtesy
Strict Scrutiny
Power of the Federal Reserve
Shays' Rebellion
39. A claim by a victorious candidate that the electorate has given him or her special authority to carry out promises made during the campaign.
Presidential Mandate
9
Filibuster
James Madison
40. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.
War Powers Resolution
Executive Agreements
Civil Service Act of 1883
Griswald v. Connecticut
41. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.
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42. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).
Miranda v. Arizona
9
Shays' Rebellion
Activist Judges
43. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.
Stare Decisis
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
The Declaration of Independence.
90% or higher
44. Save Our State - 1994 - Prohibit illegal aliens from using health care - public education - and other social services in the U.S. State of California.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Prior Restraint
CA Prop 187
Bill of Rights
45. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears
Pork Barrel Legislation
Around 100
Habeas Corpus
Brown v. Board of Education
46. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.
Plessy v. Fergueson
Brown v. Board of Education
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Class Action Suit
47. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.
Dred Scot v. Standford
Miranda v. Arizona
Brown v. Board of Education
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
48. Allows the right to a legal representation in all felony cases.
Gouverneur Morris
Stare Decisis
Gideon v. Wainwright
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
49. First ten amendments to the US Constitution - ratified in 1971; ensure the rights and liberties to the people.
Bill of Rights
Government Corporation
Articles of Confederation
Buckley v. Valeo
50. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.
9
Conference Committee
Around 100
Civil Rights Act of 1964