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CLEP Political Science Us
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1. 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
Amicus Curiae
War Powers Resolution
Administrative Rule Making
2. Process that executive and independent agencies use to create - or promulgate - regulations.
8th Amendment
Administrative Rule Making
Native American Smoking
Redlining
3. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.
6 years/2 years
Filibuster
Executive Agreements
Standing
4. Ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment.
The Exclusionary Rule
Brown v. Board of Education
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Presidential Mandate
5. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Filibuster
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
6. First ten amendments to the US Constitution - ratified in 1971; ensure the rights and liberties to the people.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Around 100
Bill of Rights
Senatorial Courtesy
7. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.
Delegated Powers
American Government and Politics
Activist Judges
George Washington
8. 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.
Around 100
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Devolution
9. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.
9
Delegated Powers
Gideon v. Wainwright
Speaker of the House
10. President is obligated to make recommendations for Congress's consideration.
Standing
State of the Union Address
Daniel Shays
Presidential Mandate
11. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.
Brown v. Board of Education
Filibuster
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Buckley v. Valeo
12. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Griswald v. Connecticut
Activist Judges
Thomas Jefferson
13. % of votes to override a presidential veto
2/3 from Congress
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Alexander Hamilton
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
14. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.
Executive Agreements
Last time Congress declared war
8th Amendment
Amicus Curiae
15. Number of Supreme Court Justices
9
Buckley v. Valeo
8th Amendment
2/3 from Congress
16. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.
Brown v. Board of Education
Stare Decisis
Plessy v. Fergueson
Activist Judges
17. 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.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Jim Crow Laws
Thomas Jefferson
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
18. 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.
Daniel Shays
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Regulatory Agency
Gideon v. Wainwright
19. Congress because they're tied to the people.
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20. Regulation issued by the president that has the effect and formal status of legislation.
Executive office of the President
Gouverneur Morris
Executive Order
Shays' Rebellion
21. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.
Speaker of the House
Brown v. Board of Education
Standing
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
22. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.
The Exclusionary Rule
Last time Congress declared war
Regulatory Agency
Gideon v. Wainwright
23. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.
Lawyers
Redlining
2/3 from Congress
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
24. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Right of Due Process
CA Prop 187
25. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.
Daniel Shays
Power to Declare War
Critical Period
Lawrence v. Texas
26. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.
Gouverneur Morris
Civil Rights Act of 1964
14th Amendment
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
27. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).
Daniel Shays
Devolution
Alexander Hamilton
Speaker of the House
28. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.
Jurisdiction
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Executive Agreements
Bill of Rights
29. 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.
Native American Smoking
Thomas Jefferson
Articles of Confederation
The Federalist Papers
30. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).
President's Inherent Powers
Pork Barrel Legislation
President's Appointment Power
Activist Judges
31. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.
CA Prop 187
The Right of Due Process
Strict Scrutiny
Alexander Hamilton
32. % of House that get reelected
90% or higher
Strict Scrutiny
8th Amendment
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
33. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.
Shays' Rebellion
Filibuster
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Congressional Oversight
34. Interstate Commerce Commission 1887. Created over railroad problems.
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
35. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.
Government Corporation
Marbury v. Madison
Class Action Suit
Delegated Powers
36. A Revolutionary War veteran who led a rebellion of farmers against tax collectors and the banks that were siezing their property.
Jim Crow Laws
Marbury v. Madison
4th Amendment protections
Daniel Shays
37. Not allowed.
Native American Smoking
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
State of the Union Address
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
38. Save Our State - 1994 - Prohibit illegal aliens from using health care - public education - and other social services in the U.S. State of California.
Lawyers
War Powers Resolution
2/3 from Congress
CA Prop 187
39. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.
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What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
The Right of Due Process
Independent Agency
40. 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.
Executive office of the President
Standing
Speaker of the House
War Powers Resolution
41. A collection of essays expressing the political philosophy of the Founders and that were instrumental in bringing about the ratification of the Constitution.
6 years/2 years
The Federalist Papers
Senatorial Courtesy
Regulatory Agency
42. 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
Bill of Rights
Logrolling
Devolution
Constitutional Convention
43. Term of Senate/House
Class Action Suit
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Devolution
6 years/2 years
44. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.
George Washington
Constitutional Convention
The Right of Due Process
Alexander Hamilton
45. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.
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46. Requires police to read the Miranda rights so they know they don't have to self incriminate.
Lawyers
President's Appointment Power
Miranda v. Arizona
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
47. 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.
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Senatorial Courtesy
President's Appointment Power
Strict Scrutiny
48. A claim by a victorious candidate that the electorate has given him or her special authority to carry out promises made during the campaign.
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Amicus Curiae
Redlining
Presidential Mandate
49. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.
9
James Madison
Shays' Rebellion
Jurisdiction
50. Allows the right to a legal representation in all felony cases.
Regulatory Agency
Executive Order
Gideon v. Wainwright
CA Prop 187