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1. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.
14th Amendment
Conference Committee
Redlining
Congressional Oversight
2. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.
Stare Decisis
Class Action Suit
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Congressional Oversight
3. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
Government Corporation
Plessy v. Fergueson
De facto and de jure segregation
Jurisdiction
4. A Revolutionary War veteran who led a rebellion of farmers against tax collectors and the banks that were siezing their property.
Logrolling
Miranda v. Arizona
Daniel Shays
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
5. 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.
Power of the Federal Reserve
Plessy v. Fergueson
Independent Agency
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
6. 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
Marbury v. Madison
Constitutional Convention
Brown v. Board of Education
The Exclusionary Rule
7. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.
90% or higher
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Thomas Jefferson
Congressional Oversight
8. Congress has this power - only used twice.
Stare Decisis
Power to Declare War
Critical Period
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
9. Ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment.
President's Inherent Powers
90% or higher
Griswald v. Connecticut
The Exclusionary Rule
10. 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
Logrolling
American Government and Politics
James Madison
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
11. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.
12. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.
14th Amendment
9
Redlining
George Washington
13. 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.
Joint Chiefs of Staff
8th Amendment
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Pork Barrel Legislation
14. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.
The Right of Due Process
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Lawrence v. Texas
Strict Scrutiny
15. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.
State of the Union Address
Buckley v. Valeo
4th Amendment protections
Bill of Rights
16. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.
Jurisdiction
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.
Bill of Rights
17. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.
Amicus Curiae
War Powers Resolution
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Around 100
18. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.
19. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Conference Committee
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Stare Decisis
20. 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.
Bill of Rights
George Washington
Articles of Confederation
Clear and Present Danger Test
21. 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.
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
President's Appointment Power
President's Inherent Powers
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
22. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?
The Declaration of Independence.
Habeas Corpus
Last time Congress declared war
James Madison
23. President is obligated to make recommendations for Congress's consideration.
Griswald v. Connecticut
The Declaration of Independence.
4th Amendment protections
State of the Union Address
24. 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.
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Speaker of the House
Conference Committee
25. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.
CA Prop 187
Habeas Corpus
War Powers Resolution
Congressional Oversight
26. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Executive Order
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Delegated Powers
27. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.
Independent Agency
Dred Scot v. Standford
The Right of Due Process
George Washington
28. A practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill; vote trading.
14th Amendment
Logrolling
Amicus Curiae
Critical Period
29. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.
Daniel Shays
Jim Crow Laws
Independent Agency
Power of the Federal Reserve
30. 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.
9
Prior Restraint
Senatorial Courtesy
Regulatory Agency
31. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).
Devolution
Griswald v. Connecticut
Speaker of the House
Bill of Rights
32. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.
Thomas Jefferson
Congressional Oversight
2/3 from Congress
Griswald v. Connecticut
33. Not allowed.
Native American Smoking
Executive Agreements
Last time Congress declared war
Power of the Federal Reserve
34. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears
Presidential Mandate
Around 100
Bill of Rights
Shays' Rebellion
35. A claim by a victorious candidate that the electorate has given him or her special authority to carry out promises made during the campaign.
Lawrence v. Texas
Presidential Mandate
Executive office of the President
Gideon v. Wainwright
36. 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.
Critical Period
Conference Committee
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
The Declaration of Independence.
37. Requires police to read the Miranda rights so they know they don't have to self incriminate.
Congressional Oversight
14th Amendment
Regulatory Agency
Miranda v. Arizona
38. Number of Supreme Court Justices
The Declaration of Independence.
Miranda v. Arizona
Gideon v. Wainwright
9
39. 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
Power to Declare War
Senatorial Courtesy
8th Amendment
Critical Period
40. 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
Congressional Oversight
Independent Agency
Buckley v. Valeo
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
41. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Conference Committee
Executive office of the President
Thomas Jefferson
Habeas Corpus
42. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.
Amicus Curiae
The Exclusionary Rule
4th Amendment protections
Brown v. Board of Education
43. 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
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Government Corporation
Marbury v. Madison
Constitutional Convention
44. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.
Dred Scot v. Standford
Redlining
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
The Right of Due Process
45. An effort by a gov't agency to block the publication of material it deems libelous or harmful in some other way; censorship.
Prior Restraint
Administrative Rule Making
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Stare Decisis
46. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.
Plessy v. Fergueson
Gouverneur Morris
Power of the Federal Reserve
Buckley v. Valeo
47. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.
Civil Service Act of 1883
Executive office of the President
War Powers Resolution
Amicus Curiae
48. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.
Marbury v. Madison
Alexander Hamilton
The Declaration of Independence.
State of the Union Address
49. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.
Jurisdiction
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Dred Scot v. Standford
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
50. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.
Shays' Rebellion
Filibuster
Stare Decisis
Miranda v. Arizona