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1. Federal employees are elected/hired based on merit.
Last time Congress declared war
Civil Service Act of 1883
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Brown v. Board of Education
2. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears
Civil Service Act of 1883
Lawyers
Around 100
Alexander Hamilton
3. 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.
90% or higher
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Buckley v. Valeo
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
4. Not allowed.
President's Inherent Powers
Articles of Confederation
Native American Smoking
James Madison
5. 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.
The Right of Due Process
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Clear and Present Danger Test
6. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.
Logrolling
Jurisdiction
James Madison
The Right of Due Process
7. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.
Gouverneur Morris
Amicus Curiae
Redlining
8th Amendment
8. Reasserted the principle of congressional war power - required the president to inform Congress of any planned military campaign. 1973.
Griswald v. Connecticut
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
War Powers Resolution
Critical Period
9. Most common job of Senators
Last time Congress declared war
Lawyers
Civil Service Act of 1883
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
10. Term of Senate/House
Administrative Rule Making
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Stare Decisis
6 years/2 years
11. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.
Lawrence v. Texas
Brown v. Board of Education
Pork Barrel Legislation
Redlining
12. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.
Power to Declare War
Buckley v. Valeo
Dred Scot v. Standford
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
13. Ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment.
Last time Congress declared war
Constitutional Convention
The Exclusionary Rule
Executive Agreements
14. % of votes to override a presidential veto
Gideon v. Wainwright
2/3 from Congress
Power of the Federal Reserve
Critical Period
15. 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
Devolution
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Last time Congress declared war
16. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.
CA Prop 187
Miranda v. Arizona
Redlining
President's Inherent Powers
17. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.
Regulatory Agency
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Critical Period
Devolution
18. % of House that get reelected
90% or higher
9
Miranda v. Arizona
Congressional Oversight
19. 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
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Constitutional Convention
Administrative Rule Making
4th Amendment protections
20. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).
Activist Judges
CA Prop 187
4th Amendment protections
George Washington
21. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.
Shays' Rebellion
Civil Rights Act of 1964
4th Amendment protections
Pork Barrel Legislation
22. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.
Alexander Hamilton
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
6 years/2 years
Plessy v. Fergueson
23. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.
Activist Judges
Alexander Hamilton
Articles of Confederation
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
24. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.
The Federalist Papers
Miranda v. Arizona
Congressional Oversight
Clear and Present Danger Test
25. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.
14th Amendment
Jurisdiction
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Devolution
26. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.
Dred Scot v. Standford
Class Action Suit
Standing
Habeas Corpus
27. A claim by a victorious candidate that the electorate has given him or her special authority to carry out promises made during the campaign.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Standing
Presidential Mandate
9
28. A Revolutionary War veteran who led a rebellion of farmers against tax collectors and the banks that were siezing their property.
War Powers Resolution
Logrolling
Congressional Oversight
Daniel Shays
29. Interstate Commerce Commission 1887. Created over railroad problems.
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
14th Amendment
6 years/2 years
Joint Chiefs of Staff
30. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.
Critical Period
Pork Barrel Legislation
Independent Agency
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
31. WWll - 1941
Alexander Hamilton
Last time Congress declared war
Bill of Rights
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
32. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.
33. 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
Power of the Federal Reserve
Plessy v. Fergueson
Delegated Powers
34. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.
35. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.
Lawrence v. Texas
Marbury v. Madison
Thomas Jefferson
Power of the Federal Reserve
36. 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
Power to Declare War
Plessy v. Fergueson
Filibuster
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
37. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.
Gideon v. Wainwright
James Madison
Strict Scrutiny
Articles of Confederation
38. A practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill; vote trading.
Articles of Confederation
Logrolling
Presidential Mandate
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
39. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.
90% or higher
4th Amendment protections
Dred Scot v. Standford
Stare Decisis
40. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.
Devolution
Civil Service Act of 1883
Habeas Corpus
President's Appointment Power
41. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
The Declaration of Independence.
8th Amendment
Dred Scot v. Standford
42. 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.
Articles of Confederation
Stare Decisis
90% or higher
State of the Union Address
43. Congress because they're tied to the people.
44. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
6 years/2 years
Clear and Present Danger Test
The Federalist Papers
Prior Restraint
45. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
De facto and de jure segregation
Miranda v. Arizona
Executive office of the President
46. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.
Articles of Confederation
Devolution
Buckley v. Valeo
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
47. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.
George Washington
Jurisdiction
Clear and Present Danger Test
The Right of Due Process
48. President is obligated to make recommendations for Congress's consideration.
Devolution
Jim Crow Laws
9
State of the Union Address
49. 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
George Washington
American Government and Politics
The Exclusionary Rule
Buckley v. Valeo
50. 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.
Standing
Bill of Rights
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Joint Chiefs of Staff