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1. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.
Last time Congress declared war
Alexander Hamilton
Congressional Oversight
Marbury v. Madison
2. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.
Jurisdiction
14th Amendment
State of the Union Address
Class Action Suit
3. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.
Jim Crow Laws
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Amicus Curiae
Jurisdiction
4. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.
Lawrence v. Texas
2/3 from Congress
State of the Union Address
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
5. % of votes to override a presidential veto
Presidential Mandate
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
2/3 from Congress
6. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.
CA Prop 187
Jim Crow Laws
Logrolling
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
7. 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
Gideon v. Wainwright
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Logrolling
Power to Declare War
8. Not allowed.
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Jim Crow Laws
Executive Agreements
Native American Smoking
9. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.
Habeas Corpus
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Redlining
Senatorial Courtesy
10. Number of Supreme Court Justices
Daniel Shays
9
Alexander Hamilton
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
11. 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.
State of the Union Address
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Activist Judges
War Powers Resolution
12. 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.
Bill of Rights
Senatorial Courtesy
Gideon v. Wainwright
Jurisdiction
13. 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
Buckley v. Valeo
Critical Period
Amicus Curiae
Government Corporation
14. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.
Dred Scot v. Standford
Articles of Confederation
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
President's Appointment Power
15. Reasserted the principle of congressional war power - required the president to inform Congress of any planned military campaign. 1973.
Plessy v. Fergueson
Constitutional Convention
Presidential Mandate
War Powers Resolution
16. 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.
Class Action Suit
Daniel Shays
De facto and de jure segregation
Conference Committee
17. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.
Independent Agency
Gideon v. Wainwright
Lawrence v. Texas
Amicus Curiae
18. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.
Speaker of the House
Independent Agency
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Class Action Suit
19. 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
Logrolling
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Power to Declare War
20. 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.
Plessy v. Fergueson
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Conference Committee
The Federalist Papers
21. 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
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Activist Judges
Marbury v. Madison
Brown v. Board of Education
22. 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.
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
De facto and de jure segregation
Speaker of the House
Buckley v. Valeo
23. 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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24. WWll - 1941
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Last time Congress declared war
Shays' Rebellion
Alexander Hamilton
25. 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
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
90% or higher
Executive Order
26. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.
Regulatory Agency
Plessy v. Fergueson
8th Amendment
Last time Congress declared war
27. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.
Brown v. Board of Education
Civil Service Act of 1883
Standing
Habeas Corpus
28. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
War Powers Resolution
Independent Agency
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
29. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.
James Madison
Conference Committee
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Alexander Hamilton
30. % of House that get reelected
Executive Agreements
90% or higher
James Madison
Last time Congress declared war
31. 30 minutes.
Senatorial Courtesy
The Declaration of Independence.
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
32. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.
The Right of Due Process
Pork Barrel Legislation
90% or higher
Congressional Oversight
33. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.
The Declaration of Independence.
Power of the Federal Reserve
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
9
34. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.
Jurisdiction
90% or higher
Executive Agreements
Regulatory Agency
35. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.
Filibuster
Last time Congress declared war
Executive office of the President
6 years/2 years
36. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.
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37. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.
Speaker of the House
The Right of Due Process
Senatorial Courtesy
Daniel Shays
38. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.
Habeas Corpus
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Executive office of the President
Delegated Powers
39. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.
Class Action Suit
8th Amendment
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Griswald v. Connecticut
40. Regulation issued by the president that has the effect and formal status of legislation.
6 years/2 years
Executive Order
Miranda v. Arizona
Congressional Oversight
41. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?
Stare Decisis
Senatorial Courtesy
Administrative Rule Making
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
42. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.
4th Amendment protections
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Native American Smoking
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
43. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).
Delegated Powers
Thomas Jefferson
Marbury v. Madison
Activist Judges
44. A claim by a victorious candidate that the electorate has given him or her special authority to carry out promises made during the campaign.
Independent Agency
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Clear and Present Danger Test
Presidential Mandate
45. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?
Executive office of the President
Conference Committee
The Declaration of Independence.
Critical Period
46. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.
Around 100
90% or higher
Gouverneur Morris
Marbury v. Madison
47. Congress has this power - only used twice.
Lawrence v. Texas
Power to Declare War
Daniel Shays
Jim Crow Laws
48. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.
De facto and de jure segregation
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Redlining
Standing
49. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.
Prior Restraint
Power to Declare War
Executive Agreements
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
50. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.
Lawrence v. Texas
14th Amendment
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
CA Prop 187