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1. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.
Habeas Corpus
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Strict Scrutiny
2. 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.
Logrolling
Speaker of the House
Alexander Hamilton
Griswald v. Connecticut
3. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears
Senatorial Courtesy
Pork Barrel Legislation
Regulatory Agency
Around 100
4. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.
Prior Restraint
14th Amendment
Miranda v. Arizona
Standing
5. Process that executive and independent agencies use to create - or promulgate - regulations.
Delegated Powers
George Washington
Administrative Rule Making
Around 100
6. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.
Marbury v. Madison
Dred Scot v. Standford
Civil Service Act of 1883
Speaker of the House
7. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.
Jurisdiction
Habeas Corpus
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Pork Barrel Legislation
8. 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
Shays' Rebellion
Jurisdiction
Devolution
9. 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
CA Prop 187
Around 100
Civil Service Act of 1883
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
10. Congress has this power - only used twice.
The Right of Due Process
Native American Smoking
Devolution
Power to Declare War
11. A collection of essays expressing the political philosophy of the Founders and that were instrumental in bringing about the ratification of the Constitution.
The Federalist Papers
American Government and Politics
Clear and Present Danger Test
Delegated Powers
12. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.
Stare Decisis
Logrolling
Activist Judges
Class Action Suit
13. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.
Lawrence v. Texas
Stare Decisis
Plessy v. Fergueson
Logrolling
14. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Gouverneur Morris
15. Congress because they're tied to the people.
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16. Ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment.
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Delegated Powers
The Exclusionary Rule
George Washington
17. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.
9
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
CA Prop 187
Amicus Curiae
18. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Griswald v. Connecticut
Class Action Suit
19. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.
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20. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Speaker of the House
Independent Agency
Lawrence v. Texas
21. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.
Buckley v. Valeo
Marbury v. Madison
Clear and Present Danger Test
CA Prop 187
22. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Gideon v. Wainwright
14th Amendment
Thomas Jefferson
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
23. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.
Speaker of the House
Jurisdiction
Government Corporation
Bill of Rights
24. Term of Senate/House
Senatorial Courtesy
Devolution
Jim Crow Laws
6 years/2 years
25. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Native American Smoking
2/3 from Congress
The Declaration of Independence.
26. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.
American Government and Politics
Constitutional Convention
Brown v. Board of Education
14th Amendment
27. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
4th Amendment protections
President's Inherent Powers
Power of the Federal Reserve
28. Allows the right to a legal representation in all felony cases.
Executive office of the President
Gideon v. Wainwright
Power of the Federal Reserve
Delegated Powers
29. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.
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30. Affecting ambassadors and other public ministers and consuls and disputes between the states.
CA Prop 187
The Right of Due Process
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
31. 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
90% or higher
Presidential Mandate
The Right of Due Process
American Government and Politics
32. 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
Constitutional Convention
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Dred Scot v. Standford
President's Appointment Power
33. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.
Congressional Oversight
Marbury v. Madison
Stare Decisis
Conference Committee
34. 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.
Administrative Rule Making
De facto and de jure segregation
Executive Agreements
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
35. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).
Devolution
2/3 from Congress
Jim Crow Laws
Prior Restraint
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.
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Executive office of the President
Conference Committee
Senatorial Courtesy
37. Number of Supreme Court Justices
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
9
Delegated Powers
Habeas Corpus
38. A Revolutionary War veteran who led a rebellion of farmers against tax collectors and the banks that were siezing their property.
Brown v. Board of Education
Shays' Rebellion
Daniel Shays
Critical Period
39. 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.
Lawrence v. Texas
Joint Chiefs of Staff
American Government and Politics
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
40. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.
Jim Crow Laws
Habeas Corpus
Conference Committee
Miranda v. Arizona
41. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
Clear and Present Danger Test
Thomas Jefferson
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Lawrence v. Texas
42. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
American Government and Politics
14th Amendment
War Powers Resolution
Government Corporation
43. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.
Clear and Present Danger Test
Logrolling
4th Amendment protections
Stare Decisis
44. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.
Power of the Federal Reserve
Articles of Confederation
9
Class Action Suit
45. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.
Last time Congress declared war
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Prior Restraint
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
46. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.
War Powers Resolution
Filibuster
American Government and Politics
Activist Judges
47. WWll - 1941
Last time Congress declared war
Griswald v. Connecticut
Civil Service Act of 1883
Around 100
48. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.
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49. A practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill; vote trading.
Logrolling
Jurisdiction
Government Corporation
2/3 from Congress
50. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.
War Powers Resolution
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Delegated Powers
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