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1. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.
2. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Senatorial Courtesy
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
3. % of House that get reelected
90% or higher
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Speaker of the House
George Washington
4. Congress has this power - only used twice.
Activist Judges
Pork Barrel Legislation
Power to Declare War
Habeas Corpus
5. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.
George Washington
President's Inherent Powers
Last time Congress declared war
14th Amendment
6. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.
Marbury v. Madison
Brown v. Board of Education
Stare Decisis
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
7. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
War Powers Resolution
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Devolution
8. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.
Clear and Present Danger Test
4th Amendment protections
Conference Committee
Civil Rights Act of 1964
9. Interstate Commerce Commission 1887. Created over railroad problems.
Jim Crow Laws
Brown v. Board of Education
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
10. A Revolutionary War veteran who led a rebellion of farmers against tax collectors and the banks that were siezing their property.
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Daniel Shays
Alexander Hamilton
Speaker of the House
11. A practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill; vote trading.
Logrolling
Plessy v. Fergueson
9
Amicus Curiae
12. Most common job of Senators
Lawrence v. Texas
Joint Chiefs of Staff
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Lawyers
13. WWll - 1941
James Madison
Filibuster
Last time Congress declared war
2/3 from Congress
14. Allows the right to a legal representation in all felony cases.
Gideon v. Wainwright
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
CA Prop 187
6 years/2 years
15. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.
Jim Crow Laws
Marbury v. Madison
Buckley v. Valeo
Plessy v. Fergueson
16. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.
4th Amendment protections
Miranda v. Arizona
The Exclusionary Rule
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
17. 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
Marbury v. Madison
Logrolling
18. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.
Bill of Rights
Miranda v. Arizona
Dred Scot v. Standford
De facto and de jure segregation
19. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Thomas Jefferson
Redlining
8th Amendment
20. A claim by a victorious candidate that the electorate has given him or her special authority to carry out promises made during the campaign.
Buckley v. Valeo
Presidential Mandate
Clear and Present Danger Test
George Washington
21. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.
Gouverneur Morris
Jim Crow Laws
De facto and de jure segregation
Plessy v. Fergueson
22. Federal employees are elected/hired based on merit.
14th Amendment
Thomas Jefferson
Civil Service Act of 1883
Executive Agreements
23. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?
The Declaration of Independence.
Stare Decisis
14th Amendment
Brown v. Board of Education
24. 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
Thomas Jefferson
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Jurisdiction
25. 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.
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Lawyers
Stare Decisis
Jurisdiction
26. A collection of essays expressing the political philosophy of the Founders and that were instrumental in bringing about the ratification of the Constitution.
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Power to Declare War
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
The Federalist Papers
27. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.
Senatorial Courtesy
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Devolution
Delegated Powers
28. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.
Power to Declare War
Gideon v. Wainwright
Strict Scrutiny
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
29. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.
30. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.
Delegated Powers
Amicus Curiae
Gouverneur Morris
Independent Agency
31. 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
Clear and Present Danger Test
President's Inherent Powers
Class Action Suit
32. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.
Lawrence v. Texas
James Madison
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
33. Not allowed.
Native American Smoking
CA Prop 187
Griswald v. Connecticut
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
34. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).
James Madison
Activist Judges
Articles of Confederation
American Government and Politics
35. Save Our State - 1994 - Prohibit illegal aliens from using health care - public education - and other social services in the U.S. State of California.
Activist Judges
President's Inherent Powers
CA Prop 187
State of the Union Address
36. 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
Marbury v. Madison
Lawrence v. Texas
President's Inherent Powers
The Federalist Papers
37. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.
Constitutional Convention
Regulatory Agency
Habeas Corpus
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
38. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.
8th Amendment
Presidential Mandate
Redlining
Dred Scot v. Standford
39. Number of Supreme Court Justices
Stare Decisis
Jurisdiction
Habeas Corpus
9
40. A rule that gov't action toward religion is permissible if it is secular in purpose. Separation of law and religion.
41. President is obligated to make recommendations for Congress's consideration.
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
State of the Union Address
War Powers Resolution
Critical Period
42. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Delegated Powers
Redlining
43. Process that executive and independent agencies use to create - or promulgate - regulations.
Conference Committee
Plessy v. Fergueson
Administrative Rule Making
De facto and de jure segregation
44. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
Clear and Present Danger Test
Buckley v. Valeo
Articles of Confederation
Brown v. Board of Education
45. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
The Federalist Papers
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Government Corporation
Bill of Rights
46. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.
Class Action Suit
Thomas Jefferson
Congressional Oversight
Logrolling
47. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Delegated Powers
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
48. Ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment.
The Exclusionary Rule
The Federalist Papers
Buckley v. Valeo
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
49. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.
War Powers Resolution
Regulatory Agency
Executive office of the President
Executive Order
50. 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.
Conference Committee
The Right of Due Process
President's Appointment Power
Shays' Rebellion