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CLEP Political Science Us
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1. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?
The Right of Due Process
Delegated Powers
The Declaration of Independence.
Conference Committee
2. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.
Miranda v. Arizona
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Amicus Curiae
3. Allows the right to a legal representation in all felony cases.
9
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Gideon v. Wainwright
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
4. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Clear and Present Danger Test
De facto and de jure segregation
Thomas Jefferson
Native American Smoking
5. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.
Gouverneur Morris
Griswald v. Connecticut
CA Prop 187
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
6. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
Gideon v. Wainwright
Administrative Rule Making
Amicus Curiae
Clear and Present Danger Test
7. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Shays' Rebellion
The Declaration of Independence.
Around 100
8. 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.
Buckley v. Valeo
Miranda v. Arizona
Articles of Confederation
Speaker of the House
9. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.
Amicus Curiae
Alexander Hamilton
Stare Decisis
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
10. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.
De facto and de jure segregation
Plessy v. Fergueson
Stare Decisis
Administrative Rule Making
11. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.
Jim Crow Laws
Executive Order
Articles of Confederation
Native American Smoking
12. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.
James Madison
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Executive Agreements
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
13. Number of Supreme Court Justices
9
Brown v. Board of Education
Power to Declare War
Executive Order
14. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.
Power of the Federal Reserve
Administrative Rule Making
George Washington
Prior Restraint
15. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.
Jurisdiction
Griswald v. Connecticut
Gideon v. Wainwright
Class Action Suit
16. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.
Congressional Oversight
CA Prop 187
8th Amendment
Gideon v. Wainwright
17. Requires police to read the Miranda rights so they know they don't have to self incriminate.
Lawrence v. Texas
Miranda v. Arizona
Executive Agreements
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
18. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.
Buckley v. Valeo
Constitutional Convention
Filibuster
Executive office of the President
19. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.
Devolution
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
14th Amendment
Delegated Powers
20. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?
War Powers Resolution
President's Appointment Power
American Government and Politics
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
21. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.
Government Corporation
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
President's Inherent Powers
Class Action Suit
22. 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
De facto and de jure segregation
90% or higher
The Right of Due Process
23. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.
Amicus Curiae
The Right of Due Process
American Government and Politics
Power of the Federal Reserve
24. 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.
De facto and de jure segregation
Logrolling
Daniel Shays
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
25. A practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill; vote trading.
Logrolling
Last time Congress declared war
Gideon v. Wainwright
Daniel Shays
26. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).
Clear and Present Danger Test
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Activist Judges
Thomas Jefferson
27. Most common job of Senators
Lawyers
Civil Rights Act of 1964
2/3 from Congress
Civil Service Act of 1883
28. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.
Executive office of the President
CA Prop 187
Strict Scrutiny
Critical Period
29. Save Our State - 1994 - Prohibit illegal aliens from using health care - public education - and other social services in the U.S. State of California.
Alexander Hamilton
James Madison
Regulatory Agency
CA Prop 187
30. 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
War Powers Resolution
Constitutional Convention
Activist Judges
American Government and Politics
31. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.
Buckley v. Valeo
Habeas Corpus
Speaker of the House
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
32. Process that executive and independent agencies use to create - or promulgate - regulations.
Administrative Rule Making
Filibuster
Regulatory Agency
Class Action Suit
33. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).
Devolution
President's Inherent Powers
CA Prop 187
The Exclusionary Rule
34. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.
Shays' Rebellion
The Right of Due Process
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Class Action Suit
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.
Executive Agreements
Presidential Mandate
Lawyers
Executive Order
36. A collection of essays expressing the political philosophy of the Founders and that were instrumental in bringing about the ratification of the Constitution.
Articles of Confederation
The Federalist Papers
Presidential Mandate
Strict Scrutiny
37. Congress has this power - only used twice.
Power to Declare War
Pork Barrel Legislation
Power of the Federal Reserve
Redlining
38. Regulation issued by the president that has the effect and formal status of legislation.
Articles of Confederation
Executive Order
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Redlining
39. Congress because they're tied to the people.
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40. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.
Delegated Powers
George Washington
Executive Agreements
Stare Decisis
41. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.
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42. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.
Around 100
Plessy v. Fergueson
Redlining
Dred Scot v. Standford
43. Term of Senate/House
6 years/2 years
Clear and Present Danger Test
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Native American Smoking
44. Interstate Commerce Commission 1887. Created over railroad problems.
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Plessy v. Fergueson
Executive Agreements
Jurisdiction
45. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.
Standing
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
8th Amendment
Pork Barrel Legislation
46. 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
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Marbury v. Madison
Gideon v. Wainwright
Miranda v. Arizona
47. Reasserted the principle of congressional war power - required the president to inform Congress of any planned military campaign. 1973.
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Around 100
Amicus Curiae
War Powers Resolution
48. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.
4th Amendment protections
Conference Committee
Delegated Powers
Miranda v. Arizona
49. 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.
President's Appointment Power
Conference Committee
Independent Agency
Joint Chiefs of Staff
50. 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
Articles of Confederation
Plessy v. Fergueson
Critical Period
Redlining