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1. WWll - 1941
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Last time Congress declared war
Government Corporation
2. 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.
Griswald v. Connecticut
Senatorial Courtesy
Congressional Oversight
Redlining
3. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.
Alexander Hamilton
Native American Smoking
Miranda v. Arizona
Thomas Jefferson
4. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.
Daniel Shays
Shays' Rebellion
Gouverneur Morris
8th Amendment
5. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.
Executive office of the President
Dred Scot v. Standford
Devolution
The Right of Due Process
6. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Exclusionary Rule
Class Action Suit
Joint Chiefs of Staff
7. 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.
4th Amendment protections
De facto and de jure segregation
Civil Service Act of 1883
Power of the Federal Reserve
8. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.
Independent Agency
2/3 from Congress
The Declaration of Independence.
Lawyers
9. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.
Standing
Jim Crow Laws
The Exclusionary Rule
Presidential Mandate
10. 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.
De facto and de jure segregation
Independent Agency
6 years/2 years
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
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.
Civil Service Act of 1883
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
6 years/2 years
12. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.
George Washington
14th Amendment
Filibuster
Executive office of the President
13. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.
Redlining
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Gouverneur Morris
War Powers Resolution
14. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.
CA Prop 187
Daniel Shays
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Jurisdiction
15. Ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment.
The Federalist Papers
The Exclusionary Rule
Speaker of the House
Joint Chiefs of Staff
16. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears
Redlining
Senatorial Courtesy
State of the Union Address
Around 100
17. 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
14th Amendment
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Class Action Suit
18. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?
Activist Judges
Alexander Hamilton
The Declaration of Independence.
Strict Scrutiny
19. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Redlining
War Powers Resolution
De facto and de jure segregation
20. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Pork Barrel Legislation
21. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.
Marbury v. Madison
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
The Exclusionary Rule
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
22. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.
Independent Agency
Power of the Federal Reserve
4th Amendment protections
The Declaration of Independence.
23. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.
Class Action Suit
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Alexander Hamilton
24. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.
Delegated Powers
Activist Judges
Gideon v. Wainwright
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
25. Not allowed.
Native American Smoking
Constitutional Convention
Gouverneur Morris
Habeas Corpus
26. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.
CA Prop 187
Lawrence v. Texas
The Federalist Papers
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
27. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Power to Declare War
Stare Decisis
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
28. Process that executive and independent agencies use to create - or promulgate - regulations.
The Right of Due Process
Administrative Rule Making
6 years/2 years
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
29. A claim by a victorious candidate that the electorate has given him or her special authority to carry out promises made during the campaign.
Bill of Rights
Devolution
Senatorial Courtesy
Presidential Mandate
30. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).
The Declaration of Independence.
Marbury v. Madison
The Right of Due Process
Devolution
31. Most common job of Senators
Stare Decisis
The Exclusionary Rule
Gideon v. Wainwright
Lawyers
32. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.
Buckley v. Valeo
Filibuster
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Alexander Hamilton
33. A rule that gov't action toward religion is permissible if it is secular in purpose. Separation of law and religion.
34. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.
35. Affecting ambassadors and other public ministers and consuls and disputes between the states.
Senatorial Courtesy
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
War Powers Resolution
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.
Conference Committee
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Independent Agency
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
37. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.
George Washington
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Standing
Delegated Powers
38. A practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill; vote trading.
Administrative Rule Making
Logrolling
President's Appointment Power
2/3 from Congress
39. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.
Amicus Curiae
Regulatory Agency
Articles of Confederation
4th Amendment protections
40. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
State of the Union Address
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
90% or higher
Clear and Present Danger Test
41. Number of Supreme Court Justices
Daniel Shays
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
9
Redlining
42. Interstate Commerce Commission 1887. Created over railroad problems.
Gouverneur Morris
Presidential Mandate
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
43. President is obligated to make recommendations for Congress's consideration.
State of the Union Address
War Powers Resolution
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Stare Decisis
44. Congress because they're tied to the people.
45. Save Our State - 1994 - Prohibit illegal aliens from using health care - public education - and other social services in the U.S. State of California.
Senatorial Courtesy
CA Prop 187
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Class Action Suit
46. An effort by a gov't agency to block the publication of material it deems libelous or harmful in some other way; censorship.
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Speaker of the House
Prior Restraint
Habeas Corpus
47. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.
Plessy v. Fergueson
Marbury v. Madison
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Critical Period
48. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.
Amicus Curiae
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
The Right of Due Process
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
49. Congress has this power - only used twice.
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Power to Declare War
Strict Scrutiny
Executive Order
50. % of votes to override a presidential veto
2/3 from Congress
Miranda v. Arizona
De facto and de jure segregation
Executive Order