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1. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.
Redlining
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Regulatory Agency
Jim Crow Laws
2. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
Brown v. Board of Education
Congressional Oversight
Government Corporation
Dred Scot v. Standford
3. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.
Power of the Federal Reserve
Shays' Rebellion
90% or higher
Delegated Powers
4. Federal employees are elected/hired based on merit.
Civil Service Act of 1883
Conference Committee
Gouverneur Morris
Constitutional Convention
5. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.
George Washington
Marbury v. Madison
Gideon v. Wainwright
Pork Barrel Legislation
6. A claim by a victorious candidate that the electorate has given him or her special authority to carry out promises made during the campaign.
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
The Right of Due Process
Presidential Mandate
Articles of Confederation
7. 30 minutes.
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Executive Order
Activist Judges
Jurisdiction
8. 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
Strict Scrutiny
Marbury v. Madison
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
9. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Gideon v. Wainwright
Brown v. Board of Education
8th Amendment
10. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.
Alexander Hamilton
George Washington
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Buckley v. Valeo
11. 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.
Speaker of the House
Presidential Mandate
Executive Order
Dred Scot v. Standford
12. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.
Dred Scot v. Standford
President's Appointment Power
Lawrence v. Texas
Stare Decisis
13. Congress because they're tied to the people.
14. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.
Last time Congress declared war
Government Corporation
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Stare Decisis
15. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?
The Declaration of Independence.
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Presidential Mandate
16. WWll - 1941
Last time Congress declared war
Standing
Bill of Rights
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
17. Not allowed.
Senatorial Courtesy
Amicus Curiae
Native American Smoking
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
18. Process that executive and independent agencies use to create - or promulgate - regulations.
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.
Filibuster
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
19. Interstate Commerce Commission 1887. Created over railroad problems.
Filibuster
Habeas Corpus
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Marbury v. Madison
20. President is obligated to make recommendations for Congress's consideration.
State of the Union Address
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Thomas Jefferson
Logrolling
21. 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.
Articles of Confederation
Civil Service Act of 1883
Filibuster
Clear and Present Danger Test
22. 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.
Standing
Around 100
Senatorial Courtesy
Congressional Oversight
23. Save Our State - 1994 - Prohibit illegal aliens from using health care - public education - and other social services in the U.S. State of California.
Bill of Rights
Standing
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
CA Prop 187
24. Term of Senate/House
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Standing
Daniel Shays
6 years/2 years
25. A Revolutionary War veteran who led a rebellion of farmers against tax collectors and the banks that were siezing their property.
Daniel Shays
Native American Smoking
Speaker of the House
War Powers Resolution
26. % of House that get reelected
Around 100
State of the Union Address
90% or higher
Gouverneur Morris
27. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.
Administrative Rule Making
Habeas Corpus
6 years/2 years
Delegated Powers
28. 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
De facto and de jure segregation
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Griswald v. Connecticut
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
29. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Lawyers
30. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.
Pork Barrel Legislation
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
George Washington
4th Amendment protections
31. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.
Redlining
Class Action Suit
Jim Crow Laws
Brown v. Board of Education
32. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.
Clear and Present Danger Test
Jurisdiction
90% or higher
Marbury v. Madison
33. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Stare Decisis
34. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.
CA Prop 187
Amicus Curiae
The Right of Due Process
Pork Barrel Legislation
35. Number of Supreme Court Justices
Congressional Oversight
9
Bill of Rights
Articles of Confederation
36. % of votes to override a presidential veto
Gideon v. Wainwright
2/3 from Congress
James Madison
Bill of Rights
37. 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.
Critical Period
Logrolling
Joint Chiefs of Staff
9
38. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.
4th Amendment protections
Miranda v. Arizona
Habeas Corpus
Congressional Oversight
39. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.
The Right of Due Process
Plessy v. Fergueson
Marbury v. Madison
Regulatory Agency
40. 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
Filibuster
Constitutional Convention
The Federalist Papers
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
41. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.
Clear and Present Danger Test
Devolution
Power of the Federal Reserve
8th Amendment
42. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.
Around 100
James Madison
Dred Scot v. Standford
Executive Agreements
43. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.
Class Action Suit
Executive Agreements
2/3 from Congress
Congressional Oversight
44. 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
Delegated Powers
Gouverneur Morris
American Government and Politics
Around 100
45. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.
Class Action Suit
Standing
Daniel Shays
Buckley v. Valeo
46. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.
14th Amendment
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
James Madison
Buckley v. Valeo
47. 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
Civil Service Act of 1883
Miranda v. Arizona
Critical Period
President's Inherent Powers
48. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.
49. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Regulatory Agency
Civil Service Act of 1883
Dred Scot v. Standford
50. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.
Around 100
Government Corporation
Delegated Powers
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties