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CLEP Political Science Us

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1. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.






2. 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.






3. Most common job of Senators






4. A claim by a victorious candidate that the electorate has given him or her special authority to carry out promises made during the campaign.






5. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.


6. 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.






7. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.






8. Number of Supreme Court Justices






9. 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.






10. 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.






11. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.






12. An effort by a gov't agency to block the publication of material it deems libelous or harmful in some other way; censorship.






13. 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






14. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions






15. Interstate Commerce Commission 1887. Created over railroad problems.






16. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.






17. Requires police to read the Miranda rights so they know they don't have to self incriminate.






18. 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






19. 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






20. 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






21. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.






22. Reasserted the principle of congressional war power - required the president to inform Congress of any planned military campaign. 1973.






23. Ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment.






24. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.






25. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?






26. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.






27. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.






28. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.


29. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.






30. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.






31. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.






32. A practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill; vote trading.






33. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.






34. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.






35. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.






36. Regulation issued by the president that has the effect and formal status of legislation.






37. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.






38. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.






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.






40. Affecting ambassadors and other public ministers and consuls and disputes between the states.






41. Congress has this power - only used twice.






42. Federal employees are elected/hired based on merit.






43. A Revolutionary War veteran who led a rebellion of farmers against tax collectors and the banks that were siezing their property.






44. Process that executive and independent agencies use to create - or promulgate - regulations.






45. Allows the right to a legal representation in all felony cases.






46. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.






47. 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.






48. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.






49. Not allowed.






50. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.