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CLEP Political Science Us

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






2. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.






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






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






5. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.






6. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.






7. 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






8. Term of Senate/House






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






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






11. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.






12. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.






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






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






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






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






18. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.






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






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






21. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.






22. A collection of essays expressing the political philosophy of the Founders and that were instrumental in bringing about the ratification of the Constitution.






23. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.






24. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.


25. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.






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






27. 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






28. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.






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






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






31. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.






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






33. 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.






34. % of votes to override a presidential veto






35. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.






36. 30 minutes.






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.






38. % of House that get reelected






39. 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






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






41. 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.






42. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.






43. 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.






44. 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.






45. Number of Supreme Court Justices






46. 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.






47. A rule that gov't action toward religion is permissible if it is secular in purpose. Separation of law and religion.


48. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears






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






50. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).