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CLEP Political Science Us

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1. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.






2. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.






3. 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.






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






5. 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.






6. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?






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






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






9. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.






10. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.






11. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.






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

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






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






15. 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






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






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






18. First ten amendments to the US Constitution - ratified in 1971; ensure the rights and liberties to the people.






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






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






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






22. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.

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23. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.






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






25. Congress has this power - only used twice.






26. 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.






27. 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.






28. % of House that get reelected






29. 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






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

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






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






33. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).






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






35. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.

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






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






38. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears






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






40. % of votes to override a presidential veto






41. Number of Supreme Court Justices






42. 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






43. Term of Senate/House






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






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






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






47. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.






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






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






50. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.