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CLEP Political Science Us

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1. 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.






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






3. 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






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






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






6. Save Our State - 1994 - Prohibit illegal aliens from using health care - public education - and other social services in the U.S. State of California.






7. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears






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






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






10. Not allowed.






11. 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






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






13. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.






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






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

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16. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.

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17. 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.






18. 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






19. Term of Senate/House






20. 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.






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






22. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.






23. % of votes to override a presidential veto






24. Number of Supreme Court Justices






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






26. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.






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






28. 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.






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






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






31. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.






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






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






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






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






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






37. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.






38. 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.






39. 30 minutes.






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






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






43. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.






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






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






46. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.






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






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






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






50. 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.