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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.
Thomas Jefferson
Power to Declare War
Habeas Corpus
Power of the Federal Reserve
2. Term of Senate/House
6 years/2 years
Clear and Present Danger Test
Government Corporation
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
3. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.
Lawyers
President's Inherent Powers
Administrative Rule Making
Brown v. Board of Education
4. Ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment.
Brown v. Board of Education
Standing
Native American Smoking
The Exclusionary Rule
5. 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
The Right of Due Process
Redlining
Constitutional Convention
Government Corporation
6. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.
Logrolling
Amicus Curiae
Habeas Corpus
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
7. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.
Stare Decisis
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
2/3 from Congress
American Government and Politics
8. Reasserted the principle of congressional war power - required the president to inform Congress of any planned military campaign. 1973.
Government Corporation
War Powers Resolution
Lawyers
Stare Decisis
9. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Dred Scot v. Standford
Native American Smoking
Class Action Suit
10. 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.
Executive Order
De facto and de jure segregation
Activist Judges
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
11. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.
Lawrence v. Texas
Government Corporation
George Washington
James Madison
12. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.
13. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.
14. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?
CA Prop 187
Alexander Hamilton
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
2/3 from Congress
15. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.
Class Action Suit
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.
The Federalist Papers
16. A practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill; vote trading.
Prior Restraint
James Madison
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Logrolling
17. Number of Supreme Court Justices
9
Standing
Bill of Rights
President's Inherent Powers
18. 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.
Pork Barrel Legislation
Senatorial Courtesy
State of the Union Address
Power of the Federal Reserve
19. A rule that gov't action toward religion is permissible if it is secular in purpose. Separation of law and religion.
20. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
War Powers Resolution
Congressional Oversight
Independent Agency
21. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Clear and Present Danger Test
Prior Restraint
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
22. First ten amendments to the US Constitution - ratified in 1971; ensure the rights and liberties to the people.
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
President's Inherent Powers
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Bill of Rights
23. 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
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Critical Period
24. A collection of essays expressing the political philosophy of the Founders and that were instrumental in bringing about the ratification of the Constitution.
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Redlining
The Federalist Papers
Executive office of the President
25. Interstate Commerce Commission 1887. Created over railroad problems.
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Administrative Rule Making
President's Appointment Power
26. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.
Senatorial Courtesy
Regulatory Agency
The Right of Due Process
Congressional Oversight
27. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?
Logrolling
The Declaration of Independence.
Standing
Joint Chiefs of Staff
28. 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
Last time Congress declared war
Buckley v. Valeo
Griswald v. Connecticut
American Government and Politics
29. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.
State of the Union Address
Logrolling
Power of the Federal Reserve
Civil Rights Act of 1964
30. 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.
Activist Judges
Class Action Suit
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Pork Barrel Legislation
31. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
6 years/2 years
Class Action Suit
Jim Crow Laws
32. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
American Government and Politics
Jurisdiction
33. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
Gideon v. Wainwright
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Lawrence v. Texas
Government Corporation
34. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.
Administrative Rule Making
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Shays' Rebellion
Redlining
35. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.
Alexander Hamilton
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
2/3 from Congress
Last time Congress declared war
36. 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
President's Appointment Power
Marbury v. Madison
Logrolling
Griswald v. Connecticut
37. Regulation issued by the president that has the effect and formal status of legislation.
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
6 years/2 years
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Executive Order
38. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.
14th Amendment
Filibuster
Articles of Confederation
Senatorial Courtesy
39. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.
Standing
American Government and Politics
Power of the Federal Reserve
Critical Period
40. An effort by a gov't agency to block the publication of material it deems libelous or harmful in some other way; censorship.
Prior Restraint
Pork Barrel Legislation
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
James Madison
41. % of House that get reelected
90% or higher
14th Amendment
Buckley v. Valeo
Regulatory Agency
42. 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.
State of the Union Address
War Powers Resolution
Conference Committee
Power to Declare War
43. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.
Independent Agency
Congressional Oversight
Logrolling
2/3 from Congress
44. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.
45. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.
Gideon v. Wainwright
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Executive Order
Jim Crow Laws
46. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.
Marbury v. Madison
Gouverneur Morris
6 years/2 years
Jurisdiction
47. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Filibuster
Gouverneur Morris
Native American Smoking
48. Allows the right to a legal representation in all felony cases.
Senatorial Courtesy
Gideon v. Wainwright
Logrolling
De facto and de jure segregation
49. 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.
Dred Scot v. Standford
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Conference Committee
50. Affecting ambassadors and other public ministers and consuls and disputes between the states.
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Clear and Present Danger Test
Government Corporation