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1. 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.
Government Corporation
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Articles of Confederation
2. An effort by a gov't agency to block the publication of material it deems libelous or harmful in some other way; censorship.
2/3 from Congress
Buckley v. Valeo
Prior Restraint
Civil Service Act of 1883
3. A collection of essays expressing the political philosophy of the Founders and that were instrumental in bringing about the ratification of the Constitution.
Critical Period
The Federalist Papers
Daniel Shays
Habeas Corpus
4. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.
Dred Scot v. Standford
Gouverneur Morris
Amicus Curiae
Power of the Federal Reserve
5. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.
Lawrence v. Texas
Pork Barrel Legislation
Independent Agency
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
6. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.
Clear and Present Danger Test
Senatorial Courtesy
9
Pork Barrel Legislation
7. Allows the right to a legal representation in all felony cases.
Constitutional Convention
CA Prop 187
The Exclusionary Rule
Gideon v. Wainwright
8. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Power of the Federal Reserve
Conference Committee
9. 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
Independent Agency
Constitutional Convention
American Government and Politics
Jurisdiction
10. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.
James Madison
Daniel Shays
8th Amendment
Congressional Oversight
11. 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.
George Washington
Redlining
Speaker of the House
Marbury v. Madison
12. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.
Critical Period
Plessy v. Fergueson
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Buckley v. Valeo
13. 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
Brown v. Board of Education
Executive Agreements
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
14. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears
Power of the Federal Reserve
Around 100
War Powers Resolution
Daniel Shays
15. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.
Critical Period
4th Amendment protections
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
16. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.
Standing
Power of the Federal Reserve
4th Amendment protections
Speaker of the House
17. % of votes to override a presidential veto
Brown v. Board of Education
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
2/3 from Congress
The Right of Due Process
18. Regulation issued by the president that has the effect and formal status of legislation.
Civil Service Act of 1883
Executive Order
Congressional Oversight
President's Appointment Power
19. Congress because they're tied to the people.
20. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.
Gouverneur Morris
Delegated Powers
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Executive office of the President
21. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.
CA Prop 187
Thomas Jefferson
Redlining
Daniel Shays
22. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?
The Exclusionary Rule
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Jurisdiction
23. Most common job of Senators
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
14th Amendment
Lawyers
Bill of Rights
24. 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.
De facto and de jure segregation
Last time Congress declared war
The Right of Due Process
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
25. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.
CA Prop 187
Speaker of the House
Standing
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
26. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.
Stare Decisis
Devolution
14th Amendment
Constitutional Convention
27. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).
War Powers Resolution
Redlining
Devolution
American Government and Politics
28. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.
14th Amendment
Habeas Corpus
Native American Smoking
Bill of Rights
29. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
9
Stare Decisis
Shays' Rebellion
30. WWll - 1941
Speaker of the House
Brown v. Board of Education
Jim Crow Laws
Last time Congress declared war
31. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
Plessy v. Fergueson
4th Amendment protections
The Exclusionary Rule
Government Corporation
32. Requires police to read the Miranda rights so they know they don't have to self incriminate.
Miranda v. Arizona
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Articles of Confederation
Strict Scrutiny
33. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.
Gouverneur Morris
Amicus Curiae
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
8th Amendment
34. 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.
4th Amendment protections
Joint Chiefs of Staff
6 years/2 years
Executive office of the President
35. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.
36. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.
Strict Scrutiny
4th Amendment protections
Filibuster
Thomas Jefferson
37. 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.
Power to Declare War
CA Prop 187
Constitutional Convention
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
38. % of House that get reelected
90% or higher
Around 100
Class Action Suit
Filibuster
39. Interstate Commerce Commission 1887. Created over railroad problems.
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Civil Service Act of 1883
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Government Corporation
40. Affecting ambassadors and other public ministers and consuls and disputes between the states.
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Independent Agency
State of the Union Address
41. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?
14th Amendment
The Declaration of Independence.
James Madison
90% or higher
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.
Speaker of the House
Conference Committee
Constitutional Convention
Joint Chiefs of Staff
43. Congress has this power - only used twice.
Strict Scrutiny
14th Amendment
The Federalist Papers
Power to Declare War
44. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
Clear and Present Danger Test
Conference Committee
Prior Restraint
4th Amendment protections
45. Number of Supreme Court Justices
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Gouverneur Morris
9
Prior Restraint
46. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.
Jurisdiction
Lawyers
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Class Action Suit
47. 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.
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Gouverneur Morris
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Conference Committee
48. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.
49. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Delegated Powers
Miranda v. Arizona
Jim Crow Laws
50. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.
Jurisdiction
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
The Right of Due Process