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1. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).
Activist Judges
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Last time Congress declared war
2. % of House that get reelected
90% or higher
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Devolution
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
3. Congress has this power - only used twice.
Strict Scrutiny
Miranda v. Arizona
Power to Declare War
Conference Committee
4. 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.
Congressional Oversight
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Bill of Rights
Lawyers
5. A Revolutionary War veteran who led a rebellion of farmers against tax collectors and the banks that were siezing their property.
Filibuster
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
The Declaration of Independence.
Daniel Shays
6. 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
Marbury v. Madison
Government Corporation
Stare Decisis
War Powers Resolution
7. WWll - 1941
90% or higher
Power of the Federal Reserve
Last time Congress declared war
George Washington
8. 30 minutes.
Logrolling
Strict Scrutiny
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Marbury v. Madison
9. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Jurisdiction
Plessy v. Fergueson
10. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.
Congressional Oversight
Power of the Federal Reserve
De facto and de jure segregation
Dred Scot v. Standford
11. Allows the right to a legal representation in all felony cases.
Government Corporation
Civil Rights Act of 1964
James Madison
Gideon v. Wainwright
12. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.
George Washington
Constitutional Convention
The Declaration of Independence.
Habeas Corpus
13. 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.
Executive Agreements
Articles of Confederation
Senatorial Courtesy
Bill of Rights
14. 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.
War Powers Resolution
Speaker of the House
CA Prop 187
De facto and de jure segregation
15. Ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment.
Gouverneur Morris
Congressional Oversight
The Exclusionary Rule
Clear and Present Danger Test
16. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.
President's Appointment Power
Buckley v. Valeo
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
4th Amendment protections
17. Not allowed.
Regulatory Agency
Lawyers
Native American Smoking
Clear and Present Danger Test
18. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
The Federalist Papers
14th Amendment
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
19. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.
Executive office of the President
Gideon v. Wainwright
Senatorial Courtesy
Clear and Present Danger Test
20. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Redlining
Executive Agreements
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
21. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.
14th Amendment
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Strict Scrutiny
Alexander Hamilton
22. 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.
Articles of Confederation
Miranda v. Arizona
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Conference Committee
23. Reasserted the principle of congressional war power - required the president to inform Congress of any planned military campaign. 1973.
Daniel Shays
War Powers Resolution
Civil Service Act of 1883
Devolution
24. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.
Executive Agreements
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Civil Rights Act of 1964
6 years/2 years
25. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
The Declaration of Independence.
Class Action Suit
Logrolling
26. 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
Filibuster
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
American Government and Politics
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
27. Requires police to read the Miranda rights so they know they don't have to self incriminate.
Miranda v. Arizona
Pork Barrel Legislation
Shays' Rebellion
Independent Agency
28. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.
The Declaration of Independence.
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
James Madison
Pork Barrel Legislation
29. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.
CA Prop 187
Amicus Curiae
Redlining
The Right of Due Process
30. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.
Independent Agency
2/3 from Congress
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Administrative Rule Making
31. % of votes to override a presidential veto
Alexander Hamilton
Civil Rights Act of 1964
2/3 from Congress
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
32. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Delegated Powers
Constitutional Convention
Clear and Present Danger Test
33. 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.
Lawyers
Pork Barrel Legislation
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
President's Appointment Power
34. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.
Constitutional Convention
Standing
Executive Agreements
Delegated Powers
35. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?
Power to Declare War
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Articles of Confederation
Congressional Oversight
36. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.
Amicus Curiae
Last time Congress declared war
Redlining
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
37. Congress because they're tied to the people.
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38. 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.
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
14th Amendment
Congressional Oversight
President's Inherent Powers
39. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
The Right of Due Process
Jim Crow Laws
40. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.
Congressional Oversight
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Devolution
Stare Decisis
41. First ten amendments to the US Constitution - ratified in 1971; ensure the rights and liberties to the people.
Civil Service Act of 1883
President's Appointment Power
Bill of Rights
Around 100
42. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.
14th Amendment
Griswald v. Connecticut
Regulatory Agency
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
43. A collection of essays expressing the political philosophy of the Founders and that were instrumental in bringing about the ratification of the Constitution.
Administrative Rule Making
6 years/2 years
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
The Federalist Papers
44. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.
Devolution
Civil Rights Act of 1964
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Congressional Oversight
45. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.
The Exclusionary Rule
8th Amendment
Articles of Confederation
Plessy v. Fergueson
46. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Pork Barrel Legislation
47. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
CA Prop 187
2/3 from Congress
Regulatory Agency
48. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.
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49. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.
14th Amendment
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Shays' Rebellion
Gouverneur Morris
50. Number of Supreme Court Justices
Plessy v. Fergueson
9
2/3 from Congress
Articles of Confederation
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