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CLEP Political Science Us
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1. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.
The Federalist Papers
The Right of Due Process
Constitutional Convention
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
2. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.
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3. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.
War Powers Resolution
Stare Decisis
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Congressional Oversight
4. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.
Administrative Rule Making
The Exclusionary Rule
4th Amendment protections
9
5. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.
The Declaration of Independence.
Buckley v. Valeo
90% or higher
Lawrence v. Texas
6. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Logrolling
The Declaration of Independence.
President's Inherent Powers
7. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.
Congressional Oversight
James Madison
Clear and Present Danger Test
Stare Decisis
8. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.
American Government and Politics
Griswald v. Connecticut
Buckley v. Valeo
Jurisdiction
9. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.
Lawrence v. Texas
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Joint Chiefs of Staff
10. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Power of the Federal Reserve
Alexander Hamilton
Executive Order
11. 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.
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Articles of Confederation
Speaker of the House
Gouverneur Morris
12. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
Gideon v. Wainwright
Clear and Present Danger Test
Speaker of the House
Government Corporation
13. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.
Plessy v. Fergueson
Pork Barrel Legislation
Executive Agreements
6 years/2 years
14. WWll - 1941
Filibuster
Last time Congress declared war
Congressional Oversight
Standing
15. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.
Dred Scot v. Standford
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Lawyers
Brown v. Board of Education
16. 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.
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Marbury v. Madison
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
17. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.
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18. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.
Redlining
Logrolling
The Declaration of Independence.
The Federalist Papers
19. 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.
Articles of Confederation
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Critical Period
20. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).
Activist Judges
Last time Congress declared war
Executive Agreements
Congressional Oversight
21. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.
Strict Scrutiny
Executive Order
Power of the Federal Reserve
Shays' Rebellion
22. 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.
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Power to Declare War
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
23. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Lawrence v. Texas
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Jim Crow Laws
Thomas Jefferson
24. 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
14th Amendment
Marbury v. Madison
Lawrence v. Texas
President's Appointment Power
25. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.
Alexander Hamilton
Amicus Curiae
Strict Scrutiny
Regulatory Agency
26. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.
14th Amendment
2/3 from Congress
Jim Crow Laws
Around 100
27. A practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill; vote trading.
Government Corporation
Independent Agency
Logrolling
Shays' Rebellion
28. Not allowed.
Bill of Rights
De facto and de jure segregation
State of the Union Address
Native American Smoking
29. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.
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30. Regulation issued by the president that has the effect and formal status of legislation.
Marbury v. Madison
Critical Period
President's Inherent Powers
Executive Order
31. A Revolutionary War veteran who led a rebellion of farmers against tax collectors and the banks that were siezing their property.
Lawrence v. Texas
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Daniel Shays
James Madison
32. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.
Devolution
Redlining
Gouverneur Morris
Class Action Suit
33. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.
The Federalist Papers
Joint Chiefs of Staff
War Powers Resolution
Jurisdiction
34. Most common job of Senators
Standing
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Marbury v. Madison
Lawyers
35. Ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment.
Habeas Corpus
The Exclusionary Rule
Critical Period
Executive Order
36. 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
Presidential Mandate
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
President's Appointment Power
American Government and Politics
37. 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.
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Pork Barrel Legislation
Lawyers
Senatorial Courtesy
38. Federal employees are elected/hired based on merit.
President's Appointment Power
Redlining
Civil Service Act of 1883
De facto and de jure segregation
39. 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
Marbury v. Madison
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Devolution
Strict Scrutiny
40. A collection of essays expressing the political philosophy of the Founders and that were instrumental in bringing about the ratification of the Constitution.
Civil Service Act of 1883
Presidential Mandate
Administrative Rule Making
The Federalist Papers
41. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?
14th Amendment
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Devolution
Pork Barrel Legislation
42. Term of Senate/House
Class Action Suit
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
6 years/2 years
Lawyers
43. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Conference Committee
Daniel Shays
Standing
44. % of House that get reelected
90% or higher
Plessy v. Fergueson
Civil Service Act of 1883
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
45. Congress has this power - only used twice.
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Lawyers
4th Amendment protections
Power to Declare War
46. % of votes to override a presidential veto
Activist Judges
Last time Congress declared war
2/3 from Congress
Executive Order
47. 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.
President's Appointment Power
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Activist Judges
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
48. 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.
Griswald v. Connecticut
Conference Committee
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Jurisdiction
49. Reasserted the principle of congressional war power - required the president to inform Congress of any planned military campaign. 1973.
Bill of Rights
Habeas Corpus
War Powers Resolution
Constitutional Convention
50. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Logrolling
Around 100
President's Appointment Power