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1. Most common job of Senators






2. Interstate Commerce Commission 1887. Created over railroad problems.






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

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






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






6. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.






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






8. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.






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






10. Affecting ambassadors and other public ministers and consuls and disputes between the states.






11. President is obligated to make recommendations for Congress's consideration.






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






13. Federal employees are elected/hired based on merit.






14. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.






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






16. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.






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






18. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.






19. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.

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20. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.






21. 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.






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






23. WWll - 1941






24. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.






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






26. 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






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






28. 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.






29. 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.






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






31. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.






32. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.






33. % of House that get reelected






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






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






37. Ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment.






38. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.






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






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






41. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.






42. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.






43. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.






44. 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.






45. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.






46. % of votes to override a presidential veto






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






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






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






50. Term of Senate/House







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