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CLEP Political Science Us

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1. % of House that get reelected






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






3. 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.






4. 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.






5. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.






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






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






8. Congress has this power - only used twice.






9. 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






10. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions






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

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12. A practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill; vote trading.






13. 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






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






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






16. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.






17. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.






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






19. 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






20. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?






21. Congress because they're tied to the people.

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






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






24. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.






25. 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.






26. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.






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

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28. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.






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






30. Not allowed.






31. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.






32. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.






33. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.






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






35. 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.






36. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.






37. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.






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






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






40. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears






41. 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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42. 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






43. The 1780s in the United States - maked by internal conflict. The economy deteriorated as individual states printed their own currencies - taxed the products of their neighbors - and ignored foreign trade agreements. Inflation soared - small farmers l






44. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.

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45. Term of Senate/House






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






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






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






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






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