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1. 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
Gouverneur Morris
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Critical Period
Presidential Mandate
2. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.
Jurisdiction
State of the Union Address
Amicus Curiae
Clear and Present Danger Test
3. Interstate Commerce Commission 1887. Created over railroad problems.
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Executive office of the President
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
90% or higher
4. President is obligated to make recommendations for Congress's consideration.
State of the Union Address
President's Inherent Powers
Buckley v. Valeo
Joint Chiefs of Staff
5. A practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill; vote trading.
Logrolling
Speaker of the House
Miranda v. Arizona
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
6. Allows the right to a legal representation in all felony cases.
Gideon v. Wainwright
The Right of Due Process
Lawrence v. Texas
Strict Scrutiny
7. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.
Independent Agency
Power of the Federal Reserve
8th Amendment
Marbury v. Madison
8. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?
Buckley v. Valeo
8th Amendment
Executive Agreements
The Declaration of Independence.
9. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.
Class Action Suit
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Executive office of the President
Standing
10. Congress because they're tied to the people.
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11. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.
Congressional Oversight
Civil Service Act of 1883
Habeas Corpus
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
12. 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
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
13. 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.
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
De facto and de jure segregation
President's Appointment Power
CA Prop 187
14. Ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment.
The Exclusionary Rule
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Power to Declare War
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
15. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.
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16. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.
8th Amendment
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
The Declaration of Independence.
Power of the Federal Reserve
17. A collection of essays expressing the political philosophy of the Founders and that were instrumental in bringing about the ratification of the Constitution.
Regulatory Agency
American Government and Politics
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
The Federalist Papers
18. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.
Daniel Shays
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Alexander Hamilton
Marbury v. Madison
19. Regulation issued by the president that has the effect and formal status of legislation.
Alexander Hamilton
President's Inherent Powers
Executive Order
Shays' Rebellion
20. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.
Jim Crow Laws
4th Amendment protections
James Madison
Congressional Oversight
21. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.
Redlining
Delegated Powers
Logrolling
Strict Scrutiny
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.
Articles of Confederation
CA Prop 187
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Thomas Jefferson
23. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.
Power to Declare War
Congressional Oversight
Plessy v. Fergueson
Griswald v. Connecticut
24. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.
Class Action Suit
90% or higher
James Madison
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
25. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
Lawrence v. Texas
Filibuster
Daniel Shays
Government Corporation
26. Requires police to read the Miranda rights so they know they don't have to self incriminate.
Miranda v. Arizona
Shays' Rebellion
Alexander Hamilton
90% or higher
27. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.
Filibuster
90% or higher
4th Amendment protections
2/3 from Congress
28. Term of Senate/House
6 years/2 years
Daniel Shays
Power to Declare War
Executive Order
29. 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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30. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).
American Government and Politics
8th Amendment
Independent Agency
Activist Judges
31. First ten amendments to the US Constitution - ratified in 1971; ensure the rights and liberties to the people.
President's Inherent Powers
War Powers Resolution
Clear and Present Danger Test
Bill of Rights
32. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.
Speaker of the House
Redlining
Griswald v. Connecticut
Prior Restraint
33. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Gouverneur Morris
Thomas Jefferson
34. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.
Independent Agency
Regulatory Agency
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Filibuster
35. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.
Executive Agreements
The Federalist Papers
State of the Union Address
Activist Judges
36. Federal employees are elected/hired based on merit.
Jurisdiction
Power of the Federal Reserve
Civil Service Act of 1883
Native American Smoking
37. A Revolutionary War veteran who led a rebellion of farmers against tax collectors and the banks that were siezing their property.
Brown v. Board of Education
Daniel Shays
Jurisdiction
Executive office of the President
38. Affecting ambassadors and other public ministers and consuls and disputes between the states.
14th Amendment
Habeas Corpus
Power of the Federal Reserve
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
39. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
State of the Union Address
George Washington
The Right of Due Process
40. 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.
Conference Committee
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
State of the Union Address
Plessy v. Fergueson
41. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.
Griswald v. Connecticut
Stare Decisis
Pork Barrel Legislation
Daniel Shays
42. 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
Speaker of the House
Griswald v. Connecticut
Standing
43. 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.
Articles of Confederation
President's Inherent Powers
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Filibuster
44. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.
James Madison
Delegated Powers
Daniel Shays
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
45. % of House that get reelected
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
90% or higher
9
Brown v. Board of Education
46. 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
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Constitutional Convention
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Jurisdiction
47. Not allowed.
Native American Smoking
Devolution
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Standing
48. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.
Congressional Oversight
Senatorial Courtesy
Jim Crow Laws
Devolution
49. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.
Delegated Powers
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Constitutional Convention
Civil Rights Act of 1964
50. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Strict Scrutiny
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Jurisdiction