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1. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Clear and Present Danger Test
Buckley v. Valeo
Class Action Suit
2. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.
Civil Service Act of 1883
14th Amendment
Conference Committee
Plessy v. Fergueson
3. Reasserted the principle of congressional war power - required the president to inform Congress of any planned military campaign. 1973.
2/3 from Congress
War Powers Resolution
8th Amendment
9
4. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Gouverneur Morris
James Madison
Class Action Suit
5. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.
Gideon v. Wainwright
4th Amendment protections
Native American Smoking
Brown v. Board of Education
6. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.
Executive Agreements
Miranda v. Arizona
Executive Order
Jim Crow Laws
7. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.
Jim Crow Laws
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
9
The Declaration of Independence.
8. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.
Delegated Powers
Independent Agency
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Miranda v. Arizona
9. Save Our State - 1994 - Prohibit illegal aliens from using health care - public education - and other social services in the U.S. State of California.
Prior Restraint
CA Prop 187
Executive Agreements
Griswald v. Connecticut
10. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.
Executive Order
Shays' Rebellion
14th Amendment
Class Action Suit
11. % of House that get reelected
8th Amendment
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
90% or higher
12. Requires police to read the Miranda rights so they know they don't have to self incriminate.
Miranda v. Arizona
Stare Decisis
Griswald v. Connecticut
Executive Agreements
13. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
De facto and de jure segregation
Redlining
Clear and Present Danger Test
14. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.
Power to Declare War
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.
George Washington
15. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.
Amicus Curiae
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Stare Decisis
Speaker of the House
16. % of votes to override a presidential veto
2/3 from Congress
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Civil Service Act of 1883
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
17. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Power of the Federal Reserve
Government Corporation
Delegated Powers
18. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.
James Madison
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Senatorial Courtesy
Independent Agency
19. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).
Devolution
Dred Scot v. Standford
Alexander Hamilton
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
20. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.
Devolution
Articles of Confederation
Strict Scrutiny
Civil Rights Act of 1964
21. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.
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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.
Pork Barrel Legislation
14th Amendment
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
23. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.
Gideon v. Wainwright
The Exclusionary Rule
Executive office of the President
Griswald v. Connecticut
24. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.
Senatorial Courtesy
Standing
90% or higher
President's Inherent Powers
25. First ten amendments to the US Constitution - ratified in 1971; ensure the rights and liberties to the people.
Lawyers
Logrolling
Bill of Rights
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
26. 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.
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Dred Scot v. Standford
Speaker of the House
De facto and de jure segregation
27. Not allowed.
Lawyers
Independent Agency
Native American Smoking
Prior Restraint
28. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.
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29. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.
Marbury v. Madison
Pork Barrel Legislation
James Madison
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
30. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.
Gouverneur Morris
9
Delegated Powers
Executive Order
31. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?
CA Prop 187
Miranda v. Arizona
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
32. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.
Executive Agreements
Strict Scrutiny
Bill of Rights
Habeas Corpus
33. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.
Executive office of the President
Pork Barrel Legislation
Dred Scot v. Standford
State of the Union Address
34. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.
Dred Scot v. Standford
Executive Order
Gideon v. Wainwright
Stare Decisis
35. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?
The Declaration of Independence.
Redlining
Dred Scot v. Standford
Civil Service Act of 1883
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
War Powers Resolution
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
American Government and Politics
37. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.
Around 100
Miranda v. Arizona
Redlining
Power of the Federal Reserve
38. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Brown v. Board of Education
Plessy v. Fergueson
39. Allows the right to a legal representation in all felony cases.
Alexander Hamilton
President's Appointment Power
Gideon v. Wainwright
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
40. Process that executive and independent agencies use to create - or promulgate - regulations.
Independent Agency
Administrative Rule Making
8th Amendment
Government Corporation
41. Number of Supreme Court Justices
9
Habeas Corpus
4th Amendment protections
Buckley v. Valeo
42. WWll - 1941
Executive Agreements
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Speaker of the House
Last time Congress declared war
43. 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.
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Conference Committee
Amicus Curiae
Presidential Mandate
44. Interstate Commerce Commission 1887. Created over railroad problems.
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Native American Smoking
Alexander Hamilton
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
45. Most common job of Senators
Miranda v. Arizona
Lawyers
Buckley v. Valeo
Lawrence v. Texas
46. 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
8th Amendment
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Filibuster
47. Federal employees are elected/hired based on merit.
Pork Barrel Legislation
The Right of Due Process
Civil Service Act of 1883
Marbury v. Madison
48. 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.
Regulatory Agency
Stare Decisis
Speaker of the House
Conference Committee
49. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.
Power of the Federal Reserve
Amicus Curiae
4th Amendment protections
Standing
50. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.
2/3 from Congress
8th Amendment
Independent Agency
Delegated Powers
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