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1. 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.
Class Action Suit
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Conference Committee
9
2. 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.
De facto and de jure segregation
George Washington
Prior Restraint
2/3 from Congress
3. 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
Thomas Jefferson
Habeas Corpus
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Critical Period
4. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
De facto and de jure segregation
Griswald v. Connecticut
Standing
5. 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.
Last time Congress declared war
Senatorial Courtesy
Bill of Rights
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
6. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.
Bill of Rights
Brown v. Board of Education
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
7. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
Presidential Mandate
Miranda v. Arizona
Power to Declare War
8. 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.
Plessy v. Fergueson
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Lawyers
Speaker of the House
9. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.
Speaker of the House
Native American Smoking
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Stare Decisis
10. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.
8th Amendment
The Federalist Papers
Jim Crow Laws
Constitutional Convention
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.
Presidential Mandate
Marbury v. Madison
Articles of Confederation
Executive Agreements
12. Reasserted the principle of congressional war power - required the president to inform Congress of any planned military campaign. 1973.
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Executive office of the President
War Powers Resolution
Brown v. Board of Education
13. WWll - 1941
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Last time Congress declared war
Daniel Shays
14. Affecting ambassadors and other public ministers and consuls and disputes between the states.
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction
Strict Scrutiny
Last time Congress declared war
15. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.
90% or higher
Class Action Suit
Conference Committee
Articles of Confederation
16. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.
4th Amendment protections
The Exclusionary Rule
Gideon v. Wainwright
James Madison
17. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.
Buckley v. Valeo
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Around 100
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
18. 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
Constitutional Convention
Dred Scot v. Standford
The Federalist Papers
Critical Period
19. Allows the right to a legal representation in all felony cases.
Gideon v. Wainwright
Griswald v. Connecticut
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
State of the Union Address
20. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.
Alexander Hamilton
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
State of the Union Address
President's Inherent Powers
21. Interstate Commerce Commission 1887. Created over railroad problems.
Power to Declare War
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Power of the Federal Reserve
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
22. % of votes to override a presidential veto
6 years/2 years
Speaker of the House
9
2/3 from Congress
23. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.
Around 100
Delegated Powers
Daniel Shays
Gouverneur Morris
24. 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
Congressional Oversight
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Shays' Rebellion
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
25. Term of Senate/House
6 years/2 years
Administrative Rule Making
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Standing
26. Congress has this power - only used twice.
Redlining
War Powers Resolution
The Right of Due Process
Power to Declare War
27. 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.
Last time Congress declared war
Jurisdiction
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Devolution
28. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears
Government Corporation
Around 100
90% or higher
Buckley v. Valeo
29. 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
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Thomas Jefferson
The Federalist Papers
30. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?
Conference Committee
6 years/2 years
The Declaration of Independence.
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
31. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.
George Washington
Griswald v. Connecticut
9
Conference Committee
32. 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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33. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.
Thomas Jefferson
Presidential Mandate
Stare Decisis
Joint Chiefs of Staff
34. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.
Redlining
Last time Congress declared war
Strict Scrutiny
Filibuster
35. Save Our State - 1994 - Prohibit illegal aliens from using health care - public education - and other social services in the U.S. State of California.
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
CA Prop 187
De facto and de jure segregation
36. 30 minutes.
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Articles of Confederation
8th Amendment
Speaker of the House
37. Congress because they're tied to the people.
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38. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.
President's Appointment Power
Around 100
Independent Agency
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
39. Not allowed.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Exclusionary Rule
Conference Committee
Native American Smoking
40. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.
6 years/2 years
Presidential Mandate
14th Amendment
De facto and de jure segregation
41. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.
Delegated Powers
Dred Scot v. Standford
Devolution
Jim Crow Laws
42. Process that executive and independent agencies use to create - or promulgate - regulations.
Administrative Rule Making
9
Jim Crow Laws
Strict Scrutiny
43. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.
Plessy v. Fergueson
4th Amendment protections
The Federalist Papers
Last time Congress declared war
44. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
14th Amendment
Clear and Present Danger Test
President's Inherent Powers
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
45. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
2/3 from Congress
Regulatory Agency
Government Corporation
Stare Decisis
46. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.
Amicus Curiae
Redlining
6 years/2 years
Dred Scot v. Standford
47. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?
War Powers Resolution
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Executive office of the President
48. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.
4th Amendment protections
Standing
Redlining
Power to Declare War
49. Most common job of Senators
President's Inherent Powers
Gideon v. Wainwright
Lawyers
Government Corporation
50. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.
Marbury v. Madison
War Powers Resolution
President's Appointment Power
Pork Barrel Legislation
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