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CLEP Political Science Us
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1. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.
State of the Union Address
The Declaration of Independence.
Lawrence v. Texas
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
2. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.
4th Amendment protections
Dred Scot v. Standford
President's Appointment Power
Regulatory Agency
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
Gouverneur Morris
Strict Scrutiny
Critical Period
Jim Crow Laws
4. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Last time Congress declared war
American Government and Politics
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
5. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.
The Right of Due Process
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
The Exclusionary Rule
Bill of Rights
6. Most common job of Senators
Miranda v. Arizona
State of the Union Address
Lawyers
Power of the Federal Reserve
7. 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.
Gouverneur Morris
Executive Order
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Redlining
8. WWll - 1941
Administrative Rule Making
President's Appointment Power
Speaker of the House
Last time Congress declared war
9. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.
President's Appointment Power
4th Amendment protections
Filibuster
Presidential Mandate
10. % of votes to override a presidential veto
Around 100
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Executive Order
2/3 from Congress
11. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.
Critical Period
Around 100
Executive office of the President
Plessy v. Fergueson
12. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.
Congressional Oversight
Jim Crow Laws
Stare Decisis
Brown v. Board of Education
13. 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
Clear and Present Danger Test
Speaker of the House
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Delegated Powers
14. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.
President's Appointment Power
Pork Barrel Legislation
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
15. Term of Senate/House
James Madison
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
6 years/2 years
De facto and de jure segregation
16. 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.
Executive office of the President
Congressional Oversight
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.
17. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Activist Judges
The Right of Due Process
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
18. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).
Habeas Corpus
Brown v. Board of Education
Activist Judges
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
19. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?
Independent Agency
Prior Restraint
Logrolling
The Declaration of Independence.
20. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.
Executive Order
Pork Barrel Legislation
Alexander Hamilton
Clear and Present Danger Test
21. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.
Power of the Federal Reserve
Class Action Suit
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Executive Agreements
22. 30 minutes.
War Powers Resolution
90% or higher
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Buckley v. Valeo
23. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
Dred Scot v. Standford
Clear and Present Danger Test
9
Amicus Curiae
24. Regulation issued by the president that has the effect and formal status of legislation.
Executive Order
6 years/2 years
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
14th Amendment
25. Ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment.
Senatorial Courtesy
Jurisdiction
Alexander Hamilton
The Exclusionary Rule
26. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.
Gideon v. Wainwright
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
The Right of Due Process
Critical Period
27. 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.
2/3 from Congress
Jim Crow Laws
Speaker of the House
14th Amendment
28. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.
Plessy v. Fergueson
Strict Scrutiny
Presidential Mandate
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
29. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.
8th Amendment
Habeas Corpus
Miranda v. Arizona
Jurisdiction
30. Number of Supreme Court Justices
Last time Congress declared war
Executive Order
9
2/3 from Congress
31. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Speaker of the House
Shays' Rebellion
Thomas Jefferson
Plessy v. Fergueson
32. A Revolutionary War veteran who led a rebellion of farmers against tax collectors and the banks that were siezing their property.
The Exclusionary Rule
Dred Scot v. Standford
Clear and Present Danger Test
Daniel Shays
33. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.
Daniel Shays
Congressional Oversight
Amicus Curiae
James Madison
34. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.
Brown v. Board of Education
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
George Washington
Civil Rights Act of 1964
35. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.
Prior Restraint
Redlining
Class Action Suit
Devolution
36. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears
Around 100
The Right of Due Process
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
President's Inherent Powers
37. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).
6 years/2 years
8th Amendment
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Devolution
38. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.
Gideon v. Wainwright
De facto and de jure segregation
Filibuster
Habeas Corpus
39. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Class Action Suit
Stare Decisis
Redlining
40. An effort by a gov't agency to block the publication of material it deems libelous or harmful in some other way; censorship.
Prior Restraint
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Last time Congress declared war
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
41. 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.
Executive Order
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Miranda v. Arizona
Power of the Federal Reserve
42. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.
Administrative Rule Making
The Declaration of Independence.
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Buckley v. Valeo
43. Reasserted the principle of congressional war power - required the president to inform Congress of any planned military campaign. 1973.
Gouverneur Morris
War Powers Resolution
9
The Exclusionary Rule
44. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.
American Government and Politics
Civil Service Act of 1883
Buckley v. Valeo
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
45. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.
Shays' Rebellion
Gouverneur Morris
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
46. A practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill; vote trading.
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Logrolling
Last time Congress declared war
Alexander Hamilton
47. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.
Redlining
Civil Service Act of 1883
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
48. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
Power to Declare War
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Government Corporation
Joint Chiefs of Staff
49. Interstate Commerce Commission 1887. Created over railroad problems.
14th Amendment
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Gideon v. Wainwright
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
50. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Power to Declare War
Jurisdiction