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CLEP Political Science Us
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1. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.
Habeas Corpus
Brown v. Board of Education
Executive Order
Griswald v. Connecticut
2. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.
Amicus Curiae
Redlining
Around 100
Native American Smoking
3. Term of Senate/House
Critical Period
6 years/2 years
Delegated Powers
Thomas Jefferson
4. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.
Strict Scrutiny
State of the Union Address
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Executive office of the President
5. Regulation issued by the president that has the effect and formal status of legislation.
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Executive Order
Prior Restraint
6. Most common job of Senators
Lawyers
Activist Judges
The Federalist Papers
James Madison
7. Affecting ambassadors and other public ministers and consuls and disputes between the states.
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
President's Appointment Power
Bill of Rights
The Exclusionary Rule
8. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears
Around 100
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Filibuster
The Right of Due Process
9. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.
Buckley v. Valeo
Independent Agency
Lawrence v. Texas
Executive Order
10. Congress because they're tied to the people.
11. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.
Standing
The Exclusionary Rule
Independent Agency
Activist Judges
12. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Delegated Powers
The Exclusionary Rule
President's Appointment Power
13. Congress has this power - only used twice.
Power to Declare War
Regulatory Agency
Logrolling
War Powers Resolution
14. Number of Supreme Court Justices
Dred Scot v. Standford
9
Last time Congress declared war
Buckley v. Valeo
15. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Constitutional Convention
Gouverneur Morris
Redlining
16. % of House that get reelected
Joint Chiefs of Staff
2/3 from Congress
90% or higher
Native American Smoking
17. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.
Native American Smoking
Thomas Jefferson
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Regulatory Agency
18. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
8th Amendment
Lawrence v. Texas
Executive Order
19. A rule that gov't action toward religion is permissible if it is secular in purpose. Separation of law and religion.
20. 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.
Alexander Hamilton
Class Action Suit
Executive Order
Joint Chiefs of Staff
21. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.
CA Prop 187
Brown v. Board of Education
War Powers Resolution
Griswald v. Connecticut
22. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.
The Exclusionary Rule
Jim Crow Laws
Activist Judges
Buckley v. Valeo
23. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.
Congressional Oversight
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Civil Service Act of 1883
State of the Union Address
24. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Gouverneur Morris
2/3 from Congress
George Washington
25. 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.
Presidential Mandate
American Government and Politics
Conference Committee
4th Amendment protections
26. 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
Bill of Rights
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Executive Agreements
Standing
27. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.
28. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.
Pork Barrel Legislation
The Right of Due Process
Class Action Suit
Constitutional Convention
29. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.
4th Amendment protections
Constitutional Convention
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Executive office of the President
30. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Habeas Corpus
Standing
31. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.
Clear and Present Danger Test
James Madison
Class Action Suit
Strict Scrutiny
32. Reasserted the principle of congressional war power - required the president to inform Congress of any planned military campaign. 1973.
War Powers Resolution
Speaker of the House
Devolution
Civil Rights Act of 1964
33. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.
Speaker of the House
The Right of Due Process
Articles of Confederation
90% or higher
34. 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.
George Washington
Senatorial Courtesy
Administrative Rule Making
Brown v. Board of Education
35. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.
Gideon v. Wainwright
14th Amendment
Senatorial Courtesy
Brown v. Board of Education
36. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.
Class Action Suit
Thomas Jefferson
14th Amendment
Standing
37. WWll - 1941
Last time Congress declared war
Plessy v. Fergueson
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Administrative Rule Making
38. 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.
Alexander Hamilton
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Strict Scrutiny
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
39. Federal employees are elected/hired based on merit.
Buckley v. Valeo
George Washington
Civil Service Act of 1883
Habeas Corpus
40. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Gideon v. Wainwright
Thomas Jefferson
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
The Exclusionary Rule
41. A collection of essays expressing the political philosophy of the Founders and that were instrumental in bringing about the ratification of the Constitution.
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Griswald v. Connecticut
The Federalist Papers
4th Amendment protections
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.
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Prior Restraint
43. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Congressional Oversight
Plessy v. Fergueson
44. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.
President's Appointment Power
Amicus Curiae
14th Amendment
Administrative Rule Making
45. A claim by a victorious candidate that the electorate has given him or her special authority to carry out promises made during the campaign.
De facto and de jure segregation
Jim Crow Laws
Presidential Mandate
Shays' Rebellion
46. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.
Jurisdiction
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.
Standing
47. Not allowed.
90% or higher
Native American Smoking
Alexander Hamilton
Bill of Rights
48. % of votes to override a presidential veto
2/3 from Congress
Buckley v. Valeo
War Powers Resolution
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
49. 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.
Griswald v. Connecticut
Jim Crow Laws
Articles of Confederation
Congressional Oversight
50. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.
Devolution
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Native American Smoking
Stare Decisis