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CLEP Political Science Us

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.






2. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).






3. Ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment.






4. Affecting ambassadors and other public ministers and consuls and disputes between the states.






5. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.






6. Regulation issued by the president that has the effect and formal status of legislation.






7. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.






8. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.






9. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.






10. 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






11. 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.






12. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.






13. 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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14. 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.






15. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.






16. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.






17. Save Our State - 1994 - Prohibit illegal aliens from using health care - public education - and other social services in the U.S. State of California.






18. Reasserted the principle of congressional war power - required the president to inform Congress of any planned military campaign. 1973.






19. A collection of essays expressing the political philosophy of the Founders and that were instrumental in bringing about the ratification of the Constitution.






20. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.






21. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.






22. A claim by a victorious candidate that the electorate has given him or her special authority to carry out promises made during the campaign.






23. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.

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24. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.






25. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.






26. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.






27. Requires police to read the Miranda rights so they know they don't have to self incriminate.






28. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.






29. Most common job of Senators






30. 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






31. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.






32. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.






33. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.






34. 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.






35. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.






36. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.






37. The 1803 case in which Chief Justice John Marshall and his associates first asserted the right of the Supreme Court to determine the meaning of the U.S. Constitution. The decision established the Court's power of judicial review over acts of Congress






38. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.






39. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.






40. A Revolutionary War veteran who led a rebellion of farmers against tax collectors and the banks that were siezing their property.






41. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?






42. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.






43. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.






44. Interstate Commerce Commission 1887. Created over railroad problems.






45. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?






46. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.

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47. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.






48. A practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill; vote trading.






49. % of votes to override a presidential veto






50. Congress has this power - only used twice.