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CLEP Political Science Us

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.






2. Process that executive and independent agencies use to create - or promulgate - regulations.






3. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.






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






5. Allows the right to a legal representation in all felony cases.






6. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.






7. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.






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.






9. 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.






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






11. Federal employees are elected/hired based on merit.






12. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.






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






14. 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






15. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.






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






17. 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.






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






23. 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






24. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.






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






26. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.






27. 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.






28. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.






29. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.






30. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.






31. 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.






32. 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






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






34. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.






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






36. An effort by a gov't agency to block the publication of material it deems libelous or harmful in some other way; censorship.






37. % of House that get reelected






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






39. 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.






40. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions






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

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42. President is obligated to make recommendations for Congress's consideration.






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






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






45. 30 minutes.






46. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.

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47. 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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48. 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.






49. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.






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