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1. Number of Supreme Court Justices
Executive Order
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
9
Presidential Mandate
2. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.
Stare Decisis
Senatorial Courtesy
Amicus Curiae
Devolution
3. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Amicus Curiae
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Joint Chiefs of Staff
4. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.
James Madison
Jurisdiction
Lawyers
8th Amendment
5. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.
Standing
Independent Agency
90% or higher
De facto and de jure segregation
6. % of House that get reelected
Native American Smoking
90% or higher
Habeas Corpus
Logrolling
7. 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
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Speaker of the House
Marbury v. Madison
CA Prop 187
8. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Civil Service Act of 1883
Jim Crow Laws
Bill of Rights
9. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Speaker of the House
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
State of the Union Address
10. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).
James Madison
Administrative Rule Making
Devolution
Senatorial Courtesy
11. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.
Plessy v. Fergueson
Delegated Powers
Native American Smoking
Clear and Present Danger Test
12. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.
President's Inherent Powers
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Amicus Curiae
Standing
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. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Shays' Rebellion
Strict Scrutiny
15. 30 minutes.
President's Appointment Power
Stare Decisis
The Exclusionary Rule
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
16. 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.
Jurisdiction
Strict Scrutiny
The Federalist Papers
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
17. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.
James Madison
Buckley v. Valeo
Devolution
Prior Restraint
18. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
Government Corporation
Executive Order
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Delegated Powers
19. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).
Gouverneur Morris
Activist Judges
Jim Crow Laws
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
20. Reasserted the principle of congressional war power - required the president to inform Congress of any planned military campaign. 1973.
James Madison
Executive office of the President
War Powers Resolution
Executive Agreements
21. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.
Lawrence v. Texas
Amicus Curiae
Speaker of the House
Habeas Corpus
22. Congress has this power - only used twice.
Marbury v. Madison
Power to Declare War
The Right of Due Process
Joint Chiefs of Staff
23. 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
Activist Judges
Constitutional Convention
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Redlining
24. A claim by a victorious candidate that the electorate has given him or her special authority to carry out promises made during the campaign.
Standing
Presidential Mandate
Critical Period
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
25. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.
Conference Committee
Redlining
Pork Barrel Legislation
President's Appointment Power
26. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.
Pork Barrel Legislation
Filibuster
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Logrolling
27. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.
Amicus Curiae
Jurisdiction
Gouverneur Morris
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
28. Most common job of Senators
Lawyers
Class Action Suit
The Federalist Papers
Clear and Present Danger Test
29. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
9
President's Appointment Power
Executive Agreements
30. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.
Habeas Corpus
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Prior Restraint
31. 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.
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Senatorial Courtesy
Gideon v. Wainwright
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
32. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.
14th Amendment
Executive Order
Shays' Rebellion
Class Action Suit
33. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Around 100
Constitutional Convention
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
34. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.
Logrolling
Plessy v. Fergueson
The Federalist Papers
Articles of Confederation
35. An effort by a gov't agency to block the publication of material it deems libelous or harmful in some other way; censorship.
Administrative Rule Making
Devolution
Gouverneur Morris
Prior Restraint
36. 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.
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
President's Inherent Powers
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Brown v. Board of Education
37. Not allowed.
The Federalist Papers
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Native American Smoking
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
38. Regulation issued by the president that has the effect and formal status of legislation.
2/3 from Congress
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Jurisdiction
Executive Order
39. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
Independent Agency
Stare Decisis
The Right of Due Process
Clear and Present Danger Test
40. First ten amendments to the US Constitution - ratified in 1971; ensure the rights and liberties to the people.
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Amicus Curiae
Lawyers
Bill of Rights
41. 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.
Conference Committee
Around 100
Presidential Mandate
George Washington
42. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.
Filibuster
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Power of the Federal Reserve
43. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Stare Decisis
44. WWll - 1941
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
The Right of Due Process
President's Appointment Power
Last time Congress declared war
45. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?
Critical Period
The Declaration of Independence.
Native American Smoking
Lawrence v. Texas
46. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.
Pork Barrel Legislation
14th Amendment
Daniel Shays
9
47. Interstate Commerce Commission 1887. Created over railroad problems.
Executive Agreements
Griswald v. Connecticut
Bill of Rights
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
48. President is obligated to make recommendations for Congress's consideration.
State of the Union Address
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Native American Smoking
The Right of Due Process
49. Process that executive and independent agencies use to create - or promulgate - regulations.
Administrative Rule Making
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Native American Smoking
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
50. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.
The Declaration of Independence.
6 years/2 years
Amicus Curiae
Alexander Hamilton
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