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1. A claim by a victorious candidate that the electorate has given him or her special authority to carry out promises made during the campaign.
Presidential Mandate
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Around 100
Jim Crow Laws


2. 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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3. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.
Standing
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
90% or higher
Executive office of the President


4. 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.
Around 100
War Powers Resolution
CA Prop 187


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

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6. Regulation issued by the president that has the effect and formal status of legislation.
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Executive Order
War Powers Resolution
Lawrence v. Texas


7. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.
The Federalist Papers
Jim Crow Laws
Government Corporation
Logrolling


8. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.
Articles of Confederation
Pork Barrel Legislation
Alexander Hamilton
President's Inherent Powers


9. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.
Last time Congress declared war
President's Appointment Power
Redlining
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments


10. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.
Clear and Present Danger Test
Miranda v. Arizona
Brown v. Board of Education
8th Amendment


11. Number of Supreme Court Justices
6 years/2 years
Native American Smoking
9
Clear and Present Danger Test


12. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.
Filibuster
Regulatory Agency
Bill of Rights
Activist Judges


13. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Executive office of the President
14th Amendment
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court


14. WWll - 1941
Alexander Hamilton
Last time Congress declared war
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties


15. Congress because they're tied to the people.

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16. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears
Marbury v. Madison
Thomas Jefferson
De facto and de jure segregation
Around 100


17. 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.
9
Civil Service Act of 1883
Conference Committee
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation


18. Save Our State - 1994 - Prohibit illegal aliens from using health care - public education - and other social services in the U.S. State of California.
CA Prop 187
6 years/2 years
Delegated Powers
Plessy v. Fergueson


19. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.
Conference Committee
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Habeas Corpus
Bill of Rights


20. A collection of essays expressing the political philosophy of the Founders and that were instrumental in bringing about the ratification of the Constitution.
The Declaration of Independence.
Jim Crow Laws
Thomas Jefferson
The Federalist Papers


21. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
6 years/2 years
Class Action Suit
James Madison


22. 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.
14th Amendment
Speaker of the House
State of the Union Address
De facto and de jure segregation


23. 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.
George Washington
Last time Congress declared war
Regulatory Agency
Articles of Confederation


24. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.
Dred Scot v. Standford
Executive Order
President's Inherent Powers
Filibuster


25. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.
Lawyers
Executive office of the President
Pork Barrel Legislation
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties


26. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.
American Government and Politics
Bill of Rights
Filibuster
Least dangerous branch of the gov't


27. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.
Congressional Oversight
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Redlining
Lawrence v. Texas


28. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.
George Washington
Habeas Corpus
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Redlining


29. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.
Habeas Corpus
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Griswald v. Connecticut
Standing


30. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
Presidential Mandate
Buckley v. Valeo
Government Corporation
The Exclusionary Rule


31. 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
Daniel Shays
Lawyers
Critical Period
Standing


32. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.
Independent Agency
Stare Decisis
Habeas Corpus
Logrolling


33. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.

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34. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.
Amicus Curiae
90% or higher
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Executive Order


35. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?
Executive office of the President
Government Corporation
The Exclusionary Rule
The Declaration of Independence.


36. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).
Activist Judges
Miranda v. Arizona
James Madison
Marbury v. Madison


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

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38. A Revolutionary War veteran who led a rebellion of farmers against tax collectors and the banks that were siezing their property.
Stare Decisis
9
James Madison
Daniel Shays


39. Congress has this power - only used twice.
The Federalist Papers
Standing
Power to Declare War
4th Amendment protections


40. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.
Bill of Rights
Congressional Oversight
Dred Scot v. Standford
Around 100


41. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.
The Federalist Papers
Delegated Powers
Redlining
Constitutional Convention


42. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.
Daniel Shays
The Right of Due Process
Marbury v. Madison
Shays' Rebellion


43. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
14th Amendment
Buckley v. Valeo
Executive Agreements


44. 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.
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senatorial Courtesy
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Strict Scrutiny


45. 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.
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
90% or higher
Stare Decisis
Bill of Rights


46. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.
Stare Decisis
Bill of Rights
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Independent Agency


47. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).
Devolution
Power to Declare War
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Least dangerous branch of the gov't


48. Not allowed.
CA Prop 187
American Government and Politics
Conference Committee
Native American Smoking


49. 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.
4th Amendment protections
Amicus Curiae
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
8th Amendment


50. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
Clear and Present Danger Test
The Federalist Papers
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Thomas Jefferson