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CLEP Political Science Us

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1. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.






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






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






4. Most common job of Senators






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






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






7. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.

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






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






11. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.






12. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.






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






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






15. 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






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






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






18. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.






19. Congress has this power - only used twice.






20. 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






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






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






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






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

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






26. 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.






27. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).






28. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.






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






30. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.






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

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32. 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.






33. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.






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






35. 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.






36. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.






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






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






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






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






41. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.






42. 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






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






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






45. 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.






46. 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.






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






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






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






50. % of House that get reelected