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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.






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






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






4. First ten amendments to the US Constitution - ratified in 1971; ensure the rights and liberties to the people.






5. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.






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






7. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.

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8. Not allowed.






9. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.






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






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






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






13. 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.






14. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.






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






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






17. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.






18. 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






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






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






21. 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.






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






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






24. Term of Senate/House






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






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






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






28. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.






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






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






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.






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






33. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.






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






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






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






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






38. 30 minutes.






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






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






41. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears






42. 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






43. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.






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






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






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

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47. Number of Supreme Court Justices






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






49. Most common job of Senators






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

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