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87 Cards in this Set
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Cloture
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If senators want to end a fillibuster they sign a pettition stating cloture.
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Bills reported to the house of reprsentatives first pass through...
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Rules committee, which determines length of debate that will be allowed on the bill and the kind of ammendments that may be offered
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Pocket Veto
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President does not sign bill and congress adjourns within ten days of the president recieving it
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Gerrymandering
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Redistricting for the purposes of making districts politically safe
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Franking Privelages
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Freedom that members of congress have to send mail at government expense.
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Writ of certiorari
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In order for a case to be heard by supreme court this must be written by lower court releasing the records to supreme court
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Marbury v. Madison
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1803 case that gave power of judicial review
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Establishment Clause
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States that congress may not form an official religion
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Engel v Vitale
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1962 court struck down prayer said in new york public schools
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Schneck v United States
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1919 Clear and present danger in freedom of speech
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Exclusionary Rule
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Mapp V. Ohio. States that evidence obtained during illegal search and seizure is inadmissable in court.
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Layer Cake Federalism
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Implies that the powers of the central and state governments are seperate but overlapping, distinguishable but overlapping, kind of messy
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Dual federalism
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Idea that national and state governments exsist in their own seprate spheres
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de jure segregation
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segregation as a matter of law
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de facto segregation
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segregation due to "the way it is" people live in areas they can afford this can lead to segregation of sorts
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Plessy v. Ferguson
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1896 stated that facilities could be segregated as long as they were of equal quality
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Brown v. Board of Education Topeka
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1954 struck down seperate but equal
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Griswold v. Connecticut
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struck down law against contraception
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Hardwick v. Bowers
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states that men do not have the constitutional rights to practice sodomy even if consentual adults in private homes
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The Federalist Papers
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Written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. Written in favor of constituion. "Most penetrating commentary ever written on the constitution"
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5th Amendment
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gurantees right to due process
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18th amendment
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prohibition 1919
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10th amendment
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powers that are not delegated or prohibited to the USA by the constitution remain those of the states and peoples power
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Rule of 4
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At least 4 members of supreme court must agree to hear a case befoer it is brought to the supreme court
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22nd amendment
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Limits presedential terms in office
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4th Amendment
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protects against unreasonable search and seizure
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24th Amendment
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got rid of poll tax
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Gideon v. Wainwright
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established right to counsel
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Disputes concerning the power of government or rights of citizens falls under the domain...
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public law
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5th Amendment
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protects defendant from being a witness against himself
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Civil liberties
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protection FROM government
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Civil Rights
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government obligations to protect citizens from illgal and unconstitutional acts
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2nd Amendment
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Right to bear arms
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3rd Amendment
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protects individual homes from being occupied by millitary
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5th Amendment
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protects against double jeopardy
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8th Amendment
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protects from cruel and unsusal punishment
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Appealette Court
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Court that reviews findings of lower courts
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19th Amendment
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Women gained right to vote
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18th Amendment
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Prohibition. Later replaced by the 21st Amendment ending prohibition
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Who is speaker of house of representatives?
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Presiding officer
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House Rules Committee...
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decides order in which house bills come up for vote
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Pluralist theory....
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public policy is determined by compromise between competting groups
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Stewardship Theory
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President can take whatever action is necessary as long as it holds best interest of the country
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Taftian Theory
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Presidential powers are limited to those expressly stated in constitution
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line item veto
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found unconstitutional 1998. Used often by clinton. The power to veto specific aspects of a bill without vetoing whole bill
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Ways and Means
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one of the most important and powerful Congressional committees because of its budget oversight powers.
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Anti-Federalists
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Those who favored strong state governments and weak national governments were oppoed to US constitution wihout bill of rights
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Executive Office of President
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EOP created 1939 to help president oversee bureacracy
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Concnurrent Powers
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shared by national and state governments
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Conference Committtee
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Created to iron out differences on legislation between house and senate
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Legislative Power
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Power to make laws
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Judicial Review
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Power of courts to declare actions of other branches of governtment unconstitutional
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Iron Triangle
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Strong bond formed by government agencies, interest groups, and congress. Benefits all three groups.
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Inner cabinent
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-Secrtary of State -Sec. of defense - Sec. of treasury -Attorney General
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Pork Barrel Spending
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Expenditures to fund local projects that are not critically important from a national prosepective
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Gideon v. Wainwright
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Right to an attorney
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Griswold v. CT
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Right to privacy surronding birth controls
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Mapp v. Ohio
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Established exclusionary rule and danned illegal search and seizure
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Marbury v Madison
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Established power of judicial review
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Lame Duck
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official whose influence is diminished either will not or cannot run again
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Front Loading
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Process of scheduling presedential primaries early in primary season
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Blake V. Carr
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"One man One vote"
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Shaw V. Reno
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Banned Racial gerrymandering
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6th amendment
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covers speedy trial, impartial jury, and miranda warnings
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5th amendment
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no self incrimination, no double jeopardy
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3rd amendment
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no forced soldier quartering in private homes
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1st Amendment
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freedom of religion, expression, and peaceful assembly
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2nd Amendment
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Right to bear arms
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Cooperative Federalism
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FDR, increased state and national cooperation necessary to overcome depression
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Open primary
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primary in which any qualified voter can vote
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25th Amendment
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Presdential Succession
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Marbury V. Madison
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established power of judicial review
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Reserved Powers
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Those powers reserved only for state governments
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Pendelton Act
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AKA civil service act 1883. Passed to ensure government jobs and promotions were granted on merit rather than spoils system.
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How many electoral votes is needed for presidency?
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270
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Disturbance Theory
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David Truman. Idea that most intrest groups arrise simply to counteract effects of other interest groups.
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Stare Decisis
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Use of precedents or past decisions by supreme court when making new decisions
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Reynolds V. Sims
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Also one man one vote
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24th Amendment
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made poll tax unconstitutional
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INS v Chadha
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found legislative veto to be unconstitutional
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log rolling
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legislators in congress vote for eachothers bills when it does note effect their own voters used in pork barreling
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Conference Committee
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Responsible for resolving differences between house and senate version of a bill
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Standing Committees
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processes proposed legislation itno official bills
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What grants congress right to declare war?
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Article 1 section 8
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Article One Section 3
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Gives VP vote in senate in case of a tie.
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Taftian Theory
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Presidential powers limited to those powers specifically enumerated in the constitution of the United States of America
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Reappointment act of 1929
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Fixed house of representatives at 435
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