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34 Cards in this Set
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civil liberties |
prohibitions on government intrusion into individual lives |
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establishment clause |
gov may not establish a national religion |
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free exercise caluse |
you may believe in whatever you want but not act upon it |
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civil rights |
positive government action to guarantee free treatment of all citizens |
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14th amendment |
all people born in the us are citizens |
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13th amendment |
abolish slavery |
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15th amendment |
black voting rights |
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ways to limit black voters during jim crow |
poll tax grandfather clause literacy tests |
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Brown vs Board
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declared segregated schools unconstitutional |
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24th amendment |
poll tax outlawed |
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civil rights act 1964 |
outlawed discrimination |
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voting rights act 1965 |
abolish literacy tests |
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substantive representation |
issue or policy correlation between MCs and constituents |
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examples of substantive representation |
casework roll-call voting pork-barrelling |
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descriptive representation |
correspondence between MCs and constituents in terms of gender, race, ethnicity, etc |
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Jeong argument |
substantive representation ---> political participation |
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precentage of people who approve of job congress is doing |
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one reason in "the broken branch" mann argues |
the lack of politicians in congress i sone reason the branch is broken |
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individuals associate MC with |
washington system |
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individuals associate presidency and scotus with |
constitutional system |
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judicial review |
authority of the court to declare acts of governmental institutions unconstitutional |
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judicial restraint |
judges should have a limited role in government and politics |
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judicial activism |
strong role for court in government and politics |
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textualism |
interpreting the text without going beyond the intent of those legislatures who made the law (Scalia) |
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Bryer's argument |
judges should consider the consequences of their decisions when interpreting the constitution |
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democracy |
a system of government that represents its people through elected officials |
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procedural democracy |
elected officials FFF elections freedom of expression access to alternate sources of info associational autonomy inclusive citizenship |
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substantive democracy |
participation voting equality informed electorate control of agenda inclusion of adults |
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federalism |
a system of government in which authority is divided between central and local governments |
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cooperative federalism |
partnership of the central and local governments |
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representation |
those elected officials nominally speaking for their constituents in the legislature |
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delegate model |
constituent views |
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trustee model |
acts in best interest of the nation |
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three factors for low US voter turnout |
individual demographic instutional |
