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15 Cards in this Set
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Executive Order
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law by President to control the policies of the Executive Branch
appoints Federal Judge |
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Stare Decisis Doctrine
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Follow previously decided cases unless there is a good, legal reason to change
Leads to predictability and uniformity |
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Judicial Review
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The power of the Courts to declare an act of Congress or the President unconstitutional
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State Law
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Varies from state to state
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Businesses
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Civil law
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Procedural Law
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the "how to" of the law
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Equity
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Only available if legal remedies are not sufficient
usually a court order to do or not to do something |
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Common law
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legal remedies
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Marbury v. Madison
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Supreme Court assumed the power of judicial review
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Federalists, Federalist Papers
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James Madison, John Jay, and Alexander Hamiltion
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Anti-Federalists
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Thomas Jefferson
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Jim Crow Laws
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made blacks second class citizens
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United States v. Lopez
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claimed that school wasn't a business thus did not effect interstate commerce clause
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Necessary and Proper Clause
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gave implied powers to the national government
also called the inherent/implied/elastic clause |
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Pre-empted area
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only national government can act
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