Test 3: Pols

Front 1

the court can strike down laws of the national government

Back 1

Power of Judicial Review

Front 2

what allows the supreme court to determine if a law is in accord with the constitution

Back 2

Judicial Review

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Court case that established Judicial Review in 1803

Back 3

Marbury vs. madison

Front 4

power to determine what the law really means

Back 4

Statutory construction

Front 5

they determine if the law is being carried out in the way congress intended it to be

Back 5

Statutory construction

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list 6 Limitations on the Judiciary

Back 6

passive institution, Appointment and Confirmation process, legislative power to remove apellate jurisdiciton, change number of members, ammendments of the constitution, Revise legislation

Front 7

court hears the actual facts of the case

Back 7

original jurisdiction

Front 8

court reviews the ruling of a case

Back 8

apellate jurisdiction

Front 9

court that doesn't view a guilty or innocent charge, but whether the lower level court judge performed all procedures correctly and carried out due process.

Back 9

Apellate

Front 10

what can the legislative AND exec branches do to limit Judiciary by decreasing the power of the justices

Back 10

add justices

Front 11

What drastically affects decisions made by the Supreme Court?

Back 11

Public Opinion

Front 12

True or False: Supreme Court rarely rules against the overwhelming majority

Back 12

True

Front 13

What is the "Marble Temple"

Back 13

Supreme Court

Front 14

what is the least democratic branch in that the people don't have direct say in the rulings

Back 14

Supreme Court

Front 15

The Supreme Court is ___ ___ than the other branches b/c opinions of court are made public immediately after decisions are made

Back 15

less secret

Front 16

How many cases does the supr. court hear per yr.

Back 16

5000

Front 17

How long does a lawyer in the court have to prove his point?

Back 17

30 minutes

Front 18

Societal Attitude is important to a justice's opinion. T or F

Back 18

False

Front 19

what percent of the cases entering the supr. court have already been decided?

Back 19

99%

Front 20

During what months are there no arguments accepted?

Back 20

May and June

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How many of the 9 justices must agree to hear a case?

Back 21

4

Front 22

These are submitted by someone not involved in a case, but is interested in the outcome

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Amicus Briefs "friend of the court"

Front 23

_____ _____ is a private meeting where the nine justices formulate their decisions.

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Private Voting

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The common core of beliefs and values in the U.S.

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Political Culture

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We live in a society that is individualistic and liberal. T or F.

Back 25

True

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view of gov't meaning we prefer to have a limited gov't.

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Individualistic/Liberal

Front 27

Describes how we want citizens to be responsible for their own well being and we want limited provisions of welfare

Back 27

Individualistic/Liberal

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Describes how we want gov't to be restrained. Americans are suspicious of gov't power. Also, we are dubious of gov't competency

Back 28

Individualistic/ Liberal View

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belief that gov't cannot do anything quickly or well.

Back 29

dubious on gov't competency

Front 30

T or F. There is tension between individualism and equality

Back 30

True

Front 31

List the two types of judicial interpretations

Back 31

constitutional and statutory. AKA Judicial Review and Statutory construction

Front 32

Which type of judicial interpretation is exposed to legislative review

Back 32

Statutory Construction/Interpretation

Front 33

Judicial review's power over states is legal because of...

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I. the logic of the supremacy clause.
II. the Judiciary Act of 1789

Front 34

what give's the judiciary the power to reverse state laws and state constitutions when they are clearly in conflict w/ the constitution.

Back 34

Judiciary Act of 1789

Front 35

this Act gives the Supreme court jurisdiction over all cases handled by all the American courts, a power known as ______ _______

Back 35

Judiciary Act of 1789 // Judicial Review

Front 36

List the 3 common fundamental values shared by Americans

Back 36

Equality of opportunity, individual freedom, and democracy

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the shared idea that all have the freedom to use whatever talents and wealth they have to reach their fullest potential

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Equality of Opportunity: All individuals should be allowed to seek perosnal and material success, but by working for it, not inheriting it

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This is where Everyone has the same income and the same resources available to them.

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Equality of Condition: outcomes are the same

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Americans agree with Equality of Condition. t or f?

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False. Americans believe most adults that are healthy should take care of themselves. they shouldn't need handouts from the gov't.

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belief that race, gender, etc. shouldn't be taken into account. Also effort should determine grades/salary.

Back 40

Equality of Opportunity: outcomes may differ/ everyone shouldn't get the same amount of compensation.

Front 41

The political culture of the US is _________

Back 41

Atypical

Front 42

Compared to other cultures, Americans (do, do not)believe the gov't should very active in our everyday lives

Back 42

Do Not

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People in the U.S. are more individualistic than other countries. T or F.

Back 43

True

Front 44

T or F. Low income Americans are more individualistic than High income people in other countries.

Back 44

True

Front 45

Americans believe that if the gov't is refuses to or is slow to act, then we should not rely on it-- we should rely only on ourself. This belief exhibits what reason for our individualistic culture

Back 45

Gridlock: the gov't is slow to act or doesn't act.

Front 46

Why do we have a liberal/ individualistic culture

Back 46

America's lack of feudal tradition, Gridlock, Immigrants are diff. than the people who stayed behind., and political socialization

Front 47

Immigrants that come here learn that individualism is good and that American politics are good. This is an example of _________ ___________

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political socialization

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process by which we aquire our knowledge and beliefs about politics

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political socialization

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most important agent of Political Socialization

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Family: children usually take their parent's political beliefs

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If a childs parents have different political beliefs, which parent will the child most likely go with.

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mom because spends more time with mom.

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List 3 groups of political socialization

Back 51

Family, schools, Peer groups

Front 52

List the two types of political socialization

Back 52

Explicit, Implicit

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intentional or direct political socialization

Back 53

Explicit

Front 54

How informed is the American public

Back 54

VERY ill informed

Front 55

What agent of socialization is known as the "catch all category"?

Back 55

Peer groups: This is a very broad category-- media, talking, watching telivision, etc.

Front 56

list 4 ways to measure public opinion

Back 56

popcorn boxes, rallies for candidates, public opinion sureys, telephone call-in polls.

Front 57

why is the popcorn method a non-representative sample?

Back 57

results based on only movie-goers. Children choose different animals, people that smuggle their own popcorn aren't represented, and frequency of going to movies varies with age.

Front 58

List 4 methods of interviewing.

Back 58

internet, telephone, mail, in person

Front 59

gender gap

Back 59

pattern of voting behavior reflecting the differences in the views/opinions bt/w men and women

Front 60

why does ill question construction cause people to feel the need to lie?

Back 60

people want to give sociable acceptable answers,

Front 61

List 5 categories of Question construction.

Back 61

neutral wording, include only one topic, should have Balanced Categories, Party Identification

Front 62

List three things that can mislead a person in a poll/survey

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question ordering, question wording, and survey administration

Front 63

5 ways an interviewer can effect answers

Back 63

Explanations, Showing approval or disapproval after answers given, Appearance of interviewer, Gender, Race

Hint 63

GRADE

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Impression conveyed by polls that something is important to the public when actually it is not.

Back 64

Illusion of saliency

Front 65

what are the four stages of electing the president?

Back 65

prenomination, nat'l convention, gen'l election, electoral college.