Texas Government 2301 Test 1 Review

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What is conservative?

Back 1

a. Limited government
b. Traditional values, life styles
c. Limited regulation
d. Cautious regarding change

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What is liberal?

Back 2

a. Accept that government can have a positive role.
b. Counter balance the forces of business and prejudice.
c. More accepting of change

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Property rights

Back 3

i. Community property (acquired during a marriage)
ii. Separate property

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Current law, separate property:

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i. Personal earnings
ii. Revenue from separate property
iii. Recoveries from personal injuries
iv. Increases in, and revenues from separate property (unless mixed with community property)
v. Subject to joint management (absent agreement)

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Women’s rights, Voting

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1918 (19th Amendment 1920)

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African-American De facto segregation

Back 6

i. The Klan
ii. Deed restrictions – attitudes
iii. Political parties and non-government entities

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Latino-Texan

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a. Economic servitude - the company store (1929)
a. Exclusion of Latinos from juries (curious logic – Latino = white, prevailed in Texas, failed in the U.S. Supreme Court

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Federal System

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a. Shared (divided) power between central and regional government
b. U.S. Constitution (unitary and confederal) [great & aggregate – local & particular]
c. Consensus is that the balance and been form particular to the aggregate

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Dual Federalism (1950)

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a. National government = enumerated powers only
b. National government = few purposes
c. States and Federal = sovereign equals
d. Relationship of tension, not collaboration
e. Grounded in 10th Amendment (expressly?)

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Cooperative Federalism

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a. Born of trauma (war, depression, civil rights)
b. Mutual solutions to the problem at hand
c. Income taxes and grants-in-aid (the New Deal)
i. Categorical Grants (3 points)
ii. Block Grants (General purpose – less restrictions)

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Coercive Federalism (My money- my policy)

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a. A standoff - Congress uses money to get policy results
i. Unfunded mandates

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Texas Constitutions 1836

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i. Prohibited clergy of any faith from holding office
ii. Abandoned Mexican antislavery policy
iii. Provided protection of homesteads
iv. Adopted community property concept
v. Adopted common law concepts

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Texas Constitutions 1845

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i. Restricted legislature –Biennial sessions (140 days)
ii. Restricted formation of corporations – legislature 2/3 vote
iii. Bank corporations illegal
iv. Limited state debt to a specific dollar figure - $100,000
v. Established permanent a school fund
vi. Diluted executive powers – multiple elected officials

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Texas Constitutions 1869

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i. Power to the governor
ii. Annual legislative sessions
iii. Centralized public school system

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Texas Constitutions 1875

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i. Biennial session
ii. Segregated schools (influence of The Grange)
iii. Counties and local governments strengthened
iv. Basis for present constitution
v. Detailed and long

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Basic rights in Texas

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(Table 3.1)

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C&B Bicameral legislature

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(Table 3.2) P64
i. Low paid “Citizen” legislators
ii. Limited time in session
iii. No power to extend sessions
iv. Detailed rules for legislative process

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C&B Executive

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i. Plural elected executives
ii. Limited power to appoint
iii. Limited power to remove P67
iv. Limited influence over Budgets
v. Four year terms - no term limits
vi. Line item veto – no pocket veto
vii. Can manipulate veto override

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C&B Judiciary

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i. All judges elected – partisan elections P69
ii. Two track system – criminal and civil

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Amendment Process

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a. Proposal – 2/3 of total membership of both houses
b. Ratification - majority of those voting

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Constitutional Revisions – consistently failed to materialize

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a. Strengthen legislature – Annual sessions
b. Strengthen governor
i. Limit governor to two terms
ii. Governor power to remove certain officials
iii. Provide some influence of fiscal policy

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Moralistic Culture

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A political subculture that views government as a positive force; one that values the individual but functions to benefit the general public

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Individualistic Culture

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a political subculture that view government a practical institution that should further private enterprise but intervene minimally in people's lives

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Traditionalistic Culture

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A political subculture that views the government as an institution to maintain the dominant social and religious views