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18 Cards in this Set
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ID: Social Contract Theory |
DEF: a view that person's moral and/or political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement between them to form a society.
Example: John Locke's view of natural rights of individuals. |
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ID: Constitutional Government |
DEF: A form of government that has formal limits on its powers.
Example: The United States |
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ID: Pluralism |
DEF: A theory of American government that holds that society's interests are substantially represented through power exercised by groups.
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ID: Federalism |
DEF: is a governmental system in which power is divided by a constitution between central and regional governments.
Example: The United States |
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ID: Separation of Powers |
DEF: the division of governmental powers among several institutions that must cooperate in decision making.
SIG: It provides a system of checks and balances that allows a branch of government to participate in, and influence the activities of another branch. |
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ID: Grants of power |
def: the limitation of the US government by the powers granted in the constitution.
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ID: denials of power |
def: the constitutional limitation of the US government by listing the powers that it is prohibited from using.
Example: the 3rd amendment |
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ID: Process of amending the constitution |
def: First, a proposed amendment may pass by a 2/3 vote in the house and senate. To be ratified, it must be accepted by a majority vote in 3/4 of the state legislatures.
SIG: With enough support, the constitution can be amended. |
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ID: Republic |
DEF: A representative form of government that is centered around deliberation, and slow progress in decision making in order to avoid hasty or rash actions.
Example: Ireland
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ID: Electoral College |
DEF: The 538 electors who choose the president, traditionally based on their respective state's popular vote.
SIG: A person can become president with a minority popular vote as in the 2000 election. |
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ID: Reserved Powers |
DEF: powers granted to the states under the 10th amendment to the constitution.
Example: the police department. |
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ID: Implied powers |
DEF: the federal governments constitutional authority (through the "necessary and proper" clause) to take action that is not expressly authorized in the constitution but that supports the actions that are so authorized.
Example: the federal reserve
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ID: Devolution |
DEF: The passing down of authority from the national government to the state and local governments.
Example: block grants under Nixon.
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ID: Selective incorporation |
DEF: The process by which different protections in the bill of rights were incorporated into the 14th amendment, thus guaranteeing citizens' protection from both state and national government.
example: Gitlow v. New York |
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ID: Fourth Amendment |
DEF: Protects against unreasonable search and seizures.
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ID: Fifth Amendment |
DEF: Guarantees the due process of law and the use of a grand jury for serious crimes, prohibits double jeopardy, and self incrimination, and protects against the seizure of private property without just compensation.
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ID: Sixth Amendment |
DEF: Protects the rights of the Accused, including the right to counsel, to a speedy and public trial, to an impartial jury, to be informed of charges, to face accusers, and to obtain witnesses |
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ID: Exclusionary rule |
DEF: The legal principle that prevents evidence obtained illegally from being used in a trial |
