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| people elect leaders seperately, mixed government |
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| temporary committee created to work out differences between House and Senate on a bill |
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| organization of government in which power is divided between the federal gov and state gov |
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| goals and techniques used by the US to carry out our economic,military, ad cultural programs, goals can be general or specific |
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| if you can get 60% of Senate you get cloture, debate ends, vote is taken |
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| ask gov for money, use for specific reason |
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| members on congress communicating with people they represent |
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| system of gov in which the chief executive's party holds the most seats in legislature after an election |
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| delaying tactic in the Senate, involves speech making to prevent action on a piece of legislation |
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| a large, complex organization in which employees have a specific job responsibility and work with in a hierachy of authority, carries out decisions, cabinets, independent agencies |
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| formed to resolve problems affecting both House and Senate |
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| each place makes own decision llike 13 original colonies (articles of confederation---->constitution) |
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| in both House and Senate, assistants, young, party really likes, makes sure people in party are voting for the right thing |
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| 3rd highest ranking official of the US justice, and represent the national gov before the supreme court, works for executive branch |
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| appointed by the president, officially answer to the Congress, actually independent, enforcement/regulation in one area |
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| political movement that advocated a greater economic and political cooperation among nations for the theoretical benfit of all |
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| system of gov in which power is in the hands of a few people/political system in which all land is in the hands of the people and all the goods are shared, the gov controls distribution |
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| removing an elected official from office |
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| a payment or promise of a future payment |
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| military-industrial complex |
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| nation's armed forces, it's a supplier of a weapons systems, supplies, and services, and its civil gov |
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| district w/in a state who's representative is a representative in the US House |
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| power we give to all federal courts to declare a law unconstitutional |
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| laws that soley benefit a specific district or state |
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| "I'll vote for your bill if you vote for mine." |
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| money that gets to candidates through party, no limit |
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| judicial rule that the evidence obtained in an illegal search cannot be used for trial |
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| political action committee |
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| branch of an interest group that handles contributions annd hires lobbyist, actually affects the gov |
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| powers reserved for the state |
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| forceful extension of a nation's authority by territorial conquest establishing economic and political domination of other nations |
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| the decisions on the minority justices and the reason for it |
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| money given to a regional gov from a national gov with very vague terms in how it should be spent |
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| subdivision of a standing group that considers specific matters and reports back to the full committee |
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| gov policy that attempts to influence the direction of the economy through the changes in the gov spending or taxes |
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| factors of your life you can't control can affect the way you vote |
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| two different parties joining to benefit both of them, usually temporary |
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| people in the press that work closely to the white house and have constant relations with the people there |
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| the enforced delivery of a person suspected of a crime from one state to another |
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| powers shared by the federal gov and state gov |
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| if a person is arrested, that person must be charged or released in 24 hours |
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| states must accept the laws of other states |
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| papers written to support and recommend the constitution |
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| first 10 amendments to the constitution, these amendments limit the powers of the federal gov, protest the rights of all citizens, residents, and visitors on US territory |
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| post civil war amendment, includes the due process of law and equal protection clause |
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| national security council |
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pres and key advisors that determine our military policy office of management and budget-independent agency that gives expert advice to senior white house officials on a range of topics relating to federal policy, management, legislation, regulatory, budget issues |
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| act that forces the pres to work with congress with deployment and employment of troops |
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| freedom of speech, freedom of press, freedom of religion, right to assemble, and right to petition |
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| due process must be followed from time of arrest until time of sentancing (rights read to you, no cruel or unusual punishment), in order for due process law must be fair in the first place |
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| one of the most important indpendent agencies, controls the flow of money |
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| states that integration can be in public schools and that discrmination in public acommadations in banned |
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legislation (powers and qualifications) |
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- house-25 yrs, US citizen for 7 yrs, resident in state you are running in
- senate-30 yrs, US citizen for 9 yrs, resident in state you are running in
- powers-taxation, trade, coin and borrow money, can declare war
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executive (powers and qualifications) |
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- qualifications-35 yrs, natural-born citizen, resident of US for 14 yrs
- powers-law making, chief executive, head of foreign policy, commander-in-chief, judicial power
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judicial review, jurisdiction on every court case |
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| committee of the house of representatives in charge of determining under what rule other bills will be heard |
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| belief the executive, legislative, and judicial branches are kept seperate so there isn't abuse of power |
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| established judicial review |
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| establish the rule that state action may not stop the federal govs power stated in the constitution |
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| case that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation even in public acommadations, under the doctrine of "seperate but equal" |
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| decision that reapportioned issues that present law-making questions, thus enabling federal courts intervene in and declare reapportionment cases |
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| Brown v. Board of Education |
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| declared the state laws which establish seperate public schools for black and white students denied black children equal opportunities |
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declared that state courts are required under the 6th amendment of the constitution to provide council in criminal cases for defendents unable to afford their own attorneys |
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| Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education v. Swann |
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| declared that busing was an apropriate fix for the problem of racial imbalance resulted from the selection of students based on geographic nearness to the school rather than from planned assignment based on race |
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| decision that most laws AGAINST abortion in the US violated a constitutional right to privacy under the due process clause of the 14th amendment |
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| declared that the supreme court not only has the power of judicial review, but the supreme court also has the power to decide how the constitution limits the presidents power and the executive privlege does not apply to obviously relevant evidence in criminal cases |
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| Regent of California v. Bakke |
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| declared that race could be one, but only one of numerous factors used by discriminatory boards, like those of admissions |
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decision that the Univ. of Michigan's admissions policy violates the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment |
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| Webster v. Reproductive Health Services |
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| decision that ALLOWED a Missouri law, which established restrictions on funding for and assisting on abortions, some believe it may have compromised Roe v. Wade's protection of abortion |
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