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| Bicameral Sate Legislature |
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| This president appointed four justices to the Court |
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| This comprises the largest block of the Court's cases |
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| American Bar Association (ABA) |
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| Major voice of the legal profession |
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| Workhorses of the federal judiciary |
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| Power Derived from the Constitution |
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| People engaged in lawsuits |
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| Office of Management and Budget |
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| Largest EOP (Executive Office of the President) Agency |
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| George Washington was elected first President by who? |
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| The maximum time a president can be elected to serve. |
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| The 3rd person in line for Presidency. |
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| Helping constituents with problems |
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| Passing laws to appropriate money for local federal projects |
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| Party voting is strong on these |
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| Tend to favor social-welfare programs |
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| Representatives of interest groups |
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| Social programs that continue from one year to the next. |
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Social Security
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| Bills dealing with general matters |
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| This mechanism is used to propose constitutional amendments |
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| This item requires the action of both houses, but no law is needed |
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| This action allows the president to kill a bill during the last 10 days Congress is in session by refusing to act on it. |
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| The Senate conducts most of its business through... |
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| Civil Laws passed by state legislatures |
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| Privileges and Immunities |
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| Nondiscrimination against other states' citizens |
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| Agreements between States |
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| Only court in which one state may sue another |
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| Include expressed, implied, and inherent |
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| Based on necessary and proper clause |
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| Both state and national government |
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| Government control of immigration is an example of... |
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| Jurisdiction of the federal courts does NOT include... |
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| Decisions of the Supreme Court can only be overturned by the Court or by... |
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| Two-thirds vote of each house |
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| In this part of the Constitution, the founders listed six goals for American government |
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| This section of the Constitution is responsive to the needs of a changing nation |
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Command Economy
Marx believed under this system one class would evolve |
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| Adam Smith provided a philosophy for this type of economic system |
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| In this type of economy, the government owns the basic means of production. Critics say it hinders economic growth. |
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| This is a method by which citizens propose and amendment or law |
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| This is equal to the number of representatives and senators from the states, plus three votes from Washington D.C. |
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| These contributions raised questions about how the money was raised |
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| Kept African Americans from Voting |
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| Plans the political campaign |
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| *17A Federal Election Commission (FEC) |
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| Records political contributions |
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| *17B Party Loyalists vote a... |
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| *17B This helped many voters to be better informed |
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| *17B Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
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-Abolished literacy tests
-required that ballots be printed in Spanish for Spanish speaking communities
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| Along with the enjoyment of fundamental rights comes a responsibility to ensure... |
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| their strength and endurance |
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| This case on the establishment clause still stands as the benchmark for state aid to parochial schools. |
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| Everson v. Board of Education |
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| If you advocate revolution, you will be punished for... |
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| Values and beliefs of society |
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| Limits on the Court's power |
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| Lack of enforcement power |
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| Regarding civil liberties |
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| 14th Amendment guarantees... |
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| Changed law enforcement across the country |
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| *11B Authority to hear certain cases |
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| Jurisdiction of the Courts |
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| *11B Tied states rights to slavery issues |
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| *11B The U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has jurisdiction over the... |
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| U.S. Court of International Trade |
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| *11B "Trial judges, because of the multitude of cases they hear which remain unheard or unchanged by appellate courts, as well as because of their fact- and issue-shaping powers, appear to play an independent and formidable part in the policy impact of the federal court system upon the larger political system." -Kenneth M. Dolbeare, 1969 |
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| Dolbeare expressed that trial judges are key players in the political system. |
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| *11B "legislation is powerless to eradicate racial instincts or to abolish distinctions." |
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| The Hate Crime Legislation defies this notion. |
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| *11A Upheld monopoly of business trusts |
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| United States v. E.C. Knight & Co. |
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| *11A Hands down the verdict |
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| *11A Hands down the indictment |
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| *11A Established judicial review |
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| *11A If you are registered to vote or have a driver's license, you may be called... |
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| *11A This justice headed a special commission that investigated the assassination of President john F. Kennedy |
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| Chief Justice Earl Warren |
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| *11A A state may not take a person's life, liberty, or property without... |
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| Rules that have the forces of law are called... |
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| This has helped increase the power of the President |
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| The Constitution gave Congress this power over the presidents veto. |
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| Major newspapers and magazines provide the president this medium for discussion |
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| Expressed will of the people |
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| Grants a postponement of legal punishment |
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| Release from legal punishment |
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| Commander of the national armed forces |
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| This deals with presidential succession |
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| This person presides over the Senate |
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| Would have expanded presidential power |
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| Provide government with money |
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| Agreements between lawmakers |
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| Almost all the important work on tax laws occurs in the |
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| House Ways and Means Committee |
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| These congressional staffers help constituents with problems |
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| Matters requiring the action of both the House and Senate, but on which a law is not needed are called... |
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| This group tends to vote in favor of business |
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| Attends committee meetings |
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| Personal staff member with office management duties |
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| The president of the senate is... |
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| The presiding officer of the House of Representative is the... |
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| People in districts represented in Congress are called |
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| NOT a qualification for election to the House |
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| The process of setting up new congressional districts after reapportionment |
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| The power to write the rules in Congress in controlled by... |
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| NOT an example of a congressional enumerated power |
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| Chief Justice Earl Warren demonstrated... |
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| The Constitution is based on the concept of |
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| This elevated the Supreme Court to a higher status, balancing the powers of the other branches |
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| This section of the Constitution states why it is was written |
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| Article 1 of the Constitution |
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| Described the Legislative Branch & created a voice for the House of Representatives |
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| The Equal Rights Amendment caused questions because |
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| states revoked their ratification |
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| Jurisdiction of federal courts |
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| "Necessary and Proper" Laws |
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| Article 2 of the Constitution |
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| Describes the Executive Branch |
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| Article 3 of the Constitution |
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| Describes the Judicial Branch |
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