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| Which branch of government was given the power to establish federal courts? |
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| Which landmark case established judicial review? |
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| Marbury v. Madison - the federalist led supreme court & grabbed for itself the power of judicial review. |
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| Original v. appellate jurisdiction. |
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Original jurisdiction - that court is the first court to hear the case - no other court has yet considered the legal issues in this case.
Appellate jurisdiction - empowers a court to review the decision of the court that has already heard a case. The authority of a court to review the application or interpretation of the law in previous decision readed by another court in a case. |
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| How many federal courts of appeals? |
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| What is considered the highest form of law? |
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| The constitution are the highest form of law |
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| What body authors statutes? |
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| A law enacted by congress or by state legislature to deal with particular issues or problems, sometimes more detailed and comprehensive that then common laws. Laws are written by legislatures |
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| Which courts are considered courts of last resort? |
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| Courts of appeals are the courts of last resort for most federal cases |
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| Term for justices of the Supreme Court? |
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| The leading justice on the supreme court is the chief justice who provides both organizational and intellectual leadership |
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| Name the two Obama Supreme Court appointees. |
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| Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor |
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| Which groups share power in the selection of federal judges? |
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| The president and the senate share powers in the selection of federal court judges and supreme court justices |
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| Who is most influential in appointing judges to the federal circuit courts? |
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| Practice by which the supreme court justices determine if they will hear a case if four or more justice want to hear it. |
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| Which judges influence policy the most because they issue binding judgments that have the force of law? |
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| Civil law v. criminal law? |
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Civil law the body of law dealing with the rights of private citizens
Criminal law - the body of law dealing with the conduct so harmful to society as a whole that it is prohibited by statue and is prosecuted and punished by the government |
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| How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights? |
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| Which branch of government did the framers of the Constitution want to restrict? |
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| The framers intented the bill of rights to restrict the power of only the national government they did not see the bill of rights as applicable to the state gov. |
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| What means of political expression are guaranteed under the Constitution? |
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| Speech, assembly and petition and press |
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| What factor may be causing Americans to give up certain freedoms? |
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| The Constitution reflects a tension between what two ideas? |
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| Between the bill of rights, with its goal of protecting, individual freedoms and the government central goal of ensuring order |
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| Define symbolic speech. Examples? |
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| means nonverbal "speech" in the form of an action such as picketing, flag burning, or wearing and armband to signify a protest |
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| Time, place and manner restrictions on freedom of assembly and political expression? |
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| Time, place and manner restrictions regulations regarding when where or how expression may occur such restrictions do not target speech based on content and to stand up in the court they must be applied in a content neutral manner. example is people can march in protest but not chanting into bullhorns and 4 o clock in the morning in a residential area |
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| Define libel and slander. How are they different? |
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Libel means written statements, which is false written statements about others that harm their reputation
slander means verbal statements that are false verbal statements about others that harm their reputation |
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| Purpose of the religion clauses in the First Amendment? |
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| the purpose is ban the government from establishing or supporting any one religious sect over another, and seemed they ensure that individuals are not hindered in the exercise of a religion |
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| Landmark case first establishing the right to privacy? |
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| Griswold v Connecticut in 1965 |
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| Which amendments provide criminal due process rights? |
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| What percentage of all law enforcement charges result in trials? |
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| the fifth and sixth amendmends establish the rules for conducting trial. the fifth amendment bars double jeopardy and compelled self-incrimination these safeguards mean respectively that a person may not be tried twice for the same crime or forced to testify against himself or herself when accused of a crime |
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| After Sept. 11, 2011, have the federal government’s surveillance powers increase, decreased, stayed the same, etc.? |
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| How do interest groups encourage civic participation? |
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| They afford a way for people to band together to influence gov. as a collective force. interest groups also seek the involve individuals more actively in the political process by encouraging them to vote and to communicate their views one on one to their elected officials. |
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| a theory that holds that policy making is a competition among diverse interest groups that ensure the representation of individual interest |
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| a theory that holds that a group of wealthy reeducated individuals wields most political power |
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| Define solidary incentive, purposive incentive, economic incentive |
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Solidary incentives motivation for join an interest group based on the companionship and the satisfaction derived from socializing with other that is offered.
purpose incentives motivation to join an interest group based on the belief in the group cause from or ideological or a moral standpoint
economic incentives are motivation to join an interest group because the group works for policies that will provide member with material benefits |
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| Largest, most powerful interest group (35 million members) |
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| AARP which stands for american associated of retired persons |
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| Define PAC and explain their goal. |
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| Political action committee which is a group that raises and spends money to influence the outcome of an election |
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| Which type of candidates do PACs favor (incumbents v. challengers) |
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| Define iron triangle and provide examples. |
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| It's the interaction of mutual interests among the members of congress executive agencies and organized interest during policy making. examples are members of congress executive departments and agencies, organized interest group military policy or subsided for tobacco growers share personal history |
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| working to influence the elections of candidates who support the organizations issue |
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