Civil Rights
Policies designed to protect people from discriminatory treatment
What are civil rights?
Drawing of legislative district boundaries to benefit a party, group, or incumbent.
What is Gerrymandering?
100
How many members?
435
How many members?
What is the elastic Clause?
Equality not included in the constitution until 14th amendment
What is the equal protection clause?
Redrawing of boundaries of congressional legislative regions, following the census.
What is redistricting?
6 years
How long are they elected to terms?
Terms
How long are 2 year terms?
$147,000 per year salary, medical and dental benefits, free office, staff budget, tax break on 2nd home, franking privileges
What are the benefits?
Case that the SC ruled separate but equal is constitutional
What is Plessy V. Ferguson?
A periodic and official count of a country's population.
What is a census?
Who is the senate?
Kind of debate specific to House
What are limited debates?
cannot be sued, can't be arrested for minor offenses while in session, can;t hold other political office at the same time
What is the legal protection?
Led the civil rights movement with no violent protests
Who is Martian Luther King Jr.?
Concentrating partisan voters in a single district
What is packing?
How were they viewed
Viewed as more important than the house
Speaker of the house, majority leader, majority whip, minority leader, minority whip
What are the different positions?
raise and collect taxes, barrow money, regulate commerce, coin money, declare war
What are some powers of congress?
Voting rights increased, segregation decreased, ability to participate in the US Government increased
What was the outcome?
Spreading voters of one party over many districts where they will comprise minorities that are unable to influence elections
What is cracking?
30+, citizen for 9 years, live in the state you are running for
What are the qualifications?
member policy specialists, emphasizes tax and revenue policy, more formal and impersonal
What are the differences from the senate?
no direct taxing, no tax on exports, no laws concerning slave trade, cannot have a separate militia
What are some powers denied to congress?