Constitution
Term used to describe powers shared by the national and state governments.
What are concurrent powers?
According to the Social Contract theory, how should citizens respond to a tyrannical government?
What is to overthrow it?
“You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have a right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you.”
What are the Miranda Rights?
This right is the underlying principle in the Roe v. Wade decision (1973) that allowed women to have virtually unlimited abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy.
What is the right to privacy?
What is a lifetime term? They serve until death
This large-state contribution to the Constitutional Convention called for a strong national government.
What is the Virginia Plan?
According to the Federalists, which is the best form of government, a large Republic or a small state?
What is a small state?
This rule says that illegally gathered evidence may not be introduced in a criminal trial.
What is the exclusionary rule?
In a mass sample public opinion poll, what is the minimum number of responses you would expect for a sample to be valid?
What is 1000-1500?
Which current political party is the largest? (according to individual responses)
What is the Democratic Party?
These are the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution
What is the Bill of Rights?
This principle refers to the way selected provisions of the Bill of Rights apply to each state through the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.
What is a selective incorporation?
These two clauses in the First Amendment make up what is generally understood as Americans' "freedom of religion."
What are free exercise and establishment clauses?
The process by which a person forms his or her political views.
What is political socialization?
What role does the Vice President play in the Senate
What is the President of the Senate and the person who votes to break ties?
This describes the relationship between Congress, Bureaucracies, and interest groups
What is the Iron Triangle?
Case that held a national ban on guns in a school zone had violated the commerce clause.
What is U.S. v. Lopez (1995)?
This SCOTUS case held that corporate funding of independent political broadcasts in elections cannot be limited under the First Amendment.
What is Citizen's United v. F.E.C.?
How many members does the House of Representatives have?
What is 435?
What is the Electoral College?
This is the political principle that underlies the decision in Engle v. Vitale, stating that children should not be compelled to pray in public school
What is The Establishment Clause?
"We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.,,,For years now I have heard the word "wait." It rings in the ear of every Negro with a piercing familiarity. This "wait" has almost always meant "never."
What is MLK's Letter from a Birmingham Jail?
This landmark case's majority opinion created the "clear and present danger test" to analyze future free speech cases.
What is Schenck v. United States (1919)?
This law - requiring states to allow citizens to register to vote at the Department of Motor Vehicles - increased voter registration dramatically.
What is the motor-voter law? (National Voter Registration Act of 1993)
Where do the Republican and Democratic parties actually choose their party candidates for President?.
At the national convention which will take place in either July or August 2024?