this legal concept means that the Supreme Court has nationalized the Bill of Rights
What is the incorporation doctrine?
100
this act originally passed just weeks after 9/11, gives the federal government the power to examine an investigation, investigate or monitor political or religious groups without any connection to a criminal investigation
What is the Patriot Act (2001)?
100
This amendment ensures the right to counsel in federal court; the amendment was incorporated via this Court case. Name the Court case OR the Amendment:
What are the 6th Amendment and Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)?
100
This goal of NOW (National Organization for Women) was to pass this amendment (which did not pass) that would have made women "equal" to men
What is the Equal Rights Amendment?
100
This political process occurs once a decade after every census to determine Congressional representation and redistricting in the House.
What is reapportionment?
200
this clause prohibits the abridgment of respecting citizens' freedom to worship or not to worship as they please
What is the free exercise clause of the 1st amendment (freedom of religion)?
200
This amendment forbids forced self-incrimination. You do not have to incriminate yourself.
What is the 5th Amendment?
200
Most cases are settled out of court via a deal struck between a defendant's lawyer and a prosecutor
What is plea bargaining?
200
This act requires employers and administrators of public facilities to make "reasonable accommodations" and prohibits employment discrimination against people with disabilities
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990?
200
What is the biggest influence on a person's political socialization?
What is family?
300
Supreme Court case over whether New York could grant a monopoly to a ferry operating on interstate waters. The ruling reasserted that Congress had the sole power to regulate interstate commerce.
What is Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)?
300
Supreme Court case that ruled that the police had no probable cause to search this defendant's house, thus, reinforcing the exclusionary rule; protects against unreasonable search and seizure.
What is Mapp v. Ohio (1961)?
300
What are the three clauses of the 14th Amendment?
What are the 1) Privileges and Immunities clause (Citizenship) 2) Due Process clause 3) Equal Protection clause?
300
Plessy v. Ferguson is an example of this type of discrimination/segregation:
What is de jure segregation?
300
What is the most influential factor in determining whether a person will or will not vote in an election?
What is education level?
400
These are the main source of federal aid to state and local governments; these grants can be used only for specific purposes.'Strings-attached aid'
What are categorical grants?
400
List the five freedoms protected by the First Amendment:
What is the freedom of religion, speech, press, assemble, and petition?
400
This Supreme Court case was the first to protect a right to privacy, including a right to family planning between a husband and wife.
What is Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)?
400
This court case addressed the idea of "reverse discrimination" in admissions at the University of California Davis Medical School. Upheld affirmative action.
What is the Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)?
400
These are conducted at polling places on election day to project the outcome of the election.
What are exit polls?
500
Strengthened federal authority and upheld the constitutionality of the bank of the United States by establishing that states did not have the power to tax the bank (federal government).
What is McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)?
500
Forbids cruel and unusual punishment
What is the 8th Amendment?
500
The power of the government to take private property for public use; just compensation must be given for the property taken.
What is Eminent domain?
500
the Court ruled that funding one's own election is a protected form of free speech
What is Buckley v. Valeo (1976)?
500
Name the three authors of the Federalist papers:
Who are James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay?