Philosophies
This group supported ratification of the Constitution.
Who are the Federalists?
These 10 amendments provide protection of civil rights under the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This was the first Constitution.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This principle is ultimately driven by two things: individual preferences and institutional procedures.
What is the Policy Principle?
This is a type of government where a select few rule, such as an aristocracy.
What is an oligarchy?
This court case clarified that the Bill of Rights (and the law of eminent domain under the 14th amendment) applied to the federal government, not state government, when state construction impeded his boat harbor business.
What is Barron v. Baltimore?
This group feared a strong central government could infringe on individual rights.
Who are Anti-Federalists?
This founding document states that the government derives its power from consent of the governed, and justifies revolution against tyranny.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
These are just some of the reasons why the original Constitution of the 13 colonies inspired a new one.
What is a weak government and inability to tax and spend?
The Policy Principle is composed of these three principles.
What are the Rationality, Institutional, and Collective Action principles?
This political system is nearly unlimited in its rule, except by some social institutions. Think Catholicism.
What is authoritarian?
This court case upheld the constitutionality of "Implied powers" of the federal government and the "Commerce clause" when a party aimed to sue the Fed for creating a national bank to facilitate economic activities.
What is McCullough v. Maryland?
These civil protections safeguard individuals from discrimination and ensure equal treatment under the law.
What are civil rights?
This founding document establishes federalism, separation of powers, and checks and balances.
What is the Constitution?
This pivotal agreement led to a bicameral legislature that provided balance through equal representation from both large and small states.
What is the Great (or Connecticut) Compromise?
This is the separation of two chambers.
What is bicameralism?
This is the division of state and federal government under the Constitution.
What is federalism?
These civil protections are guaranteed by the Constitution and protect individuals from government interference.
What are civil liberties?
This amendment declares that “no state can deny any person equal protection under the law or deprive them of life, liberty, or property without due process.”
What is the 14th Amendment?
This term is defined by the separation of powers and each branch having some power over the others.
What are checks and balances?
This term describes the division of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches under the Constitution.
What is the separation of powers?
Selective incorporation.
What is Gitton v. New York?
Agency loss and transaction costs are two major problems of this political relationship.
What is the Principal-Agent relationship?
James Madison wrote these documents, stating that groups with shared interests might amass and impose a threat to the rights of minority groups, and advocating for a large republic as a means for controlling the effects of “factions.”
What are the Federalist 10 papers?
Marbury v. Madison ultimately established this power bestowed to courts to determine if statutes or legal actions are constitutionally sound.
What is judicial review?
This term describes a collective responsibility that fits the notion it must be non-excludable and non-rivalrous (e.g., clean air, national defense).
What is a public good?
One of the most significant court cases in American government history, it primarily helped establish judicial review and that the Constitution is indeed law.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This is the type of government America has, and the political system that defines how its governed.
What is a constitutional democracy?
This theoretical framework refers to a situation in which the majority's interests and decisions oppress or disregard the rights and needs of minority groups.
What is tyranny of the majority?