The Fourth Branch
The Budget
The Judiciary
Civil Liberties
Civil Rights
100
Agencies and commissions that issue rules that have the force of law
What are bureaucratic agencies
100
Revenues exceed expenditures
What is a surplus
100
The court that hears a case first
What is a court of original jurisdiction
100
The part of the First Amendment used to rule school prayer unconstitutional
What is the establishment clause
100
Outlaws discrimination in public places
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964
200
Describe how the bureaucracy differs demographically from the other branches of government
200
Expenditures exceed revenues
What is a deficit
200
The jurisdiction exercised most often by the Supreme Court
What is appellate jurisdiction
200
The part of the First Amendment used to decide cases regarding animal sacrifice and polygamy
What is the Free Exercise clause
200
This outlawed literacy tests and allowed minorities to exercise their right to vote.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965
300
The system by which members of the bureaucracy are chosen based on merit
What is a civil service system
300
The total amount owed by the U.S. Government
What is debt
300
The ability of the Supreme Court to rule actions by the other branches of government unconstitutional
What is judicial review
300
Actions, such as flag burning, are protected as what type of speech
What is symbolic speech
300
Programs that are designed to make up for past discrimination in employment and college admissions
What is affirmative action
400
Describe two methods Congress has to influence the bureaucracy
400
A tax system in which the percentage one pays increases as they earn more money
What is a progressive tax system
400
The length of a justice's term
What is a term of good behavior/life
400
Describe under what circumstances the state may provide aid to religious schools
400
The level of scrutiny used by the Supreme Court when review issues related to race
What is strict scrutiny
500
Describe two methods the President can use to influence the bureaucracy
500
Describe two reasons Social Security is in financial trouble
500
Describe the judicial appointment process
500
When arrested for a crime, a person must read these rights
What are the Miranda rights
500
The level of scrutiny applied by the Supreme Court when review gender based policies
What is medium scrutiny
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