Do you feel lucky?
John Locke's three basic rights that must be protected by government.
What are life liberty and property?
Terms set by the national government that states must meet whether or not they accept federal grants.
What is a mandate?
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 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?
Allowing the states and the federal government to exercise power separately in areas of legitimate concern to them characterize this form of federalism.
What is Dual Federalism?
This concept of federalism views the national and state governments as collaborating to solve common problems.
What is cooperative federalism?
This landmark SCOTUS case said the First Amendment applies to the states, thereby beginning the process of selective incorporation.
What is Gitlow v. New York?
Which division of government was most responsible for expanding the rights of accused criminals during the 1960s
What is the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court case of Mapp v Ohio established this important 4th amendment process.
What is the exclusionary rule?
The part of the Constitution that helps define the concept of federalism by reserving powers to the states.
What is the 10th Amendment?
Regents of the U. of California v. Bakke (1978), Grutter v. Bollinger (2003) and Gratz v. Bollinger (2003) all dealt with this issue.
What is affirmative action?
This amendment and what clause states that states Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion.
What is the 1st amendment establishment clause?
Type of federal grant for a specific purpose.
What is a categorical grant?
Landmark case that held a national ban on guns in a school zone had violated the commerce clause.
What is US v Lopez?
The obligation under Article IV of the U.S. Constitution for each state to recognize the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.
What is Full Faith and Credit?
According to the Court, the police had no probable cause to search this defendant's house thus reinforcing the exclusionary rule and incorporating it to the states.
What is Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
This important piece of 1960s legislation created equal employment opportunities, regardless of race, equal access to public accommodations regardless of race, religion, or national origin and the withholding federal grants-in-aid from state programs that discriminated on the basis of race.
What is the 1964 Civil Rights Act
The media impacts public opinion and interest in the government by serving as this, allowing only the information it chooses to reach its audiences.
What is a gatekeeper?
Landmark case that held all interstate commerce will be regulated by the national government.
What is Gibbons v. Ogden?
The Court ruled that funding one's own election is a protected form of free speech, thus eliminating limits on campaign contributions.
What is Buckley v. Valeo (1974)?
this goal of NOW was to pass this amendment (which did not pass) which would have women "equal" to men
What is the Equal Rights Amendment?