Political Philosophy
Definition of the "State of Nature"
What is pre-government society?
Definition of Gerrymandering
What is the redrawing of district lines to disenfranchise voters?
The article of the Constitution establishing the Legislative branch
What is Article 1?
The article of the Constitution establishing the Executive branch
What is Article 2?
The article of the Constitution establishing the judicial branch
What is Article 3?
This bureaucratic group in the government regulates and limits gerrymandering.
What is the FEC (Federal Election Commission)?
Two houses of Congress
What are the House and Senate?
Requirements to run for President.
What is being a natural-born citizen, above the age of 35, and a resident of the US for 14 years?
The job of the Judicial branch.
What is the interpretation of laws?
The philosophy of John Locke.
What is the natural goodness of people and right to revolt?
The two things you cannot do when drawing congressional districts.
What are "packing" and "cracking?"
What is the Connecticut Compromise?
This Constitutional Amendment limits the number of terms the President can serve.
What is the 22nd Amendment?
The power granted to the Supreme Court that allows them to keep other branches in check.
What is judicial review?
The philosophy of Thomas Hobbes.
What is the natural selfishness of people, Darwinian ideals, and the giving up of freedoms for authority?
1993 case regarding the creation of political boundaries in NC that were believed to have been minimizing the votes of black voters.
What is Shaw v Reno?
Used for passing bills to the Speaker of the House.
What is the Bill Hopper?
This Federalist paper defended the Executive branch and suggested the idea of "energy in the executive"
What is Federalist 70?
This Federalist paper established the initial idea of Judicial review.
What is Federalist 78?
This major document uses the ideals of John Locke as a basis.
What is the Bill of Rights?
1901 case in which reapportionment in Tennessee which saw citizens feeling minimized by the new boundaries.
What is Baker v Carr?
Why the term limits for the House of Representatives is less stringent than those for the Senate.
What is the less important house (or the little brother)?
Makes up the rest of the Executive Branch, outside the President.
What are the cabinet/bureaucracy/executive departments?
3 of the 9 Supreme Court Justices (any combo)
Who are John Roberts, Sonia Satomayer, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney-Barrett, Clarence Thomas, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito, Elena Kagan, and Neil Gorsuch?