Court Cases
This court case established judicial review.
Marbury vs. Madison
This is the principle that the leaders of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people, who are the source of all political legitimacy.
What is popular sovereignty
This document declared our freedom from Britain.
What is the Decleration of Independence?
The President of the United States
Who is Joe Biden?
These are the 4 main political ideologies.
What are liberalism, conservatism, libertarianism, and socialism
The state in which United States vs. Lopez took place in.
What is Texas?
This is the practice of killing a bill by refusing to end debate in the Senate
What is the filibuster
This Federalist paper said that there should be one powerful president.
What is Fed 70?
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
What are unalienble/natural rights?
This president greatly expanded presidential power during the Great Depression and World War II
Who is FDR
This case declared political spending to be protected speech and barred caps on spending and donations to Super PACs by corporations and unions.
What is Citizens United vs Federal Election Commission
A Constitutional arrangement in which power is distributed between The Federal Government and the states
What is Federalism
Famously stated "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
What is The Letter from Birmingham Jail
The people give up some liberties in exchange for security.
What is Social Contract Theory?
A bunch of different agencies under the command of the President.
What is the Bureaucracy?
Shaw v. Reno declared racial gerrymandering unconstitutional based on this clause
What is the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment
A practice of trading favors, especially votes for bills
What is logrolling
This document warned that the federal government was too powerful and would not be able to serve the people?
What is Brutus I?
What they called when it was decided that slaves were partly citizens for the sake of taxes and population.
What is the 3/5 Compromise?
A court case involving the Amish community.
What was Wisconsin vs. Yoder?
According to McCulloch vs. Maryland, the power to do this is the power to destroy
What is tax
A high-ranking legislator who makes sure the party members vote the right way in the legislature
Who is the Party Whip
This Federalist Paper encouraged checks and balances.
What is Fed 51?
The agreement that resulted in a bicameral legislature
What is the Connecticut Compromise
These are the FIVE core political principles of the US
What is: Rule of Law, Individualism, Free Enterprise, Limited Government, Equality of Oppurtunity