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The Constitution
Federalism
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Public Opinion and Participation
SCOTUS
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Term used to describe powers shared by the national and state governments.
What are concurrent powers?
100
Terms set by the national government that states must meet whether or not they accept federal grants.
What is a mandate?
100
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?
100

The degree to which you feel your participation in politics matters and/or makes a difference.

What is political efficacy?

100

The Court's opinion was that Congress has implied powers necessary to implement its enumerated powers and established supremacy of the U.S. Constitution and federal laws over state laws.

What is McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)?

200

These powers are specifically listed in Article 1, Section 8.

What are the Enumerated Powers?

200

The Amendment within the Bill of Rights most supportive of a Federal system of government.

What is the 10th?

200
This rule says that illegally gathered evidence may not be introduced in a criminal trial.
What is the exclusionary rule?
200

This ideology, generally, doesn't support any governmental intervention beyond the protection of private property and individual liberty.

What is Libertarian?

200

The Court ruled the Second Amendment’s right to keep and bear arms for self-defense in one’s home is applicable to the states.

What is McDonald v. Chicago?

300

This uprising of Revolutionary War veterans brought attention to several weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation.

What is Shays' Rebellion?

300
Type of federal grant for a specific purpose.
What is a categorical grant?
300

These two clauses in the First Amendment make up what is generally understood as "freedom of religion."

What are the free exercise and establishment clauses?

300
The process by which a person forms his or her political views.
What is political socialization?
300

This case determined that "zones" of privacy exist in the Constitution that protect married couples' use of contraception.

What is Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)?

400

This clause requires political appointments made by the President to be confirmed by the Senate.

What is the Advice and Consent clause?

400
Landmark case that held a national ban on guns in a school zone had violated the commerce clause.
What is U.S. v. Lopez (1995)?
400

The opinion of the Court in this case was that school sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause.

What is Engel v. Vitale (1962)?

400

The media’s use of polling results to convey popular levels of trust and confidence in government may impact elections by turning them into this type of "sport"?

What is a horse race?

400

This case determined the justiciability of state redistricting challenges in federal courts and established the "one person, one vote" doctrine.

What was Baker v. Carr (1961)?

500

Congress can't usurp (take) judicial powers due to a prohibition of these by the Constitution.

What are Bills of Attainder?

500

This essay emphasized the benefits of a small, decentralized republic while warning of the dangers to personal liberty from a large, centralized government.

What is Brutus #1?

500

The Court's opinion in this case was that the federal government has a “heavy presumption against prior restraint” even in cases involving national security.

What is New York Times v. United States (1971)?

500

This type of poll follows a candidate's popularity, or lack thereof, over time.

What is a tracking poll.

500

The Court, in Gideon v. Wainwright, extended federal guarantees to an attorney for the poor or indigent through this process.

What is selective incorporation?