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The Presidency
Odds and Ends
Federalism
100
Judicial Review
What is Marbury v. Madison?
100
535
What is the number of representatives and senators in the U.S. Congress?
100
A group of presidential advisers who head the executive departments
What is the Cabinet?
100
The process of removing an official from office for "high crimes and misdemeanors"
What is impeachment?
100
The division of governmental power among levels of government--federal, state, and local
What is federalism?
200
Citizens have a "reasonable expectation of privacy".
What is Katz v. U.S.?
200
270
How many electoral votes does a candidate need to be elected president?
200
Sending legislation back to Congress with reasons for rejecting it
What is a veto?
200
The belief that ordinary people can influence government
What is political efficacy?
200
Article IV of the Constitution, it requires states to provide reciprocity toward other states' public acts, records, and civil judicial proceedings
What is the full faith and credit clause?
300
Abortion restrictions cannot place an "undue burden" on women seeking the procedure
What is Planned Parenthood v. Casey?
300
$2,500
What is the maximum amount an individual can donate to a political campaign per election in 2017?
300
Passed in 1921, it limits presidents to two terms in office
What is the 22nd Amendment?
300
A system of government based on the consent of the governed where power is exercised by representatives of the public
What is a republic?
300
AKA marble cake federalism, it is where state and national government responsibilities are blurred and mingled
What is cooperative federalism?
400
Internet posts must prove "intent to harm" to be considered threatening and thus criminal
What is Elonis v. U.S.?
400
Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
What is the Commerce Clause?
400
A blanket pardon given to a group of people by the president
What is amnesty?
400
The theory that judges should play a minimal role in policymaking and leave policy decisions to the legislative branch
What is judicial restraint?
400
Grants from the federal government to the states that can only be used for specific purposes
What are categorical grants?
500
Exclusionary Rule applies to state criminal investigations
What is Mapp v. Ohio?
500
It specifies that powers not delegated to the national government are reserved for the states or the people.
What is the 10th Amendment?
500
Often used by presidents instead of formal treaties, it stays in effect only for as long as the president remains in office
What is an executive agreement?
500
This allows citizens to approve or disapprove some legislative act, bond, issue, or constitutional amendment proposed by a state legislature
What is a referendum?
500
The constitutional requirement that each state return a person charged with a crime to the state where the crime took place for trial or imprisonment
What is extradition?