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Public Opinion
100
this legal concept means that the Supreme Court has nationalized the Bill of Rights
What is the incorporation doctrine?
100

this act originally passed just weeks after 9/11, gives the federal government the power to examine an investigation, investigate or monitor political or religious groups without any connection to a criminal investigation

What is the Patriot Act (2001)?

100
this amendment ensures the right to counsel in federal court; the amendment was incorporated via this Court case
What are the 6th Amendment and Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)?
100
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?
100
this political process occurs once a decade after every census
What is reapportionment?
200
this clause prohibits the abridgment of respecting citizens' freedom to worship or not to worship as they please
What is the free exercise clause of the 1st amendment (freedom of religion)?
200
this amendment forbids forced self-incrimination
What is the 5th Amendment?
200
most cases are settled out of court via a deal struck between a defendant's lawyer and a prosecutor
What is plea bargaining?
200
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?
200
the level of confidence in a sample
What is sampling error?
300

commerce clause Court case

What is U.S. v. Lopez?

300
according to the Court, the police had no probable cause to search this defendant's house thus reinforcing the exclusionary rule
What is Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
300

This amendment prevents "cruel and unusual punishment." 

8th Amendment

300
Plessy v. Ferguson is an example of this type of discrimination/segregation
What is de jure discrimination?
300
the ideological difference between men and women, especially on social issues
What is the gender gap?
400
these are the main source of federal aid to state and local governments; these grants can be used only for one of several hundred specific purposes
What are categorical grants?
400

Wisconsin v. Yoder relates to which constitutional clause? 

Free Exercise Clause of the 1st Amendment

400

This SCOTUS case deals with a person's right to privacy, which is established by the due process clause of the 14th amendment and can be "found" in the penumbras of the Bill of Rights. 

Roe v. Wade

400
this court case addressed the idea of "reverse discrimination" in admissions at UC Davis Medical School
What is Bakke v. UC (1978)?
400
Social Security benefits; more "settled"; limited income
What are reasons why older voters vote (more)?
500
one key principle of this court case was that the national government has certain implied powers that go beyond its enumerated powers
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
500

The Due Process clause can be found in which two amendments? 

5th and 14th

500

This section of the 1972 Education Amendments guaranteed that women have the same educational opportunities as men in programs receiving federal government funding. 

Title IX

500

This SCOTUS case removed many restrictions formerly placed on campaign finance and corporate spending. 

Citizens United v. F.E.C. 

500
favor free market solutions; are supportive of prayer in schools; more likely to support military intervention around the world
What is conservative ideology?