Civics in Pop Culture
This president had a cameo in the television series Parks and Recreation.
Who is Joe Biden?
The principle that recognizes a state's exclusive right to govern the territory within its defined borders.
What is sovereignty?
The constitutional clause that is the primary basis for Congressional power to regulate economic activity.
What is the Commerce Clause?
On December 1, 2025, this man was let go from his position as the head football coach for the University of Kentucky.
Who is Mark Stoops?
This man is the current secretary for the Department of War.
Who is Pete Hegseth?
The field of law that Pearson Hardman practices in the television series Suits.
What is corporate law?
A state whose borders are completely surrounded by another country on all sides.
What is an enclave?
This describes SCOTUS's authority to hear and decide a case on appeal from a lower court decision.
What is appellate jurisdiction?
This man coached Mark Pope as head coach of the University of Kentucky's men's basketball team from 1989 to 1997.
Who is Rick Pitino?
This manipulative practice was recently brought up for a vote through California's Proposition 50.
What is gerrymandering?
The fictitious president in the early 2000's political drama, The West Wing.
Who is Jed Bartlet?
This geographic boundary historically separated the northern United States from the South.
What is the Mason-Dixon Line?
The doctrine that asserts that the President has the power to withhold information from Congress or the courts, which was severely reduced by United States v. Nixon.
What is executive privilege?
The chair of the UK Political Science Department.
Who is Dr. Michael Zilis?
The First Lady decorated the Green Room of the White House with the addition of a portrait of President Trump made out of this children's toy.
What is LEGO?
This president sang the theme song of the '60s sitcom Green Acres at the 2005 Emmy Awards.
Who is Donald Trump?
President Ulysses S. Grant established this park as the first national park in 1872.
What is Yellowstone National Park?
This constitutional limit on judicial power refers to a case being ineligible for review by a federal court because the controversy has already been resolved or the facts have changed.
What is moot?
This beloved lady can often be found working the front desk of the Lewis Honors College.
Who is Susie Copher?
This political movement was recognized as a domestic terrorist organization by President Donald Trump in September 2025.
What is Antifa?
This actor and comedian currently plays Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live.
Who is James Austin Johnson?
This meeting of Soviet, British, and American leaders in 1945 divided the Korean peninsula into two countries.
What was the Potsdam Conference?
This 1819 case established the principle of implied powers based on a broad reading of the Necessary and Proper Clause.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
The interim dean of the Rosenberg College of Law.
Who is Dean James Duff?
President Trump endorsed the idea of this Israeli President pardoning Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Who is Isaac Herzog?