Intro to Gov
Congress
President
Court Cases
Constitutional Rights
100
Type of government -- rule of the few.
What is oligarchy?
100
Term for proposed law.
What is a bill?
100
Giving a job to political supporters (small scale).
What is patronage?
100
Court Case: People should be informed of their rights when arrested.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
100
Once found not guilty, you can't be tried again for the same crime. From 5th Amendment.
What is double jeopardy?
200
Obligation states have to each other. Sending criminals back to the state where they committed a crime.
What is extradition?
200
Minimum age requirement for the House of Representatives.
What is 25 years old?
200
Federal agencies (bureaucracy), interest groups, congressional committees
What is the iron triangle?
200
Court case: You can't prevent a peaceful protest (even if they are Nazis in a prominently Jewish town in Illinois).
What is the Skokie Case?
200
Evidence obtained in a way that violates the 4th, 5th, and 6th Amendment cannot be used in court.
What is the exclusionary rule?
300
The compromise made at the Constitutional Convention that established a bicameral legislature, one house based on population, one equal.
What is the Connecticut (or Great) Compromise?
300
Vote to end a filibuster.
What is cloture?
300
People who actually vote for the president.
Who are the electors?
300
Court Case: Burning a flag is protected First Amendment speech (symbolic).
What is Texas v. Johnson?
300
Most significant federal civil rights law that protects people with disabilities from discrimination in many areas of public life.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
400
Three parts of the US Constitution.
What are the preamble, 7 Articles, and Amendments?
400
Where the impeachment trial occurs that can remove a public official from office with a 2/3 vote.
What is the Senate?
400
Role where the president completes ceremonial tasks.
What is the head of state?
400
Right to privacy -- Connecticut cannot prevent married couples from accessing contraception.
What is Griswold v. Connecticut?
400
Constitutional principle that applies parts of the Bill of Rights to the states.
What is the incorporation doctrine?
500
Clause in the constitution. A state cannot unreasonably discriminate against residents of another state. (Out of state tuition is okay)
What is the Privileges and Immunities Clause?
500
Section of the Constitution that gives Congress the power to regulate interstate trade. Important for expanding the power of Congress.
What is the Commerce Clause?
500
What the president proposes as chief economic planner.
What is the budget?
500
Court Case: States must provide lawyers to all criminal defendants who cannot afford one.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
500
Part of the First Amendment that enforces the separation of church and state.
What is the Establishment Clause?