SCOTUS
Generally, what is the SCOTUS' main responsibility?
To interpret the law
Laws that enforced segregation of public schools, accommodation, transportation, and other public places.
Jim Crow Laws
This article of the Constitution outlines the office of the President
Article II
Attempts to prevent eligible voters from registering to vote or voting
Voter Suppression
To influence legislation
How long is the term of a Supreme Court Justice?
Lifetime
The separation of races by law
De Jure Segregation
Presidents exercise only one power that cannot be limited by other branches, what is it?
The Pardon
Routine or habitual acts that show support for the political system
Symbolic Participation
The main difference between interest groups and political parties
Political parties seek elective office
the name of the newest Supreme Court Justice
Ketanji Brown Jackson
What era immediately followed the Civil War?
Reconstruction
Who is the only U.S. president to serve 3 consecutive terms?
FDR
The largest obstacle individuals must overcome to vote the U.S.
Registration
is defined as a long-term attachment to a particular party
Partisan Attachement
The federal courts’ most significant power
Judicial Review
The 1896 landmark supreme court case that ruled that racial segregation did not violate not violate equal protection, as long as both races were treated equally
Plessy v. Ferguson
Which candidates were featured in the first-ever televised presidential debate?
JFK and Richard Nixon
The landmark case who's decision gutted section 4 & 5 of the VRA
Shelby v. Holder
What movement followed the era of Party Machines?
the Progressive Movement
The framework used when judges apply the Constitution according to what they believe was its original meaning as understood by a reasonable person when the Constitution was written
Strict Constructionism
These 3 amendments were added to the Constitution after the Civil War to establish the legal status and rights of the newly freed slaves
13th, 14th, and 15th
What event do U.S. Presidents use to set the political agenda?
The State the Union Address
Rational Choice Model of Participation (equation)
P(TO) = B – C
Probability of turning out = benefits of voting – costs of voting
Which Supreme Court case opened the doors for unlimited soft money spending by corporations on elections?
Citizens United v. FEC