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FINAL
FINAL
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In _______________ the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that executive privilege is not absolute and must give way when the government needs the information for a trial. a. Hamdi v. Rumsfeld b. Jones v. Clinton c. United States v. Nixon d. Brown v. Board of Education
What is United States v. Nixon
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_______ is a court rule bearing on subsequent legal decisions in similar cases. Judges rely on ______ in deciding cases. a. Common Law b. Precedent c. Jurisdiction d. Remand
What is b. Precedent
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The custom of senatorial courtesy a. encourages polite behavior on the floor of the Senate. b. gives senators a voice in who is appointed to serve as a judge in their state court system. c. gives a senator of the president's party a role in the selection of district court judges that will serve in the senator's state. d. requires the House of Representatives to vote for all Senate-approved judicial nominees.
What is c. gives a senator of the president's party a role in the selection of district court judges that will serve in teh senator's state.
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The Framers drew on the ideas of the British political philosophers _______________ in perceiving the relationship between government and the governed as a social contract. a. Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Niccol Machiavelli b. Michel Foucault and Herbert Marcuse c. Thomas Hobbes and John Locke d. Charles Darwin and William Montague
What is c. Thomas Hobbes and John Locke
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Popular sovereignty a. is inconsistent with federalism. b. is likely to lead to mob rule. c. is rooted in the idea of political equality. d. often disregards the rights of the few.
What is d. often disregards the rights of the few
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The right of a president to refuse to make some internal documents and private conversations public is a. executive privilege. b. executive orders. c. president's prerogative. d. franking privilege.
What is a. executive privilege
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What is the highest level of the three-tiered model of the federal court system? a. Appellate Court b. District Court c. Supreme Court d. Tax Court
What is c. Supreme Court
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One of the few presidential powers that Congress may not limit is the power to a. negotiate foreign treaties. b. grant pardons and reprieves. c. appoint ambassadors to the United Nations. d. declare war.
What is b. grant pardons and reprieves
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The Tenth Amendment gives what level(s) of government additional unwritten powers? a. Local b. National c. State d. Both state and local e. Both national and state
What is c. State
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A difference between the Articles of Confederation and the U. S. Constitution is that, in the Constitution, all a. amendments require unanimous approval of the states. b. authority resides in the states. c. powers are delegated to the national government. d. legitimacy is based in the citizens of the nation rather than the states.
What is d. legitimacy is based in the citizens of the nation rather than the states.
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A ___________ is a special veto exercised by the chief executive after a legislative body has adjourned. Bills not signed by the chief executive die after a specified period of time. a. Line-Item b. Signing Statement c. Pocket veto d. State of the Union Message
What is c. Pocket veto
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A ________ is an order issued by a higher court to a lower court to send up the record of a case for review. a. Writ of Certiorari b. Oral Arguments c. Dissenting Opinion d. Judicial Implementation
What is a. Writ of Certiorari
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The _______________ established the district courts and the circuit courts of appeal in the federal court system. a. Judiciary Act of 1789 b. Article III c. Federal Court Act d. 14th Amendment
What is a. Judiciary Act of 1789
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Jim Crow laws were intended to a. promote civil rights. b. enforce racial segregation. c. promote civil liberties. d. extend voting rights to black Americans. e. A and C
What is b. enforce racial segregation
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The "wall of separation" metaphor that is often applied to the relationship between church and state originated with a. the Bill of Rights. b. the Declaration of Independence. c. Thomas Jefferson. d. Alexander Hamilton
What is c. Thomas Jefferson
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The right of the president and the president's executive officials to withhold information from, or refuse to appear before, Congress or the courts is called what? a. Executive Order b. Executive Privilege c. Statutory Power d. Patronage
What is b. Executive Privilege
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A ________ is a separate opinion prepared by a judge who supports the decision of the majority of the court but for different reasons. a. Majority Opinion b. Unanimous Opinion c. Dissenting Opinion d. Concurring Opinion
What is d. Concurring Opinion
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The president’s power to recognize a foreign country a. has been largely taken over by the Senate. b. requires two-thirds Senate ratification. c. requires no ratification or consultation. d. is now limited by the War Powers Resolution.
What is c. requires no ratification or consultation
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The group a poll is meant to represent is called the: a. population. b. consensus. c. majority. d. sample
What is a. population
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Taney ruled in the Dred Scott decision that free blacks a. were not citizens. b. were citizens, but that enslaved blacks were not. c. could not own black slaves. d. should have the same rights as white men.
What is a. were not citizens
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What is the 1967 amendment to the Constitution that establishes procedures for filling presidential and vice-presidential vacancies and makes provisions for presidential incapacity? a. Twenty-Fifth b. Nineteenth c. Sixth d. Twenty-First
What is a. Twenty-Fifth
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In determining whether laws or actions are constitutional, judges need to: a. understand the Constitution. b. understand the actions. c. interpret the constitution. d. know the law.
What is c. interpret the constitution
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Article ____ of the Constitution vests the executive power in the president. a. I b. V c. II d. IV
What is d. II
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The Ninth Amendment states that a. individuals charged with federal crimes are entitled to a jury trial. b. individuals have the right to bear arms. c. people may have more rights than those described in the first eight amendments. d. all powers not given to the national government belong to the states.
What is c. people may have more rights than those described in the first eight amendments
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The principles of federalism were first generally implemented in U.S. government in a. 1776. b. the early eighteenth century. c. 1755. d. 1789.
What is d. 1789