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Hobbes social theory

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People have to give up somethings to live peacefully with each other

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Locke’s social contract theory

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Everyone is created equally

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Popular sovereignty

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The people have a say in the governent

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Declaration of Independence

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The colonists wanted to be free from great britain

Purpose was to show that all men were created equally

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Virginia plan

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3 branch government➡️ legislative, executive, judicial

Bicameral

Rep in upper= population
Rep in lower= tax given to gov by each state

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New jersey plan

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Unicameral

States represented equally

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3/5 compromise

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For every 5 slaves 3 would count towards state’s population

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Ratification

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9 out of 13 states

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9
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of house of reps

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435

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of senators

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100

2 per state

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Qualifications for house of reps

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25 years old
Live in the district that you represent
Us citizen for 7 years

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Qualifications for senators

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30 years old
Live in the state that you represent
Us citizen for 9 years

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13
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Roles of legislation

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Create laws

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Voting options for congress

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Trustee vote 
Delagate vote 
Partisan vote 
Politico vote 
Voting present not voting
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Trustee vote

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Decides their vote on their own beliefs and what they feel are the merits for the bill

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Delagate vote

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Based on what the constituents want

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Partisan vote

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Based on the wishes of one’s political party members

Party first view

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Politico vote

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Mix of the others

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Voting present not voting

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A way for congressman to get away with not voting

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Marbury vs madison 1803

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James madison refused to deliver commissions so marbury took him to court to try and get his commission

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21
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Us vs amistad

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Spanish had slaves on boat
Slaves killed crew
Taken to us by marine

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Dred scott vs sanford 1857

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Thought that he should be free because he was in a free state but jury decided not to grant him a free person because he was property of his master

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Plessy vs fergusson

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Had the right under equal protection

Segregation

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Brown vs board of education

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Linda brown wasnt able to go to the school in her neighborhood because it was a whites only school

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Gideon vs wainwright

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Gideon stated that he wasnt able to have a counsel

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Miranda vs Arizona

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Ernesto miranda said that he was not read his rights when he was arrested

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27
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Roe vs wade

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Legalized abortion

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28
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Us vs nixon

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President has to surrender evidence

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Cruzan vs Missouri

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She was in a car accident and her parents wanted to take her off of life support but the state was able to keep her on life support

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30
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Printz vs us

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Congress should be able to handle gun control

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1st amendment

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Freedom of expression
Speech
Press
Religion
Right to petition 
Right to assemble
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2nd amendment

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Right to bear arms

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33
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3rd amendment

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No quartering of troops

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4th amendment

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No search or seizure without a warrant or probable cause

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5th amendment

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Due process of the law

36
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6th amendment

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Right to a speedy trial

37
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7th amendment

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Right to a civil trial

38
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8th amendment

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No cruel or unusual punishment

39
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9th amendment

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Unenumerated rights of the people

40
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10th amendment

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Unenumerated rights of the states

41
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11th amendment

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No suits against states

42
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12th

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President and vice president run in separate elections

43
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13th amendment

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Abolished slavery

44
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14th amendment

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Defines us citizenship

45
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15th amendment

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Black male suffrage

46
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16th amendment

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Government can tax income

47
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17th amendment

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Direct election of senators

48
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18th amendment

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Prohibition of alcohol

49
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19th amendment

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Women’s suffrage

50
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20th amendment

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Change in the date of the presidential takeover

51
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21st amendment

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Repeal the 18

52
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22nd amendment

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2 term limit for the president

53
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23rd amendment

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Electoral votes for dc

54
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24th amendment

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Abolished poll taxes

55
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25th amendment

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Presidential order of succession

56
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26th amendment

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Changed the voting age from 21 to 18

57
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27th amendment

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Congressional pay

58
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Us rep

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Randy hultgren

59
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Senators

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Tammy duckworth

Dick durban

60
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Franking privilege

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Postage free mail

61
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Bills to laws

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Most bills die in committee

62
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House of rep does what in impeachment

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Charges the person

63
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Senate does what in impeachment

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Tries the case

64
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Gerrymandering

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District lines that have been changed to help the party in power stay in power

65
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Census

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Taken every 10 years

Sees what the population is

66
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Reapportionment act of 1929

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Fixed the number of members of the house to 435

Based on the census

67
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Day to day senate is ran by

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Speaker of the house

68
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Tie vote in the senate

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President of the senate votes

69
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Filibuster

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An attempt of a minority of senators to try and block a piece of legislation

70
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Continous body

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1/3 of senators up for reelection

71
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Role in presidential appointments

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Senators can advise and approve appointments

72
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Role in treaties

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Need a 2/3 vote

Must agree with the treaty

73
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Qualifications of the president and vp

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35 years old
Natural born us citizen
Live in the us for at least 14 years

74
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Primary role of the president

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Enforce laws

75
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President’s options for a bill

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1) sign the bill which will make it effective immediately
2) not sign the bill which then will make the bill into a law after 10 days
3) veto the bill which then sends the bill back to congress for a revote in both houses and must have a 2/3 vote to override the presidents veto
4) use the pocket veto which means that congress goes out of session before 10 days the president has to sign the bill which then means that the bill dies

76
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Maximum time a president runs

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10 years

77
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of electoral votes to be president

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270

78
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How it is figured out each state gets to vote

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of reps + 2 senators

79
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Dual dual court system

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State courts and federal courts

80
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Judicial review

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The right to determine constitutionality of government actions

81
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Justices have long term appointments to the court

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They will keep the influence of the president long after the president is out of office

82
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Extradition

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Sending someone back to where they came from

83
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Original jurisdiction

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Cases with the state as a party
Cases with ambassadors
Public ministers
Consults

84
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Apellate jurisdiction

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Can choose to hear the case

85
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8 roles of the president

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1) chief of citizens
2) chief of state
3) chief executive
4) chief administrator
5) chief diplomat
6) commander chief
7) chief legislator
8) chief of party

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