Definitions

Question 1

Government

Answer 1

A term used to describe The formal institutions through which a land and its people are ruled

Question 2

Reasons for Government

Answer 2

maintaining order(Hobbes and Madison), protecting property (Locke, we own whatever we own by producing our own labor), provide public goods and solve coordination problems

Question 3

Locke Believed

Answer 3

we are all equally free ad equally vulnerable

Question 4

Natural Law

Answer 4

Bc humans have capacity to reason, if we exercise our reason on the world, we can service moral principles that live better lives, use those moral principles in systems of government so we can all use better lives

Question 5

Legal Positivism

Answer 5

no necessary relationship between law and morality, unless we say what gov can do in a legal document government will do whatever, republicanism comes from this, people can’t be trusted to govern themselves

Question 6

Leg checks on executive

Answer 6

overriding veto, impeachment, rejecting noms, investigating activity

Question 7

Judiciary checked by

Answer 7

leg confirmations, can remove judges congress can propose constitutional amendments to overrule court’s decision

Question 8

Pocket veto

Answer 8

president doesn’t sign within 10 days of end of session and that just vetoes it, has to introduce at the next session

Question 9

Party vote vs party line vote

Answer 9

at least 50% of one party votes one way, at least 50% of other party votes another way, party line is party line

Question 10

Executive privilege

Answer 10

claim of confidentiality in communication between the president and his advisors, in order to do his job president needs to have conversations that can’t be public, recognized by Supreme Court but only claimed if military diplomatic or security reason

Question 11

Civil Liberties

Answer 11

freedom from the government, negative rights, the government cannot do something, bill of rights

Question 12

Civil rights

Answer 12

freedom to do something, be treated equal, to vote, positive rights, 14th 15th amendment

Question 13

Substantive restraints

Answer 13

limit on what government can do, procedural limit limits how the government acts, can do something but only in a certain way, like warrants

Question 14

Second Founding

Answer 14

14th amendment “equal protection,” giving positive rights on behalf of the government, nationalizes civil liberties

Question 15

Incorporation

Answer 15

due process clause of 14th amendment makes first 10 amendments applicable in all of the states