Midterm Exam 2 Flashcards
Writ of Mandamus
Supreme Court has a power to direct a lower court to do something
Writ of Habeas Corpus
Allows a person who is improperly in custody for no reason to be freed.
Writ of Corum Nobis
vacates a conviction. You can file for a removal of conviction on your record and it will be erased.
Writ of Certiorari
can send a court case to the Supreme Court. (called Appealing)
Marbury v Madison
Decided by John Marshall and It established Judicial Review.
the two main political parties in the US are:
Democrats and Republicans
oversight Refers to :
Congressional review of federal programs and activities.
Executive prerogative refers to :
Doctrine that an executive might have to violate the law.
Casework refers to :
Assistance for constituencies to deal with federal agencies.
The right to determine a pregnancy in the first trimester was set forth in :
Roe v. Wade
Primary Election
Election where interest groups vote for their candidate before the General Election.
Original Jurisdiction
of a court is the power to hear a case for the first time.
Appellate Jurisdiction
The power of a court to Review Decisions and change outcomes of decisions of lower courts.
Lawrence v Texas
Overturned Bower v. Hardwick, which was a conviction of two people who engaged in homosexual activity.
New Deal Coalition
An American Political term that refers to the alignment of interest groups and voting blocs that supported the New Deal and voted for Democratic Presidential candidates from 1932 until late 1960s.
Senators are:
two in each State
General Election
Last Final Election for President
Democrat vs. Republican
Interest Groups are formed due to :
Economic changes, social changes, political changes.
Biggest interest groups in this country:
NRA: National Rifle Association of America
AARP: American Association of Retired Person.
“Ask no what your country do for you, ask what you can do for your country”
John F. Kennedy
Electoral College is:
A system by which electors use to elect a candidate.
Pressy v. Ferguson
Overturned by Brown v Board of Education.
challenged separate but Equal decision.
The President pro Temperate is:
The vice president when absence of the Vice President of the US. Orrin Hatch is the current President Pro temperate.
Earl Warren
Former Governor of California before being appointed to the Supreme Court.
Robert Bork
Was almost put in supreme court because he seemed to conservative.
Bicameral
2 House legislature: The House of Representatives and the Senate
Democrats begin losing interest in New coalition in
1960’s
The Governor of California is :
Jerry Brown
The First Evangelical Christian to campaign for President was:
Jimmy Carter governor of California.
Executive Privilege
The doctrine stating that the President may sometimes legitimately refuse to provide executive branch information to Congress, the courts or the Public.
Due of Process Law
Procedural Protections that the 5th and the 14th amendment require government to follow before depriving anyone of life, liberty and property. Fair notice before neutral tribunal.
A pork Barrel refers to :
A derogatory term for projects that benefit specific localities without serving the national interest
Red Tape Means:
Official forms and procedures that are burdensome. The term stems from a British tradition of binding documents with red cloth tape.
Incumbents win elections because:
they have a lot of followers already, financial support, experience and they are well known.
The Franklin privilege refers to :
Right of member of congress to send mail to constituencies without paying for postage.
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The joint resolution passed by Congress in 1964 that authorized President Lyndon Johnson to use the armed forces to assist South Vietnam.
-it promoted the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia.
The Bill of Rights comprise of:
the First 10 amendments.
Elections that give voters a direct voice in the Senate Government include:
Initiatives, popular referedumns and recall elections.
Impeachment:
The process by which the President can brought up by charges from the House of Representatives. Senate convicts by two thirds vote.
Divided government occur when:
when the different parties control the executive branch and at least one chamber of the legislature in a separation of powers or presidential system of government.
Logrolling is :
When legislators (or others) trade support for one another’s proposals.
The vice president of the US is :
Joe Biden
A Line item Veto is :
A power possessed by American Governors to veto a line of the bill without vetoing the entire bill.
Administrative rules are:
Formal regulations by executive branch agencies, usually carry out legislation.
Korematsu v. US
1944
Fred Korematsu, Japanese American who was interned in WW2, Internment camp, it violated rights, Supreme Court shot it down, Japanese were seen as a threat to national Security.
Originalists hold that:
a text of Constitution controls what powers congress and the president have
Constitutional powers of congress
lawmaking, impeachment and expelling members
