Test 2 Flashcards
Affirmative Action
Policy favoring those who are suffering from discrimination.
Judicial review
The Supreme Court has the right to overturn anything.
Cognitive Dissonance
Long held beliefs come into reality.
Judicial Restraint
Go back and see what the founding fathers were thinking when they wrote the Constitution.
Judicial Activism
Belief that the constitution is a breathing document.
Liberalism
The government should do more and be a safety net for the people.
Conservatism
Believe the government should be smaller. The people should be responsible first rather than the government.
Stare Decisis
Let the decision stand.
Ideology
Logical ordering of political beliefs
Civil liberties
For individuals
Civil Rights
For groups
Political Socialization
How you became of how you will become.
Party Factions
Democratic, Republican
Executive Privilege
The president withholding information from the public interest.
Majority Opinion
Based on the Justices
Concurrent opinion
You agree with the opinion, but you disagree with the reason.
Dissenting Opinion
Disagreeing with the majority opinion.
Writ of Certiorari
4/9 agree to take a case
Rule of four
4 justices agree to take a case.
Civil Disobedience
the refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines, as a peaceful form of political protest.
Doctrine of Incorportation
constitutional doctrine through which the first ten amendments of the United States Constitution (known as the Bill of Rights) are made applicable to the states through the Due Process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
John Stuart Mill
American philosopher, on liberty, every idea should be on the market.
E Pluribus Unum
The motto of the US, out of many become American
