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the constitutional framework 1.1
Constitution 1,
How long did it take to write the...,
How many articles does the origin...
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The Bill of Rights 1.1
The bill of rights consists of wh...,
When was the bill of rights creat...,
What does the bill of rights act ...
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codification and entrenchment 1.1
Codified 1,
As the constitution has gone thro...,
Why is it so important that the l...
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vagueness 1.1
Enumerated powers 1,
Why is the constitution sometimes...,
3 example of enumerated powers he...
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Advantages of the vagueness of the constitution 1.1
Blank 1
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The amendment process 1.1
If 2 3 of amendment is proposed b...,
Even though only congress and sta...,
What was the only amendment that ...
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advantages and disadvantages of the formal process 1.1
What are the disadvantages of the...,
How is it a disadvantage that it ...,
How is it a disadvantage that it ...
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The Principles of the US Constitution and their Effectiveness today 1.2
What are the 5 key principles of ...
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Federalism 1.2
Federalism 1,
What is the executive legislature...,
What is the federal supreme court...
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Separation of powers & Checks and Balances 1.2
What is the risk someone has to t...,
What can the executive do after a...,
How does the legislature check an...
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Bi-partisanship 1.2
Why is there bi partisanship in t...,
Why is bi partisanship important ...,
What happens if the executive has...
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Limited Government 1.2
Limited government 1,
What is the democrats stance on f...,
What is the republicans stance on...
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The nature of the federal system of government 1.3
What are the two essential featur...,
How is the power of regional gove...,
How is it shown that regional pow...
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the relationship of the federal system of government with the states 1.3
What sort of policies do the stat...,
What sort of policies do the fede...,
How has overtime the federal gove...
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The extent of democracy within the Constitution 1.4
How come election shows the exten...,
How come election do not show the...,
How come checks and balances show...
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Strengths and weaknesses of the Constitution 1.4
Why is effective guide to 1,
Why is flexibility a criterion 2,
Why is strong government a criter...
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Impact of the Constitution on the US government today 1.4
What areas does the constitution ...,
What are the impact of the consti...,
What is frequent elections the po...
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The debates around the extent to which the US remains federal today 1.4
In what ways are state powers pro...,
What areas do state have powers in 2,
What s an example of how differen...
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Constitutional protection of states 1.4
How are powers denied to congress 1,
How does the 10th amendment prote...,
How does the amendment process pr...
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The erosion of state power 1.4
How are federal mandates a form o...,
How are fiscal power of the feder...,
How are interstate commerce a for...
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factors that reinforce/undermine the Supreme court 1.4
Factors that reinforce supreme co...,
How does congress and power to ch...,
How does life tenure reinforce su...
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The nature and role of the Supreme Court 4.1
What s the central role of the su...,
What does a criminal court try an...,
What does the supreme court try t...
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The judicial review process 4.1
What can the supreme court not do 1,
How many cases are submitted ever...,
How many cases do the supreme cou...
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CASE STUDY: Madison vs Marbury & Fletcher vs Peck 4.1
Synopsis of what happened in marb...,
What is the story of marbury v ma...,
What was the judgement of marbury...
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factors influencing the president’s choice of nominee 4.1
Where are supreme court justices ...,
Is there any other places in whic...,
What 3 considerations must the pr...
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Strengths and weaknesses of the confirmation process 4.2
What are the strengths of the con...,
How is background checks a streng...,
How is senate judiciary committee...
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The current composition and ideological balance of the Supreme Court 4.2
Swing justice 1,
Strict constructionist 2,
Loose constructionist 3
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the supreme court and public policy 4.3
What is deliberative democracy 1,
What cases has the supreme court ...,
What cases has the supreme court ...
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the supreme court upholding existing policy (Whole Woman’s Health v Hellerstedt (2016)) 4.3
What was the main issue in the wh...,
What was the supreme court s ruli...,
What was the vote count in the su...
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the supreme court removing existing public policy ( United States v Texas (2016)) 4.3
What was the deferred action for ...,
Who was against this case 2,
What did these republican states ...
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the Supreme Court establishing new policy 4.3
Obergefell v hodges 2015 1,
Why was justice kennedy s stateme...,
Why was this case so important fo...
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the protection of civil liberties and rights in the US 4.4
Key rights protected by the origi...,
What 5 key rights is protected by...,
Summarise zelman v simmons harris...
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race and rights in contemporary US politics 4.5
Racial equality 1,
Affirmative action 2,
What are two forms of affirmative...
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Has affirmative action been effective? 4.5
What are 4 point of views on the ...,
Summarise shelby county v holder ...
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Voting Rights 4.5
How have black americans campaign...,
Who and when was the voting right...,
Whats the preclearance formula 3
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Representation 4.5
When did jesse jackson attempt fo...,
How many black members of congres...,
How many members in 2021 were par...
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The supreme court debated as a 'living constitution' 4.6
What are the arguments supporting...,
Why is unfulfilled promises in th...,
Why is judicial activism as a nec...
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The supreme court debated as using 'originalism' 4.6
What are the debates which suppor...,
How comes fixed constitutional me...,
How comes neutral judgement shows...
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the effectiveness of checks and balances 4.6
What is the primary check the sup...,
What important case established t...,
What is the role of the judiciary...
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the effectiveness of promoting equality 4.6
Effectiveness of the supreme cour...,
Immigration reform 2,
Immigration trends in the 1990s 3
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comparing the supreme court and protection of rights between US and UK 4.6
How does the appointment process ...,
Describe the diversity in the us ...,
How is the appointment process in...
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Comparing the independence of the supreme courts (US) 4.6
What is imperative when performin...,
What are judges immune to when su...,
How is judicial independence show...
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Comparing the independence of the supreme courts (UK) 4.6
What was a role which hindered ju...,
How did the constitutional reform...,
What is the role of the attorney ...
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comparing the protection of rights (US & UK) 4.6
Where are civil rights seen in th...,
When did executive orders protect...,
When did executive orders fail to...
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Effectiveness of interest groups in the protection of rights in the US 4.6
How did interests groups influenc...,
How have interest groups protecte...,
Amicus curiae briefs 3
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Effectiveness of interest groups in the protection of rights in the UK 4.6
When do interest groups play a cr...,
Who is liberty and why are they i...,
Liberty s role in recent decades 3
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The extent to which rational approaches (UK and US) 4.6
What guides justices in both the ...,
How do individual voting preferen...,
Where is judicial politicisation ...
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The extent to which cultural approaches (UK and US) 4.6
How old is the us supreme court c...,
Since which case is the us suprem...,
How does the us supreme court inf...
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The extent to which structural approaches (UK and US) 4.6
How is the appointment process of...,
How is the appointment process of...,
How does the us constitution impa...
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Elections 5.1
What is the frequency of presiden...,
When was the first presidential e...,
What happens if a president dies ...
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Elections (invisible primaries) 5.1
What is the invisible primary 1,
How many distinct stages are ther...,
What are the constitutional quali...
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Elections (televised party debates) 5.1
What is the significance of early...,
How is support for a candidate pr...,
What types of polls may polling o...
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Primaries 5.1
Primaries functions 1,
Timing of primaries 2,
Types of primaries 3
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(Formal and Informal) Role of national party conventions 5.1
National party conventions timing...,
2020 conventions impact of covid ...,
Choosing the party s presidential...
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the electoral college 5.1
Electoral college meeting 1,
January 6 2021 2,
No absolute majority 3
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Campaign Finance 5.1
M 1,
Campaign finance reform 2,
Federal election campaign act fec...
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Ways in which elections have been reformed 5.1
Mccain feingold act 2002 1,
527 groups organisation 2,
Key provisions of the mccain fein...
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PACs and Super PACs 5.1
Citizens united v federal electio...,
Speechnoworg vs federal election ...,
Impact on mccain feingold act 3
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Super PACs in 2020 election 5.1
Super pacs in the 2020 election 1,
Negative campaigning 2,
Pro biden democrat super pacs 3
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fundraising since 2016 5.1
Increasing costs of us elections 1,
Election fundraising trump 2,
Election fundraising clinton 3
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does money influence elections DEBATE 5.1
Agree points for how money influe...,
Disagree points for how money inf...,
What is some key statistics you n...
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campaigning money (where does it go) 5.1
What are the three branches where...,
What needs to be taken care of in...,
What needs to be taken care in ad...
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incumbency in congressional elections 5.1
Re election rates 1,
Coattails effect 2,
2020 election insights 3
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Republicans 5.2
Key republican principles 1,
Conservative attitude on social i...,
Opposition to permissiveness 3
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Democrats 5.2
Key democrat principles 1,
Progressive attitudes 2,
Civil rights acts 3
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Democratic factions 5.3
What are the three democratic fac...,
What rights do liberal democrats ...,
What do liberals believe about th...
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Republican factions 5.3
What are the three republican fac...,
What do moderates believe about t...,
What do moderates believe in whic...
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Interest groups 5.4
What are interests groups 1,
What is pluralism 2,
What is elitism 3
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Evaluating the influence, methods and power of interest groups 5.3
What three pressure groups are we...,
Who is the most left wing out of ...,
When was moveon established and w...
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Advantages and disadvantages of the invisible primaries in the USA 5.3
What are the advantages of the in...,
How is name recognition money an ...,
How is testing the best candidate...
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Advantages and disadvantages of the primaries and caucuses in the USA 5.3
What are the advantages of primar...,
How is open and closed primaries ...,
How is front loading an advantage...
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Advanatges and disadvantages of nation party conventions 5.3
What are the advantages of the na...,
How is media representation an ad...,
How is leadership and party unity...
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Advantages and disadvantages of the electoral system 5.3
What are the advantages of the el...,
How is state sovereignty and indi...,
How is two party system an advant...
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reforms to the electoral system 5.4
What are the three electoral syst...,
What are the advantages of a popu...,
What are the disadvantages of a p...
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structure of congress 2.1
How could congress be defined as ...,
When does a new midterm election ...,
What are the four enumerated powe...
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exclusive powers of congress 2.1
What are three things the house a...,
Explain more in detail about impe...,
Explain more in detail about elec...
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the functions of congress 2.2
What is a good aspect about the f...,
What electoral system do they use...,
What election can happen before a...
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incumbency in congress 2.2
What is the average incumbency ra...,
What are 4 factors for why the in...,
How has use of office affected th...
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factors affecting voting behaviour within Congress 2.2
What are the four factors which a...,
How does public opinion constitue...,
How does party party leaders affe...
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the legislative function 2.2
What are the 4 key functions of t...,
How is initiation a key function ...,
How is compromise a key function ...
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the legislative process in the US 2.2
What are the 4 stages which a bil...,
Go into detail about the initiati...,
Go into detail about the debate a...
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Some differences in legislation between House and Senate 2.2
What does a rules committee in co...,
Who controls the rules committee 2,
What is a closed rule 3
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checks and their effectiveness 2.2
What are checks which the legisla...,
What are checks which the senate ...,
What are checks which the congres...
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partisanship 2.3
Divided government 1,
Unified government 2,
What are the implications of a di...
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congress and representation 2.3
What is the difference between de...,
What are the arguments as to why ...,
What are the arguments as to why ...
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head of state/government 3.1
What does article 2 section 1 say...,
What are the president s diplomat...,
What should the president do duri...
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Informal sources of presidential power and their use 3.2
Informal powers 1,
Electorate mandate 2,
What percentage of the popular di...
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the cabinet 3.2
What does the cabinet consist of 1,
What does the cabinet act as for ...,
Why is the involvement of the cab...
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powers of persuasion 3.2
Powers of persuasion 1,
What is exop informally called 2,
What are the five roles of exop 3
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OMB / NSC / WHO 3.2
What is the nsc 1,
When was the nsc created 2,
What is the nsc primary function ...
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presidential-congressional relations 3.3
What are three limits to congress...,
How comes the president seems to ...,
What are ways in which the presid...
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presidential-judicial relations 3.3
What is the main power which the ...,
Who did trump appoint in his firs...,
How is the power of the president...
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How effectively have presidents since 1992 achieved their aims 3.4
Clinton presidency s policy aims 1,
How did clinton s reducing budget...,
How did clinton s health care ref...
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imperial presidency 3.4
How are executive order a sign of...,
How are signing statement a sign ...,
How are executive agreement a sig...
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role and power of the president in foreign policy 3.3
Imperilled presidency 1,
What are the constitutional presi...,
What are the constitutional presi...
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