A Quick Review Thru the U.S. GovernmentKnowing this will definitely help you out!
1/1/2018
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Foundations
[Line-item veto governors only]
Judicial Review-can declare laws
unconstitutional
Bill of Rights: 1. Freedom of Speech, Press, Religion 2. Right to bear arms.
4. No Search and Seizure
5. Rights of the Accused
6. Court Proceedings. Right to an Attorney
8. No Cruel or Unusual Punishment
10. Reserved Powers
Baker v. Carr (1962)
Title IX
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Federalism
right? Do we have a limited gov’t?
Supremacy Clause
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The Political Spectrum
Public policy vs. public opinion
Political socialization. Role of family?
Conservatives
Liberals
Democrats
Republicans
Scientific Polling/Random Samples
15th Amendment (1870) - African-American Vote
19th Amendment (1920) - Women Vote
23rd Amendment (1961) - D.C. Vote
Civil Rights Act of 1965 - Banned literacy tests
26th Amendment (1971) - 18 Year Olds
“Voting is for old people.”
Participation Linkage Institution
Litigate
Grandfather clauses
Poll Taxes
Literacy Tests
Split-ticket voting
Winner-take-all
“All voting is a sort of gaming,... I cast my vote,
perchance, as I think right; but I am not vitally
concerned that that right should prevail. I am willing
to leave it to the majority. Its obligation, therefore,
never exceeds that of expediency. Even voting for the
right is doing nothing for it. It is only expressing to
men feebly your desire that it should prevail...Cast
your whole vote, not a strip of paper merely, but your
whole influence.”
Political parties (different from Interest Groups) strengths and weaknesses
Party machine
Primary elections
Plurality elections
Winner-take-all elections
Winning Elections! Winning Elections!
Their most important commodity?
What protects them?
Winning nomination vs. Winning general election
Campaign tactics and strategies
Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act (2002)
Incumbent advantages
Approval Ratings
Constitutional powers of Congress
Congressional leadership positions: Speaker, Majority Leader, Whip
Congressional caucuses
Where is most of the work done in Congress? Committee Chairman?
Standing committees, Conference committees
Appropriations/Power of the Purse
Congressional staff
Discharge petition
Congressional ethics/corruption
Constituent Service
22nd Amendment
Institutionalized Presidency
Litmus Tests
Entitlement Programs
First Amendment
Federal
Bureaucracy
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Stevens would be replace by Elaina Kagan on the left
Supreme Court
Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
Roe v. Wade (1973)
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Brown v. Board of Education (1954). Note role played by commerce clause
Baker v. Carr (1962)
Dual Court System
Per Curiam Opinion