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Federalist

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Advocate for a strong central government

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Anti-federalist

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Advocate for strong state governments

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The Great Compromise

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Bicameral legislature in congress (house: population, senate: regardless of population)

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Commerce Clause

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Article 1, section 8: regulate trade across state lines

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Full Faith and Credit Clause

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States must respect other states’ laws and court decisions

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Due Process

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Fair treatment through the judicial system

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Equal Protections Clause

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14th amendment, every citizen deserves equal protection under the law

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Concurrent powers

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Power shared by the federal and state governments

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Enumerated Powers

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Article 1, section 8: powers specifically listed to congress (collect taxes, coin money, declare war, etc)

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McCulloch v. Maryland

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State cannot tax federal bank: necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause

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Federalism

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A government where the power is split between federal and state governments

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Incumbents

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People who already hold office

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Prior restraint

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Government censorship (unconstitutional)

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Strict Scrutiny

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A test applied by the supreme court to test to see if a law is unconstitutional based on race

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Watchdog Journalism

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Informs the public, holds people in power accountable

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Investigative Journalism

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In depth reports of events

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Interest Groups

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Organizations of people who have common beliefs and goals for politics

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PACs

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Groups that raise money to give to candidates, public and non-profit

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Press Briefing

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A meeting called to inform the press about a certain topic (press secretary)

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Yellow Journalism

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News that is meant to catch people’s eye for drama not for accurate information

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Press Release

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Information distributed to the press or news

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Muckraking

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Journalism that exposes corrupt practices

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Narrowcasting

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Media aimed at a target audience

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Retrospective v. Prospective Judgement

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Voting on past actions vs promises for the future

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Lobbying
Activities that influence public officials and legislators to affect policies
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Electoral College
The system that uses 538 electors to vote for the president and vice president
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Habeas Corpus
Ensures that a convicted person gets due process of the law
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Writ of Certiorari
Supreme court grants a review for a case
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Supreme Court Justices
John Roberts, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, Elena Kagan, Ketanji Jackson, Sonia Sotomayor, Amy Barrett, Clarence Thomas
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Executive Orders
Orders the president puts out, no need for senate approval, used to control the bureaucracy
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Pork Barrel
Using government funds for projects to please legislators and voters to try to win votes
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Supremacy Clause
McCulloch v. Maryland: federal government above state
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Necessary and Proper Clause
Article 1, section 8: allows congress implied powers to carry out powers based on the constitution
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Bills of Attainder
Unconstitutional laws that have people detained without due process
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Line-Item Veto
President can veto part of a bill
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Ex Post Facto Laws
A law that punishes people for committing a crime when it was still legal
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Congressional oversight
Power of congress to oversee operations of other parts of the government
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Pendleton Act
Outlawed the spoils system
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Cloture
Senate vote to end a filibuster
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Treaties
Agreement between countries
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Concurring Opinions
Opinions that agree with the majority decision but for a different legal reason
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Stare Decisis
“Let the decision stand”: precedents
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Dissenting Opinions
Opinions that disagree with the majority opinion
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Hatch Act
Prohibited federal employees from working for a party or giving money
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Filibuster
Senate tactic to delay passing of a bill
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Apportionment
Follows the census and redistributes the house seats based on population
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Gerrymandering
Drawing of district boundaries to benefit a party
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Standing Committee
Establishes policies and provides legislative oversight, congress works in these
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Joint Committee
Contains both parts of congress
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Conference Committee
Discusses bills
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Select Committee
Temporary
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Court of Appeals
Hears appeals from lower courts
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Poll taxes
A fee that people had to pay to vote
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Seneca Falls Convention
First meeting that discussed women’s rights
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Standards of Review
Strict scrutiny (race), intermediate scrutiny (gender), rational basis (age, etc)
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Selective Incorporation
The process that introduces each amendment from the bill of rights into state governments
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Double Jeopardy
Punished for the same crime twice (unconstitutional, 5th amendment)
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Exclusionary Rule
Cannot use illegally obtained evidence in court, Mapp v. Ohio
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Free Exercise Clause
Prohibits government from interfering with religious practices
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Libel
Written defamation
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Slander
Spoken defamation
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Wisconsin v. Yoder
Amish case: free exercise clause protected
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Espionage Act
Punishes activity that could expose the military or cause harm to it
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Obscenity
Unprotected speech
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Fighting Words
Unprotected speech, incites violence
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Hate Speech
Protected speech, belittles a group of people
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Symbolic Speech
Protected speech, using actions other than words
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Federalist Papers
Collection of 85 articles in support of the constitution
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Declaration of Independence
July 4, 1776, declaring independence from Great Britain
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Shay’s Rebellion
Soldiers attempted to prevent farms from closing, proved the articles were weak because they didn’t have a militia
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Constitutional Convention
Meeting in 1787 to write the constitution
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Executive privilege
Power of the executive to withhold information
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Inherent powers
Like congressional implied powers but for the president
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Mercantilism
Promote nation’s prosperity through trading
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