Government Exam Review Flashcards
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Implied powers
Powers the government required to carry out its expressed constitutional powers; found in the elastic clause
Grand jury
Group that hears charges against a suspect and decides whether there is sufficient evidence to bring the person to trial; issues indictments
Magna Carta
Limited the power of the king
Organization of the Constitution
1) Preamble
2) 7 Articles
3) 27 Amendments
Lemon Test
Test used to see if there is a violation of the establishment clause;
1) does it have a clear secular nonreligious purpose?
2) does it neither inhibit nor advance religion?
3) does it avoid accessible government entanglement with religion?
Presiding officer of the Senate
Vice President
Privileges and Immunities Clause
Article IV; prevents states from discriminating against other states citizen
Protected speech
Unpopular speech, pure speech, symbolic speech
Reprieve
Postponement of legal punishment/sentence
Rider
A provision included in a bill in the subject other than the one covered in the bill (unrelated to main focus of the bill)
Sedition
Trying to overthrow the government
What are the six basic principles of the constitution and what are examples of each of them?
1) Popular Sovereignty: authority gets power from the people / Ex. Elections
2) Federalism: state and federal governments share power / Ex. full faith and credit clause, separation between federal and state, 10th Amendment
3) Separation of powers: keeps one branch from gaining too much power / Ex. 3 different branches with different responsibilities
4) Checks and Balances: allows each branch to have some control over/within the others / Ex. Supreme Court can declare a law unconstitutional, power to impeach, presidential veto
5) Judicial Review: allows courts to declare a law invalid if it’s not in the Constitution / Ex. Marbury v. Madison
6) Limited Government: the government only has certain power or control over things appointed to them / Ex. Bill of Rights
Speaker of the house
Preside over the House of Representatives; third in line for presidency; elected by House of Representatives
State of the Union Address
Once a year given by the President to Congress; required
Sunset laws
A law that requires periodic checks of laws or of government agencies to see if they are still needed; time limit placed on a bill
Amendment process
2/3 for proposal by Congress, 3/4 for ratification by states
Articles of the Constitution
Article 1: legislative branch
Article 2: executive branch
Article 3: judicial branch
Declaration of Independence
Social contract theory and a list of how the king was following it
Theocracy
God-centered government
Marbury v. Madison
Established judicial review
MacCullough v. Maryland
Federal supremacy
Gibbons v. Ogden
Interstate commerce
Plessy v. Ferguson
Ruled “separate but equal” okay
Brown v. Board of Education
Ruled “separate but equal” not okay
