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MidTerm Flashcards

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Congress’ power should be limited (can’t have TOO much)

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Federalist #2

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by Madison; democracy won’t allow factions bc of diversity and size (good)

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Federalist #10

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by Madison; separation of powers needed because men are inherently bad

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Federalist #51

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by Madison; legislature; process of choosing officials in House of Reps by elections provides motivation to work hard

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Federalist #57

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Senate should be prestigious, wise ones while House of Reps are young bucks

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Federalist #63

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energy needed in executive branch to rule well, but not become a monarchy (energy derived from unity, duration, and support from the people)

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Federalist #70

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defending judiciary; judiciary is weakest branch unless connected with another branch; defending why judges have a lifetime term (free of distractions of election)

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Federalist #78

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by Brutus; Bill of Rights SHOULD exist to protect freedoms

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Antifederalist #2

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by Cato; refuted Madison’s Fed #10; thinks democracy will not work bc mini factions will cause chaos

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Antifederalist #3

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by Montezuma; satire from perspective of bigwigs who made it seem like they’d care for the country, but really they’d have all the power (aristocracy)

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Antifederalist #9

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America should interpret the Constitution by the spirit of the time, but it does have solid core values we should stick to

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Brennan

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the history surrounding Constitution is most necessary for interpretation; original intent

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Meese

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(B=BAD) all gov is demonic and evil, controlled by Satan; should not serve in military/government

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Boyd

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refutes Boyd because Satan is a liar and can’t be trusted when he says he controls government

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Grudem

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15
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3 kinds of justice:
1) General-what we owe to society as a whole
2) Commutative-between community members
3) Distributive-community distributes goods to members

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Aquinas

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16
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against socialism and for capitalism bc it’s better that not everyone is completely equal; administering money out during life is the best way to handle wealth; having some rich people is good

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Carnegie

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disagrees with Carnegie; believed Jesus was a warrior for economic justice and wants poor people to rule

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Rauschenbusch

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18
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2 kinds of liberty: natural (free to do whatever) and civil/federal (free to do whatever follows law; thinks Jesus supports)

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Winthrop

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City of God and City of man; united by all people needing worldly things to survive; Christians will be the best citizens if laws don’t violate beliefs

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Augustine

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20
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first Christian emperor

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Constantine

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21
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religious tolerance; there should not be a state religion

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Jefferson

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against moral instruction in schools because it’ll corrupt the religion and religious freedom

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Madison

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Christians are not winning against society in politics evangelically; culture is starting to change evangelicals; churches need to make a culture of their own

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Carl FH Henry

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24
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natural rights born in humans; majority determines choices of government; state of nature is missing an established law, an indifferent judge and power to execute the law; we give that up to have a good government, but certain ones must be defended OR ELSE the people can rebel

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Locke

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25
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anti-revolution; pastor; government is under God; disobeying government is disobeying God

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Boucher

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(MMMMMoney) Maryland wanted to tax national bank, but fed gov said NO

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McCullough v. Maryland

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27
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(Wwwwheat) Congress’ power to regulate commerce

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Wickard v. Filburn

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28
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British; representatives are elected to do what he thinks is best, not what the people say all the time

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Burke

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29
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Christians are subject to government because it’s from God and we need to submit to it

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Romans 13

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30
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God still used sinful govs to carry out his purpose

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Daniel, Habakkuk, Babylonians

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31
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Everyone’s wealth is equal

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socialism

32
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There is a law above kings

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Magna Carta

33
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Legislature-House of Reps, Senate

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Article 1 of Constitution

34
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Executive

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Article 2 of Constitution

35
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Judiciary

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Article 3 of Constitution

36
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Habeas Corpus (right to fair trial with evidence)-taken away by Lincoln during Civil War

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Article 1, Section 9

37
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Presidents have expanded power during emergency; Lincoln

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Prerogative theory

38
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President can do anything, unless it breaks the constitution

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stewardship theory

39
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president can ONLY do what Constitution says

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Whig Theory

40
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How long is the judiciaries’ terms?

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life

41
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authority of a court to hear an appeal from lower court

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appellate jurisdiction

42
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power of court to hear a case first, before any other court

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original jurisdiction

43
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(article 1, section 9) prerogative theory; why he broke Habeas Corpus during Civil War

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Lincoln’s Speech to Congress

44
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supreme court can make unconstitutional laws void

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Marbury v. Madison

45
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we are gonna commit suicide as a country if we don’t follow laws; America is a test to see if a democracy works

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Constitutional Republic by Lincoln

46
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Scripture teaches that we are free to disobey government whenever it forces us to sin.

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True

47
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Boyd (The Myth of a Christian Nation) believes governments are essentially under Satan’s power.

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True

48
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Grudem (Politics-According to the Bible) and Boyd (The Myth of a Christian Nation) largely agree on how government is portrayed in Scripture.

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False

49
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Scripture makes it clear that government’s authority comes from the consent of the governed.

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False

50
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Winthrop, in his “Little Speech on Liberty,” argues that our basic attitude toward those who lead us should be one of

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patience

51
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Winthrop’s “Little Speech on Liberty” stresses that those who serve in elected positions are fundamentally unlike those they represent

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False

52
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In his “Little Speech on Liberty”, John Winthrop argues that civil liberty is the natural ability to do whatever we wish and only rarely should government be able to limit this kind of liberty.

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False

53
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According to Scripture, Christians are required to obey government unless government forces us to sin.

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True

54
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Jefferson argues in the Declaration that citizens have the right to alter or abolish government when it fails to protect rights and liberties

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True

55
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Both Jefferson and Locke think popular consent is a fundamental aspect of good government

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True

56
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Locke believes that citizens give up no rights or powers when they enter into a governmental structure

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False

57
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Boucher (“On Civil Liberty…”) thinks a government seeking the public good must be based on the consent of the governed

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False

58
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The document explaining the ideas of the Constitution and urging its ratification is the

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Federalist Papers

59
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In Federalist #10, James Madison argued for what idea?

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government is most dangerous when a single group is powerful enough to gain full political control

60
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The principle of checks and balances, as discussed in Federalist #51, is based on the notion that…

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power and ambition must be used to offset power and ambition

61
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In Federalist 10, Madison argues that a successful government will heavily regulate people to limit their freedom to form groups

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False

62
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In Federalist 51, Madison suggests that human beings are “good” enough to be trusted with significant political power

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False

63
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Montezuma, in his satirical Anti-Federalist paper, argues that the new Constitution…

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is not democratic enough because only the House is popularly elected

64
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Cato, in his Anti-Federalist Paper, argues against ____ and his ____

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Madison; belief that America’s size and diversity would benefit the new government

65
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Brutus, in his Anti-Federalist paper, argues that the new Constitution should contain a bill of rights

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True

66
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Hamilton, in Federalist 78 believed the judiciary was the most dangerous branch of government

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False

67
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In Federalist 78, Hamilton argues it is up to all branches of government to interpret the Constitution as they see fit.

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False

68
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In Marbury, Marshall argues that in order to have limited government, laws that conflict with the Constitution must be struck down.

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True

69
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In Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court struck down a law passed by Congress.

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True

70
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Members of the Supreme Court hold their positions as long as they demonstrate “good behavior”, which generally means for life.

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True

71
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Justice Brennan (in his Speech to the Text and Teaching Symposium) thinks the Constitution is simply like other texts and should be treated as such.

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False

72
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Justice Brennan (in his Speech to the Text and Teaching Symposium) thinks the Constitution is a public text, and as such it should be interpreted, to a degree, in light of the public’s values

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True

73
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Brennan (in his Speech to the Text and teaching Symposium) thinks the Constitution contains no supreme or superior values. All values, he reasons, must be imported into the text.

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False

74
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Ed Meese (Speech to the Federalist Society) argues that the history surrounding the Constitution’s ratification is knowable and necessary for interpreting the document’s text

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True

75
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Ed Meese (in his Speech to the Federalist Society Lawyer’s Division) thinks judges (including members of the US Supreme Court) should make constitutional decisions based on how the Constitution was understood by those who wrote and ratified it as opposed to how we understand it from our perspective.

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True

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