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02/27/2009

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Liberty
Definition
People should be free to act as they wish
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authority
Definition
Right to make binding decisions
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Individualism
Definition
People should succeed of fail on their own
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policy
Definition
broad course of government action
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Capitalism
Definition
Government should stay out of the economy
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diversity
Definition
differences are a source of strength
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constitutionalism
Definition
government power is limited
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habits of the heart
Definition
Deep seated beliefs of a people
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Elitism
Definition
Power is wielded by a few people
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Power
Definition
ability to control policy decisions
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Unity
Definition
Americans are one people
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Pluralism
Definition
society's interests are represented by groups
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Equality
Definition
all people have moral worth
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majoritarianism
Definition
decisions are determined by popular vote
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aristotles six fold classifications of government
Definition
Good Gov't: Aristocracy, Monarchy, Democracy
BAD: Tyranny, Anarchy, Oligarchy
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Block Grant
Definition
Grants that let states decide how to spend money
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elastic clause
Definition
congress can made necessary and proper laws
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categorical grant
Definition
congress prescribes how states spend grant money
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supremacy clause
Definition
national law is superior to state law
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devolution
Definition
giving powers back to the states
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gibbons vs Ogden
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congress can regulate commerce
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Federalism
Definition
authority is divided between two levels of gov't
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dred scott case
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congress could not outlaw slavery justice Tawny
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implied powers
Definition
national gov't can do things not expressly in constitution
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Owen Roberts
Definition
switch that saved nine
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reserved powers
Definition
powers granted to the states by the constitution
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John C. Calhoun
Definition
Proponent of nullification
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confederacy
Definition
Government system in which the states rule
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Plessy v Ferguson
Definition
Separate equal affirmed
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Enumerated Powers
Definition
Powers specifically granted to national government by the constitution
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Sandra day o Connor
Definition
1st woman supreme court justice
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Judicial restraint
Definition
judiciary should respect previous decisions
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Brown v. board of education
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no school segregation
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Thurgood Marshall
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1st Black supreme court justice
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Bush v Gore
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Supreme Court picks president
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Owen Roberts
Definition
switch that saved nine
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Gideon v wainwright
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Right to lawyer in felony cases
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Roe v wade
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Abortion legal in first trimester
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judicial review
Definition
courts determine constitutionality
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precedent
Definition
previous court decisions
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Judicial activism
Definition
Judiciary should develop new principles
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facts of a case
Definition
relevant circumstance of a legal dispute
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huttto v. davis
Definition
Lower federal courts must follow Supreme Court
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lawrence v texas
Definition
Sex between same sex couples okay
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Opinion
Definition
reasons behind a judicial decision
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Dred scott vs sanford
Definition
Slaves are not citizens
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John Roberts
Definition
Current cheif justice
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Faragher v. City of Boca Raton
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no sexual harrassment in work place
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kimel v Florida Board of regents
Definition
age discrimination can be legal
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writ of certiori
Definition
Permission the to bring matter before court
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Symbolic speech
Definition
Flag burning is okay
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Brandenburg v. Ohio
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Violent speech protected
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Ny times v US
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no prior restraint of press
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Near v Minnesota
Definition
Nasty, racist publications are okay
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Exclusionary rule
Definition
illegally Obtained evidence cant be used
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Johnson v Texas
Definition
action which expresses a political opinion flag burning
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Lawrence v texas
Definition
Homosexual acts cant be forbidden
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Libel
Definition
Writing lies about someone
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Reno V ACLU
Definition
Porn on the internet is Okay
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14th amendment
Definition
Equal protection to all persons guaranteed
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Mapp v Ohio
Definition
EXTENDED on Exclusionary rule
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Gideon v Wainright
Definition
Felony suspects must have a lawyer
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Engel v. Vitale
Definition
No prayer in public schools
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zelman v. Simmons Harris
Definition
School vouchers okay for religious schools
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Slander
Definition
Speaking lies about someone
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NY Times v. Sullivan
Definition
Libel of public official requires malice
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Hamdi v Rumsfeld
Definition
Terrorists have rights
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Schenck v. US
Definition
Cant yell fire in crowd
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Connecticut v Griswold
Definition
established the right to privacy, Women could use prescribed contraceptives
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Anti federalists
Definition
Opponents of the constitution
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John Marshall
Definition
Chief Justice of the supreme Court
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John Locke
Definition
Two treatises on Government
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Great compromise
Definition
Created bicameral legislature
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Judicial review
Definition
courts can determine constitutionality
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Thomas Hobbes
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Leviathan
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Thomas Jefferson
Definition
Declaration of Independence
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Daniel Shays
Definition
Leader of Massachusetts tax rebellion
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Articles of Confederation
Definition
First Government of the U.S.
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checks and balances
Definition
using gov't to control gov't
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Adam Smith
Definition
wealth of nations
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David Hume
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A Treatise on Human Nature
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Baron De Montesquieu
Definition
Spirit of the laws
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