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| due process and equal protection |
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| right to vote (race, religion, etc) |
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is a legislative maneuver in lawmaking that allows a president or other official with veto power effectively to exercise that power over a bill by taking no action
Congress is out of session for 10 days |
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| each legislation can check each other and keep one another in balance |
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Divided gov.
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| President making the laws and implementing them |
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| Teddy Roosevelt said that everywhere was a stage to make speeches and he began the Whistlestop tours |
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appointed by the President
cabinet secretaries(head executive departments) |
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responsible for implementing laws in specific areas
congress has the authority to create
once created, under the authority of the President
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spoils system
AKA
partronage system
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Jackson is the most egregious example
practice where a political party, after winning an election, gives government jobs to its voters as a reward for working towards victory, and as a incentive to keep working for the party |
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| a person who tells the public or someone in authority about alleged dishonest or illegal activities (misconduct) occurring in a government department or private company or organization |
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is a federal law intended to check the President's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of Congress
post Vietnam attempt to reign in |
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| authority to hear a case directly from the petitioning party |
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| authority to hear a case on appeals from the lower court |
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establishes judicial review; gives the judicial lots of power
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split bargaining between senatorial delegations
Senate gives approval to President's appointees
respect to judicial appointments |
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| request to review a case directly with the Supreme Court |
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| opinion of justice that disagrees with majority of opinion |
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| president gives mercy to crimes against US (save it for impeachment) |
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President forgives the offense altogether
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confirmed by the Senate 2/3 approval
Cabinet, Secretaries, Agency Heads, and Ambassadors |
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After the Civil War
States are under federal laws and have to follow Reconstruction laws |
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| presidents use these orders to execute policies in various ways against Congress |
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holy grail example
do something to you (burn at the stake) |
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| people decide if you are innocent or not |
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laws are based on precedences around opinions
Common Western Law |
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| expansion of national power |
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| criminal procedures guarantees of states |
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| Bill of Rights incorporated who's rights? |
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| States were incorporated into the Constitution through the Bill of Rights |
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they don't have original jurisdiction
"unanimous consent agreements" |
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equality achieved if results are comparable for all citizens regardless of race, gender
groups are proportionally represented |
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| equality of jury (justice) |
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| everyone should have an equal chance to succeed in life |
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| there is no discrimination at all |
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when judges are unelected and not accountable like the president and congress
acting against preferences of elected officials
biased in the court (opinionated) |
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| theory that encourages judges to limit their own opinion in court |
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| War that granted Texas freedom |
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| admitted into statehood as 28th on December 29th |
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| he pushes for admittance into the American Union because he feared Mexican attempts to annex Texas |
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Discovery of oil in 1901 (Beaumont)
Radical shift in Texas economy, and impact on nation and world |
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Populist movement in 1890s, which failed, but pushed Democrats to accommodate some of this platform
resolved issues the marketplace presented |
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| Forefront of solving issues; they brought forward monopolies and tenant farming |
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deals with energy now
Railroad commission established, regulation of monopolies, land ownership and stocks and bonds |
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push to expand roads and railroads
Race relations strained, particularly in East Texas, with Jim Crow laws enforced and KKK violence against African Americans |
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Quality of life ranking in Texas
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rivers- non navigational
push to expand roads and railroads |
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public goods
democrats and democracy |
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| vulnerable because they need it |
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private goods
authoritarian |
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| private goods are infeasible |
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| defensive marriage act-gays |
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| dispute between New York and New Jersey |
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Little Rock 9
Brown v. Board of Education |
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| politician- Lyndon Banes Johnson |
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