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For your Final Exam review the following:
Natural Rights Republic Democracy Checks and balances Separation of Power Who has veto power (Pres & Congress) Know legislative, Presidential and pocket vetos Who can override a veto, How? Who enters into treaties? Who ratifies treaties? What does it take to ratify a treaty? Who appoints federal judges and ambassadors? Who confirms? What does it take to confirm an appointment? John Locke and Thomas Jefferson's views on natural law and natural rights The Constitution: what it does, how we got it, when we got it. ( 9/17/1787) Article I, II and III the duties and responsibilities and powers conveyed by these Articles Powers of Congress, the President and the Judicary Requirements and term in office to serve as a Congressman/woman, a Senator and the President, Judges Duties and nature of the Senate and House of Representatives Duties of the Speaker of the House and President What is a filibuster, who does it, how do you stop it What are duties of federal judges, who appoints them, who confirms them, what is their term Federalism - what is it, where do we find it in the Constitution and what does it do What are implied powers, where are they found and what do they do What are enumerated powers, where are they found and what do they authorize Necessary and proper clause, what is it, where is it Elastic clause, what is it, where is it Full faith and credit clause what is it where is it Privileges and immunities clause what is it where is it Supremacy clause what is it where is it Bill of Rights what is it where do you find it when did it become part of the constitution Selective incorporation, what is it, what does it do, where do we get it Know the Amendments in the Bill of Rights and what they say Establishment clause Free Exercise clause Freedom of Assembly Symbolic speech Civil Liberties - Know the 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th and 10th Amendments Understand double jeopardy Voting Rights Act of 1965 Civil Rights Act of 1964 Americans with Disabilities Act Dred Scott decision overruled by what amendment( hint: 13th) Plessy v. Ferguson overruled by what case (Brown v. Bd of Ed) Classifications of race, gender and age, (relationship to 14th Amendment & Equal Protection) Separation of church and state what is it, where is it in the Constitution (hint: it's not!!!) Understand entrapment Understand probable cause Understand the exclusionary rule Understand the rights protected by the Miranda warning Equal protection-what it is, where it is in the Constitution Due Process-what it is, where it is in the Constitution Know the 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 10th, 13th, 14th,15th,19th, 20th, 22nd, 24th, 25th and 26th Amendments (and when ratified) Judicial review -(Marburry v. Madison) Understand judicial restraint and judicial activism Understand precedents, stare decisis, Understand political question Know the "Rule of Four" What is a judge's role Know how many justices are on the supreme court and who is Chief Justice Know the majority and minority leaders in the House of Representatives and the Senate Know the Speaker of the House (required by what Article in the Constitution), how he gets to be Speaker, and the Article which makes him 2nd in line to be Pres. Know our Sec of State and Defense, the Vice President Understand the 1st amendment, its protections and the expression not protected by it Be able to define prior restraint Be able to explain the Madisonian Model and identify its components Know selective incorporation, what it is what it does how we got it Know what form of government we have Understand checks and balances and separation of powers Know who the Federalists are, what they did and why Judicial review - what it is, what it does, where it came from Caucus Cabinet Terms in office of House of Representatives, Senate, President and federal judges Impeachment-what it is, who does it, how it's done and who can be impeached What are the impeachable offenses Treaties, what are they who does them who approves them What is a veto, who has veto power, who overrides a veto, and how is it overridden Constitutional amendments how are they done - by whom know the process precedent stare decisis pluralism hyper pluralism Declaration of Independence what is it, who wrote it when, why John Locke and Thomas Jefferson what theory do they share consent of the governed limited government Articles of Confederation what are they, what happened with them, New Jersey, Virginia and Connecticut Plans
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