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POS1041
Final Exam test 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a bureaucrat | A career govenment employee |
| How does a bureaucracy operate | Through impersonal, uniform rules and procedures |
| How does an independent regulatory commission differ from a government department | It has regulatory power and its independence is protected |
| Which government agency had the largest budget | Health and Human Service |
| What are independent agencies | Agencies independent of a department (CIA) |
| What are the major agencies of the executive branch called | Departments, Independent agencies, Independent Regulatory agencies and Government Corpations |
| Who appoints members to independent regulatory commissions | The president |
| What is a govenment corporation | An entity intended to make money (USPS)post office |
| Who has to approve the president's cabinet | The Senate |
| What is the civil service | Federal employees who work for the government through a competitive, not political selection |
| How does the merit system works | Selection and promotion depend on demostrated performance rather than political patronage |
| What is the mission of the Merit Systems Protection Board | An independent agency that oversees and protects merit in the federal government personel system |
| How long do the Presidential appointees serve | Presidential term mostly |
| What did the Hatch Act provide for | Makes it illegal to fire employees for political reason |
| What was the Pendleton Act | A law that puts end to spoils system |
| How does a rule differ from a law | A rule is a precise statment of how a law should be implemented |
| How does a new President view the bureaucracy | Something he can improve |
| What is the difference between criminal law and civil law | Criminal law crimes aganist public order. Civil law crimes against individual |
| What is a plea bargain | Agreement between a prosecutor and a defendant that that defendant will plea guilty to a lesser charge to avoid having a trail |
| How does civil law work | Law that governs relationship between individuals |
| What is the Solicitor General's job | Representing the United States in cases before the Supreme Court |
| How does the public defender system works | Public officials hired to provide legal assistance to people accused of crimes that can not afford an attorney |
| What is an adversary system of justice | Court is a neutral referee |
| What is appellate jurisdiction | Authority of a court to review decision made by lower court |
| What is orginal jurisdiction | Authority of a court to hear a case in the first instance |
| What is writ of habeas corpus | A court oder requiring explatation to a judge why a prisoner is being held in custody |
| What are the levels of the federal courts systems | District, Circuit, Appeal, Supreme Court |
| How does an attorney bring a case to the Supreme Court | Files a writ of certiorari |
| What does stare decisis mean | The rule of precedent |
| What is the due process clause and what is its importance in the law | 14th ademendment- states cannot abridge the 1st amendment freedom |
| What was the intent fo the Bill of Rights | Limit power of the national government |
| What is the clear and present danger test | Interpretation of the 1st amendment, government cannot interfere with speech unless the action that will come of such speech leads to evil or illegal acts |
| What is the difference between libel and slander | Libel is written defamation; slander is spoken |
| What are "fighting words" | Words that incite violence |
| What is the "establishment clause" | It guarantees seperation of church and states, no government should sponser,financial support or get involved in religious matters |
| How did Justice Holmes view the clear and present danger test | Government can restrict speech only if it presented an immediate danger; is inflammatory in nature. Ex: don't shut fire when there is no fire |
| How does eminent domain work | Government ability to take privateproperty for public use, with compensation |
| What is the exclusionary rule of evidence | Evidence obtained unconstitutionally or illegally be excluded from trail |
| How is an impartial selected | Impartial jury must represent a fair cross section of the community |
| What is important about the Brown v. Board of education of Topeka | Prohibited racially segregated public school and lead to the destruction of state level devices that were used to prevent Aferican American from voting |
| How did Dr. Martin Luter King, Jr., work to achieve racial quality | Nonviolent resistance |
| What year women were allowed to vote | 1920 |
| What was the most frequent method used by Aferican American to secure their rights before World war 2 | Litigation |
| Where do most Hispanic Americans live | California and Texas |
| Which modern Presidnet was most supportive of civil rights | Johnson |
| What was said in the I have A Dream speech | Civil rights' racial equality and peace would be the norm in The Uited States |
| What is the equal protection clause | 14th amendment forbids states from denying any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the law |
| What is fundamental rights | Human rights they do not depend on citizenship or government |
| What was decided in Plessey v. Ferguson | Seperate but equal was legal resulated in segregation of public spaces |
| What is the doctrine of seperate but equal | You could have seperate facilities for the races so long as they were equal |
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