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Bueracracy |
Comprised of cabnits, independent executive agencies, independedn regulatory agencies, and government corperations |
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Cabnits |
15 of them, ex DOD department of defense Attorney general leads department of justice, all others led by secrataries |
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Independent executive agencies |
Created by congress for specific purpose related to service rather than regulation. Ex CIA NASA |
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Independent regulatory agencies |
Created by congress to exist externally to gov and regulate specific activites. Ex FEC (federal election committee |
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Government corperations |
For profit. Ex AMTRAK, US postal service |
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Pendleton act |
Limit spoils system when you hire your suppporters once elected |
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Hatch act |
Restricts extent of polutical activity of federal bueracrats. Ex campaining in uniform |
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Capture |
When a buericratic entity forms a symbiotic relationship with a private interest group |
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Sunshine laws |
Laws requiring government afairs be held in public |
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De facto |
Of the fact |
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De jure |
By right, legally |
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13th amendment |
Section 1, no slaves except as punishment Section 2, congress can enforce |
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14th amendment |
Section 1, born in US you become a citizen and no state can deprive you of rights |
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15th amendment |
Section 1, cant descriminate on color for voting Gave them legal rights to vote but they were still restricted |
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Plessy vs ferguson |
SC set sepeate but equal precedent |
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Brown vs board of education |
SC ruled overturning plessy vs ferguson, making segregation in schools illegal |
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Civil rights act of 1964 |
Outlawed segregation in public spaces, title 7 prohibits discrimination by employersd. Established EEOC |
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EEOC |
Equal employment opportunity commision, charged with ending employnent discrimination. Unprotected classes are sexual orientation and lookism |
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Row vs. Wade |
SC established womens right to abortion |
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Mapp vs ohio |
SC to establish exclusionary rule, illegaly siezed material cant be used in court |
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Gideon vs wade wright |
SC that you will be provided with a lawyer |
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Escobedo vs illinois |
SC allowing lrime suspenct of a case assistance of council |
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Miranda vs arizona |
SC ruling saying people must be read their constitutional rights |
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Yellow journalism |
Oversimplification and sensationalism of news |
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Muckraking |
Newsspapers concerning government roform |
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Media biases |
Commercial bias, advertising has sway Political bias, network favors a political side Lookism bias, hot bitches |
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FCC |
Federal comminication commission. Regulatory agency for electronic airways |
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Solicitor general |
Justice department official who tepresents government |
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Supremecy clause |
Establishes constitution as law of the land |
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Distribution of powers between federal and state |
Federal: war, coin money, immigration, interstate and foreign policy, commerce State: education, local gov., marriage, voting, driving privledge Shared: taxes, courts, general wellfare, laws |
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Full faith and credit clause |
Makes all states recognize laws abd official documents of other states |
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Crossover sanctions |
Methof where federal government tries to influence state policy by linking it to federal funding |
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Crosscutting requirements |
Reqs for any city recieving funding such as not discriminating |
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Pre-emption |
Federal government overrides dtate law |
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Advantages of federalism |
Better suited for large diverse population, reduce threat of tyranny, laboratories of democracy |
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Disadvantages of federalism |
Ineffecient redundancies, diverse resources cause economic and educational inequalities between states, diverse laws create legal inequalities |
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Tiers of federal courts |
94 district courts, 13 circuits for us court of appeals, 1 SC with 9 members. 3 judges sit on circuit court of apeals, 9th is for ca |
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Marbury vs madison |
First case where SC used judicial review |
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Judicial review |
SC power to make a law unconstitutional |