Test 3: POLS
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- the court can strike down laws of the national government
- Power of Judicial Review
- what allows the supreme court to determine if a law is in accord with the constitution
- Judicial Review
- Court case that established Judicial Review in 1803
- Marbury vs. madison
- power to determine what the law really means
- Statutory construction
- they determine if the law is being carried out in the way congress intended it to be
- Statutory construction
- list 6 Limitations on the Judiciary
- passive institution, Appointment and Confirmation process, legislative power to remove apellate jurisdiciton, change number of members, ammendments of the constitution, Revise legislation
- court hears the actual facts of the case
- original jurisdiction
- court reviews the ruling of a case
- apellate jurisdiction
- court that doesn't view a guilty or innocent charge, but whether the lower level court judge performed all procedures correctly and carried out due process.
- Apellate
- what can the legislative AND exec branches do to limit Judiciary by decreasing the power of the justices
- add justices
- What drastically affects decisions made by the Supreme Court?
- Public Opinion
- True or False: Supreme Court rarely rules against the overwhelming majority
- True
- What is the "Marble Temple"
- Supreme Court
- what is the least democratic branch in that the people don't have direct say in the rulings
- Supreme Court
- The Supreme Court is ___ ___ than the other branches b/c opinions of court are made public immediately after decisions are made
- less secret
- How many cases does the supr. court hear per yr.
- 5000
- How long does a lawyer in the court have to prove his point?
- 30 minutes
- Societal Attitude is important to a justice's opinion. T or F
- False
- what percent of the cases entering the supr. court have already been decided?
- 99%
- During what months are there no arguments accepted?
- May and June
- How many of the 9 justices must agree to hear a case?
- 4
- These are submitted by someone not involved in a case, but is interested in the outcome
- Amicus Briefs "friend of the court"
- _____ _____ is a private meeting where the nine justices formulate their decisions.
- Private Voting
- The common core of beliefs and values in the U.S.
- Political Culture
- We live in a society that is individualistic and liberal. T or F.
- True
- view of gov't meaning we prefer to have a limited gov't.
- Individualistic/Liberal
- Describes how we want citizens to be responsible for their own well being and we want limited provisions of welfare
- Individualistic/Liberal
- Describes how we want gov't to be restrained. Americans are suspicious of gov't power. Also, we are dubious of gov't competency
- Individualistic/ Liberal View
- belief that gov't cannot do anything quickly or well.
- dubious on gov't competency
- T or F. There is tension between individualism and equality
- True
- List the two types of judicial interpretations
- constitutional and statutory. AKA Judicial Review and Statutory construction
- Which type of judicial interpretation is exposed to legislative review
- Statutory Construction/Interpretation
- Judicial review's power over states is legal because of...
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I. the logic of the supremacy clause.
II. the Judiciary Act of 1789 - what give's the judiciary the power to reverse state laws and state constitutions when they are clearly in conflict w/ the constitution.
- Judiciary Act of 1789
- this Act gives the Supreme court jurisdiction over all cases handled by all the American courts, a power known as ______ _______
- Judiciary Act of 1789 // Judicial Review
- List the 3 common fundamental values shared by Americans
- Equality of opportunity, individual freedom, and democracy
- the shared idea that all have the freedom to use whatever talents and wealth they have to reach their fullest potential
- Equality of Opportunity: All individuals should be allowed to seek perosnal and material success, but by working for it, not inheriting it
- This is where Everyone has the same income and the same resources available to them.
- Equality of Condition: outcomes are the same
- Americans agree with Equality of Condition. t or f?
- False. Americans believe most adults that are healthy should take care of themselves. they shouldn't need handouts from the gov't.
- belief that race, gender, etc. shouldn't be taken into account. Also effort should determine grades/salary.
- Equality of Opportunity: outcomes may differ/ everyone shouldn't get the same amount of compensation.
- The political culture of the US is _________
- Atypical
- Compared to other cultures, Americans (do, do not)believe the gov't should very active in our everyday lives
- Do Not
- People in the U.S. are more individualistic than other countries. T or F.
- True
- T or F. Low income Americans are more individualistic than High income people in other countries.
- True
- Americans believe that if the gov't is refuses to or is slow to act, then we should not rely on it-- we should rely only on ourself. This belief exhibits what reason for our individualistic culture
- Gridlock: the gov't is slow to act or doesn't act.
- Why do we have a liberal/ individualistic culture
- America's lack of feudal tradition, Gridlock, Immigrants are diff. than the people who stayed behind., and political socialization
- Immigrants that come here learn that individualism is good and that American politics are good. This is an example of _________ ___________
- political socialization
- process by which we aquire our knowledge and beliefs about politics
- political socialization
- most important agent of Political Socialization
- Family: children usually take their parent's political beliefs
- If a childs parents have different political beliefs, which parent will the child most likely go with.
- mom because spends more time with mom.
- List 3 groups of political socialization
- Family, schools, Peer groups
- List the two types of political socialization
- Explicit, Implicit
- intentional or direct political socialization
- Explicit
- How informed is the American public
- VERY ill informed
- What agent of socialization is known as the "catch all category"?
- Peer groups: This is a very broad category-- media, talking, watching telivision, etc.
- list 4 ways to measure public opinion
- popcorn boxes, rallies for candidates, public opinion sureys, telephone call-in polls.
- why is the popcorn method a non-representative sample?
- results based on only movie-goers. Children choose different animals, people that smuggle their own popcorn aren't represented, and frequency of going to movies varies with age.
- List 4 methods of interviewing.
- internet, telephone, mail, in person
- gender gap
- pattern of voting behavior reflecting the differences in the views/opinions bt/w men and women
- why does ill question construction cause people to feel the need to lie?
- people want to give sociable acceptable answers,
- List 5 categories of Question construction.
- neutral wording, include only one topic, should have Balanced Categories, Party Identification
- List three things that can mislead a person in a poll/survey
- question ordering, question wording, and survey administration
- 5 ways an interviewer can effect answers
- Explanations, Showing approval or disapproval after answers given, Appearance of interviewer, Gender, Race
- Impression conveyed by polls that something is important to the public when actually it is not.
- Illusion of saliency
- what are the four stages of electing the president?
- prenomination, nat'l convention, gen'l election, electoral college.