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the 14th amendment?
provided a way to apply the bills of rights to the states.
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in the 1944 case of smith v. alwright, the supreme court ruled the __ to be a violation of the 15th amendment?
-white primary
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in india dowry killing?
-is rarely prosecuted
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in Lemon v. Kurtzman the supreme court?
- -ruled that diret staate aid could not be used to
- subsidize religious instruction.
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The federal court dervieves its power from __ and is organized according to __ ?
-article 3 of the constitution, congressional legislation.
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under most state penal codes, traffic violations are classified as ?
-misdemeanors.
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Teaching Darwin's theory of evolution in the public schools?
-is often controversial because the theory is not accepted as true by many americans, especially in the "bible belt"
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Cruel and unusal punishment is prohibited by?
the 8th amendment.
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____ is the right to vote?
Suffrage.
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The authority of a court to hear and decide a particular class of cases is known as?
jurisdiction.
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Municipal courts were created to legally deal with cases involving?
-violations of city ordinances
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the miranda rule?
- - has been limited in recent years by a number of
- exceptions established by the supreme court
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in the 2003 decision of lawrence v texas, the supremem court?
-declared laws against sodomy between consenting adults in private unconstitutional.
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in the case of brown v board of edu of topeka the us supreme court held that?
-public school segregation of races violates the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment
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Most american law is based on ?
The english legal system.
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a procedure used by the supreme court to determine which case it will hear is called?
the rule of four.
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crimes committed by business professionals, such
as embezzlement and fraud are called?
white collar crimes.
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Campus Speech Codes?
- -have usually been ruled unconstitutional at states
- schools.
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in the us women gained the right to vote nationwide?
-after britain and canda but before japan and italy.
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A question that has to do with the us. constitution, acts of congress or treaties is known as ___ question?
Federal
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A formal question to the chair regarding parliamentary procedure is known as a ?
point of orders
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The political power of the Texas Lieutenant Governor is largely based on?
The rules of the texas senate
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case work is?
Constituent Service
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The Legislature may override a governor's veto by a ?
2/3rds vote of both houses.
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Money bills?
-must originate in the house
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a rule in the texas senate which allows a senator to halt consideration of a bill for 48 hours in called/
tagging
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texas state sneators are lected for a term of?
4 years.
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the enumerated powers of congress are powers?
-expressly give to that body in the constitution
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the authority to investigate and punsh violation
of texas ethics law is granted to the texas?
ethics commission
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the most important committees in congress are __ committies, permanent bodies that possess an
expertise resulting from their jurisdition over certain policy areas.
Standing
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In the texas senate a bill placed on the calendar solely to assure a 2/3rd votes on legislation is called a?
blockinng bill.
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A filibuster is ?
the use of the senate's tradition of unlimited debate as a delaying tactic to block a bill.
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texas legislature meets in regular session for?
140 days in odd years
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a committee action that tables
legislationk,effectively killing it is called/
Pigeonholing
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the allocation of seats in the house to each state after each census is known as?
reapportionment
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a member's request for a special appropriation for projects back home that are attached to a bill
to gain votes is known as an/
Earmarks.
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