POLS 2302 Exam 2 - Lamar University
Appropiations - ✔️✔️Money that Congress has allocated to be spent for a specific
reason.
Redistricting - ✔️✔️The redrawing of the lines of Congressional districts.
Filibuster - ✔️✔️Continuous talking by a senator, so a bill can die.
Due Process Clause - ✔️✔️Guaranteed rights that come from the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 8th
amendment when you are convicted.
Commerce Clause - ✔️✔️Congress has the power to regulate commerce between
foreign nations, states, and Indian tribes.
Necessary and Proper Clause - ✔️✔️Congress has the authority to make laws
necessary and proper to an expressed power; Sets forth implied powers.
No Prior Restraint - ✔️✔️Effort by the government to block publication of something in
the press.
Selective Incorporation - ✔️✔️Courts use 14th amendment to ensure Bill of Rights
becomes applicable to the states.
Selective incorporation is based on which amendment? - ✔️✔️14th Amendment.
Establishment Clause - ✔️✔️Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment
of religion and should be separate between church and state.
Free Exercise Clause - ✔️✔️You may practice whatever religion you want, if you
choose to do so, and the government may not prohibit this.
Clear and Present Danger Test - ✔️✔️There are limits on free speech if it presents a
clear or present danger to the public, or leads to illegal action.
Congressional Oversight - ✔️✔️Effort by congress to oversee or exercise control over
the executive branch.
Logrolling - ✔️✔️A voting agreement by two or more congressman to support each
others bills.
, Compelling State Interest Test - ✔️✔️Before government can deny freedom of religion
or show preferential treatment toward any group, it must prove that it has a compelling
public purpose in doing so.
Roth Test - ✔️✔️Redefined the Constitutional test for determining what constitutes
obscene material unprotected by the First Amendment.
Expressed Powers - ✔️✔️Powers that are expressed in the constitution.
Implied Powers - ✔️✔️The interpretation that these powers are stemmed from
expressed powers; Not written in constitution.
Delegated Powers - ✔️✔️Powers in the constitution that are specifically granted to the
federal government.
Reserved Powers - ✔️✔️Powers that are not given to the federal government and are
given to the states.
10th Amendment - ✔️✔️Any power not given to national government is reserved to the
states and is known as reserved powers.
Bicameralism - ✔️✔️Two chambers of Congress.
Pork Barreling - ✔️✔️Government funding for a certain project in your district.
House Rules Committee - ✔️✔️An institution unique to the House of Representatives
that reviews all bills coming from a House committee before they go to the full house.
Strict Scrutiny - ✔️✔️A Supreme Court test to see if a law denies equal protection
because it does not serve a compelling state interest, is not narrowly tailored to fit
interest, and uses the least restrictive means. Toughest legal test.
Civil Rights Act of 1964 - ✔️✔️Outlawed discrimination based on race, religion, gender
regarding employment.
Standing Committee - ✔️✔️A permanent committee in Congress that oversees bills
that deal with certain kinds of issues.
Select Committee - ✔️✔️A temporary committee formed to study one specific issue
and report its findings to the Senate or the House.
Appropiations - ✔️✔️Money that Congress has allocated to be spent for a specific
reason.
Redistricting - ✔️✔️The redrawing of the lines of Congressional districts.
Filibuster - ✔️✔️Continuous talking by a senator, so a bill can die.
Due Process Clause - ✔️✔️Guaranteed rights that come from the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 8th
amendment when you are convicted.
Commerce Clause - ✔️✔️Congress has the power to regulate commerce between
foreign nations, states, and Indian tribes.
Necessary and Proper Clause - ✔️✔️Congress has the authority to make laws
necessary and proper to an expressed power; Sets forth implied powers.
No Prior Restraint - ✔️✔️Effort by the government to block publication of something in
the press.
Selective Incorporation - ✔️✔️Courts use 14th amendment to ensure Bill of Rights
becomes applicable to the states.
Selective incorporation is based on which amendment? - ✔️✔️14th Amendment.
Establishment Clause - ✔️✔️Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment
of religion and should be separate between church and state.
Free Exercise Clause - ✔️✔️You may practice whatever religion you want, if you
choose to do so, and the government may not prohibit this.
Clear and Present Danger Test - ✔️✔️There are limits on free speech if it presents a
clear or present danger to the public, or leads to illegal action.
Congressional Oversight - ✔️✔️Effort by congress to oversee or exercise control over
the executive branch.
Logrolling - ✔️✔️A voting agreement by two or more congressman to support each
others bills.
, Compelling State Interest Test - ✔️✔️Before government can deny freedom of religion
or show preferential treatment toward any group, it must prove that it has a compelling
public purpose in doing so.
Roth Test - ✔️✔️Redefined the Constitutional test for determining what constitutes
obscene material unprotected by the First Amendment.
Expressed Powers - ✔️✔️Powers that are expressed in the constitution.
Implied Powers - ✔️✔️The interpretation that these powers are stemmed from
expressed powers; Not written in constitution.
Delegated Powers - ✔️✔️Powers in the constitution that are specifically granted to the
federal government.
Reserved Powers - ✔️✔️Powers that are not given to the federal government and are
given to the states.
10th Amendment - ✔️✔️Any power not given to national government is reserved to the
states and is known as reserved powers.
Bicameralism - ✔️✔️Two chambers of Congress.
Pork Barreling - ✔️✔️Government funding for a certain project in your district.
House Rules Committee - ✔️✔️An institution unique to the House of Representatives
that reviews all bills coming from a House committee before they go to the full house.
Strict Scrutiny - ✔️✔️A Supreme Court test to see if a law denies equal protection
because it does not serve a compelling state interest, is not narrowly tailored to fit
interest, and uses the least restrictive means. Toughest legal test.
Civil Rights Act of 1964 - ✔️✔️Outlawed discrimination based on race, religion, gender
regarding employment.
Standing Committee - ✔️✔️A permanent committee in Congress that oversees bills
that deal with certain kinds of issues.
Select Committee - ✔️✔️A temporary committee formed to study one specific issue
and report its findings to the Senate or the House.
