Your Final Exam test is first thing tomorrow morning. Review in you Patterson text First Amendment issues -- we will hit them the week we get back from break.
60 multiple choice (45 min.); 1 of 4 free response (25 min.)
Free Response:
Media Coverage of Campaigns
Interest groups and policymaking institutions
Congressional oversight of federal bureaucracy
Budget/Policy barriers
Multiple Choice:
Constitutional principles
Checks & balances
Judicial review
Separation of powers
Federalism
Popular sovereignty
Limited government
Political Parties, Campaigns & Voting Behavior
Political ideologies
Voting behavior (influences on)
Political socialization
Voter turnout
Electoral college
Primaries (open, blanket, closed, runoff)
Special interest groups/PACs/lobbyists
Media coverage
Critical elections
Congress
Committees
Conference committees
Key pieces of legislation
Incumbent advantage
Rules
Presidential removal
Apportionment, Reapportionment, Gerrymandering
Authorization of spending (oversight of bureaucrac
Legislative process
Presidency
Role
Constitutional Powers
Nominating Process
Powers (Increase of: “Imperial Presidency”)
War Powers Resolution
Line-Item veto ()why the president doesn't have it, and many governors do)
Cabinet
Appointment of Federal Judges
Vice-President (what presidential candidates look for in a running mate)
Reagan legacy (from a chart)
The Judiciary
Tenure
Caseload
Strict v. loose constructionalist
Landmark cases: McCullough v. Maryland, Grisswold v. Connecticut, Roe v. Wade, Marbury v. Madison, Brown v. Board of Education, Miranda v. Arizona.
Warren Court (from a political cartoon)
Dual court system: Federal/State, Criminal/Civil
Misc (Bureaucracy, 1st Amendment: free exercise, establishment clause; freedom of expression, symbolic speech; exclusionary rule, Miranda warnings, Civil Rights Act of 1964, 14th Amendment “Modifying Clause” reserved powers
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