Gov review (cardbox)

21 Karteikarten

• 1
  The framers held that the primary purpose of government is ...

  keep public order
• 2
  the 9th amendment protects...

  individual rights not enumerated in the constitution
• 3
  the supreme court has held that reporters...

  may be forced to reveal their sources under oath
• 4
  the purpose of the alien sedition act was to...

  stifle crisis of the government
• 5
  the right of freedom of petition is guaranteed by the what ...

  first amendment
• 6
  the free exercise clause gives people the right to?

  follow beliefs that do not violate social duties or subvert ...
• 7
  the government can limit free speech or free press if the ...

  libels or slanders another person
• 8
  the due process clause guarantees that...

  states will not deny people any basic or essential liberties
• 9
  type of government that possess only those powers given to ...

  limited government
• 10
  the majority of cases heard in the united states each year ...

  district courts
• 11
  Judges of the constitutional courts are appointed for how ...

  life
• 12
  district courts cover an assigned territory that is based ...

  state boundries
• 13
  cases brought before the courts of appeals are usually ...

  three
• 14
  The cases of Marbury V. Madison 1803 established what?

  the principle of Judicial Review
• 15
  The "rule of four" Concerns?

  how the supreme court decides which cases it will hear
• 16
  what does redress mean?

  the satisfaction of a claim
• 17
  territorial courts are comparable to....

  federal district courts
• 18
  what federal court exercises original and appellate ...

  the supreme court
• 19
  what courts hear the greatest number of cases?

  district courts
• 20
  each states presidential electors are chosen by:

  direct popular vote
• 21
  if the president does not agree with a federal law then

  he must carry it out but has some leeway in how strongly he ...