<p>Dude...earlier you wrote...</p>
<p>"Dennis v. US is about the overthrow of the government.</p>
<p>It ruled the Smith act unconstitutionals and ruled that one can advocate the overthrow of the gov't as long as they are not activly seeking a way to do so."</p>
<p>ya... but dude... then I found this</p>
<p>Yeh, w/e.</p>
<p>I have a review sheet with a list of important supreme court cases listed by category w/ short explanations and a list of important laws with my own explanations.</p>
<p>I'll swap for other good review material.</p>
<p>lol, chill kr0nnik
it's PR that's misleading</p>
<p>Can anyone give a brief description of each of the most important Federalist essays?</p>
<p>Is there a link to any released questions (multiple choice) from the actual College Board exams? Also, can anyone who has an actual College Board released exam booklet tell me what the cutoff is for a 4 and 5?</p>
<p>should we know all the amendments?</p>
<p>definently know all of the amendments, and you should be VERY familiar with the constitution. as far as federalist essays goes, the single most important was #10, written by Madison, which argued that factions will arise, but that no single faction will take control because power in the USA is too diluted. another fairly important one is either 54 or 57, i can't remember. either way, that one talks about good reasons why congress is bicameral vs unicameral: each house serves as a check on the other, one is more representative of the people (and thus more susceptible to being incompetent) while the other is not democratic, so only people of merit will be in it. Madison knew that congress was at that time the most powerful part of government so the split it two so that each half could check the other, making chances of tyranny by congress much less.</p>
<p>Hey can someone post the 2002 MC answers, just the letters.
I have the 1994 answers if someone needs those. and the PR's exams.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>kronnik: Fed. 10: factions are bad and contribute to tyanny; thusk a fedderalist government is essential in order to prevent an abuse of power by the majority
Fed. 51: separation of powers into branches is important to prevent one branch off government from asswuming too much power</p>
<p>bananaphone:
1: Free speech, religion, assembly, press (just some examples include Gitlow v. New York, Schenk v. US, Engel v. Vitale)
2: right to bear arms
3: porhibits quartering of soldiers in people's houses
4: issue of searches and seizures (Mapp v. Ohio)
5: grand juries, eminent domain, and prohibiton of self-incrimination (Miranda) and double jeopardy
6: criminal couirt procedures( e.g. right to counsel (gideon v. Wainright))
7: right to trial by jury in cases as low as $20
8: no excesssiv ebail or crueland unusual punishment
9: 1-8 do not possibly include all rights of people
10: all powers not granted to the federal govt in the constituoin are reserved to the states
11: something about judgeships
12: vice president and preident run on same ticket
13: emancipation of slaves
14 (IMPORTANT): rights of person in evey state to due process under the law (selective incorporation started with Gitlow)
15: rights of every male, regardless of color, allowed to vote
16: inccome tax
17: direct election of senators
18: prohibition
19: women's suffrage
20: lame duck issue
21: prohibition repealed
22: issue of serving more than 2 terms
23: DC residents allowed to vote
24: poll tax abolished
25: presidental/vp sucession (Agnew and Nixon)
26: 18 yr old vote
27: Congressional salaries (ratified after 203 years!)</p>
<p>there ya go</p>
<p>i need help on some practice free response (from the 2003 AP test):</p>
<p>1) presidential approval ratings fluctuate over the course of each administration. </p>
<p>a) identify two factors that decrease presidential approval ratings / why
b) identify two factors that increase presidential ratings / why</p>
<p>and </p>
<p>4) both party leadership and committees in congress play key roles in the legislative process.</p>
<p>a)Define two of the following elements of the congressional committee system and explain how each influences the legislative process.
- specialization
- reciprocity / logrolling (i get THIS one)
- party representation on committees</p>
<p>b)identify two ways party leadership in congress can influence the legislative process, and explain how each way influences the process.</p>
<p>i can try this one:
1.
a) 1) illegal actions/scandal (e.g. Nixon); 2) signing in a law of which the public does not approve
b) 1) rally points (after a crisis the public ralllies around the falg and the cheif exec); 2) if the economy goes up</p>
<p>4)
here's an excerpt from an essay i wrote for class. hope it helps
"Interestingly, this compartmentalization of the legislative powers generates inefficiency within Congress. With so many committees and subcommittees, the areas covered surely overlap between these divisions of labor, causing less ease in managing issues brought before Congress. Perhaps two committees are involved in separate spheres, for instance Indian Affairs and Farming Interests, yet both have to deal with similar land issues because of the coexistence of ranch farming and Indian Reservations in the West.
While the committee system is subject to both roadblocks and productivity increases, they are also tools in the hands of political parties. Through their power to choose who serves on what committee, parties can influence what political tilt of their committee representatives. One would imagine that currently, with the War in Iraq hanging over Congress's head, parties would select - through the Committee on Committees and the Steering and Ways Committee - representatives who stand for the parties' opinions on the War in the Foreign Affairs Committee. In addition to this influential stance of the parties in committee system, party representation in committee also affects how these factories of legislation function. the majority party always has the most seats in a given committee while the minority party is represented roughly according in proportion to the percent of that party that serves in Congress. Unsurprisingly, the majority party has the upper hand when legislation is proposed and, therefore, can help move along legislation that the party favors and block legislation that does not agree with the party's views. When the Republicans controlled Congress before 2006, a lot of proposed abortion legislation probably did not advance to the House Rules Committee unless a particular bill was pro-life. In these two ways, political parties wield tremendous power in the way committees work."</p>
<p>b) ????</p>
<p>Erm...that excerpt doesn't really address the specialization/reciprocity/logrolling.</p>
<p>Specialization: The committee chairs tend to stay on the committees for really long times,leading to a development of expertise by the chairs, leading to a more effective and efficient legislative process.</p>
<p>Reciprocity: This idea of "you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours" is best detailed in the following example: blah blah blah (basically if repubs pass a stem cell bill, democrats may stop pushing so hard on the iraq timetable.)</p>
<p>two ways party leadership affects:</p>
<p>The Rules Committee decides which bills get to the floor for a vote. They have immense control b/c they decide which bills become law!</p>
<p>a second one...the whips make the congressmen align their votes to the preferences of party leadership</p>
<p>omg.. whats logrolling, i forgot!!!!!!</p>
<p>Anyone want to explain caucuses and primaries for me? I don't really get the Presidential process before the Party Convention...</p>
<p>PS Logrolling is when politicians work together; I scratch your back, you scratch mine thingy</p>
<p>-The Presidential Coot66</p>
<p>oh thanks, well i am really fuzzy on the primaries.. but i will say w.e. i know
caucus: are local meetings open to all party members who discuss issues and candidates, and elect delegates to represent them. i think only iowa has these
primaries: another method of choosing delegates, they vote for delegates. </p>
<p>the delegates then go to the national convention to pick the candidates</p>
<p>What is the difference btwn FECA and BCRA?</p>
<p>what are your predictions for tom's FRQ</p>
<p>where are you guys getting the old exams???</p>
<p>logrolling: you help me out on this bill and I will help you out on yours.</p>