Air test prep

Honors government air test prep

Negotiation

A process of settling differences through a discussion of issues.

Consensus Building

Process of working toward achieving general agreement within a group.

Persuasion

Process of inducing (convincing) others into accepting a point of view by means of reasoning and argumentation.

Compromise

Process of making concessions (giving something up) to settle differences.

Writ of habeas corpus

Requires that a person who is in custody be brought before a judge or court and that they be able to challenge that custody.

Procedural due process

requires state actors to provide certain procedural protections before they deprive a person of any protected life,liberty,or property interest.

Substantive due process

Is a principle in the United States constitutional law that allows courts to establish and protect substantive laws and certain fundamental rights from government interference, even if they are unenumerated elsewhere in the U.S constitution

Civil Rights Act of 1964

creates protected classes/stops discrimination against race. they would lose federal money if they continued to discriminate based on race/ prohibits job discrimination 

 De jure segregation

Segregation enacted by the Federal, state,local governments.

De facto segregation

Segregation enacted by private actors w/o direct government involvement

 Gerrymandering

political manipulation of electoral district boundaries to advantage a party, group, or socioeconomic class within the constituency.

17th Amendment

The senate of the united states shall be composed of 2 senators from each state, elected by the people thereof, for 6 years; and each senator shall have one vote.

Presidents, VPs, and federal judges may only be expelled from office if they have been found guilty of a felony.

The president, vice president and all civil officers of the united states,shall be removed from office on impeachment, and conviction of treason,bribery, or other high crimes or misdemeanors

After an impeachment trial is held in the Senate, a vote of 2/3rds of the Senate is required to expel a president.

This vote requires a 2/3rds majority

Acquittal

when the person is found not guilty and they have to have all 12 agree 

Precedent

A judicial decision that serves as an authority for courts when deciding subsequent identical or similar cases.

An “independent judiciary”

 serves life long terms but is still able to be impeached/independent from other branches and the voters/ 100% of their focus is on the constitution.

Questions of fact

An issue of fact, and not law/ guilty or not guilty/ decided by a jury

Questions of law

A question of law, is a question that must be answered by a judge and can not be answered by a jury.

In the most concise possible way, describe how ‘due process’ is used to protect us from our government.

It prohibits the government from infringing on the fundamental constitutional liberties and prohibits the government from depriving individuals of legally protected interest without first giving them notice and an opportunity to be heard.

Substantive due process

looks at the substance of the law itself and involves the what behind the government action

Procedural due process

-looks at the process of how the law gets enforced

-involves the how behind a government action

17th Amendment

The senate of the united states shall be composed of 2 senators from each state, elected by the people thereof, for 6 years; and each senator shall have one vote.

bicameral

The house and the Senate.