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Review Sheet for Final ExamPSCI 1040 008

The Federal CourtsWhat article of the Constitution defines the powers of the federal courts?

What is the role of the judiciary?What act created the lower courts of the federal judiciary?What are the different levels of federal judiciary and what are their functions?Ori inal jurisdictionwrit of certiorari!ule of "our Oral ar u#ent$ajority opinionConcurrin opinion%issentin opinionWhat are the sta es of a judicial appoint#ent to the federal courts?

Senatorial courtesyConfir#ation hearin s&dversarial syste#%istin uish civil cases fro# cri#inal casesClass'action lawsuitsWhat does it #ean to have standin in a lawsuit?Plea (ar ainsCo##on lawPu(lic law)udicial review*e al #odel

Strict constructionist+he Constitution as a livin docu#entStare decisis)udicial restraint)udicial activis#&ttitudinal #odelStrate ic #odelSolicitor eneralicus curiae

Civil LibertiesWhat are civil li(erties?What provisions of the Constitution are typically associated with the protection of civil li(erties?"ederalists and &nti'federalists views on the protection of civil li(erties,%ue processSelective incorporationWhat are so#e of the constraints placed on freedo# of speech?Prior restraintWhat are the i#portant clauses of the first a#end#ent that secure reli ious li(erty?

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-alancin test .eutrality testConstraints on 4 th/ th/ and 8 th a#end#ent

Civil Rights

What distin uishes civil li(erties fro# civil ri hts?+he provisions of the ori inal Constitution that condoned slavery%red Scott v, Sandford1 th a#ende#ent14 th a#end#ent1 th a#end#entPlessy v, "er usonSeparate (ut e2ual doctrineWhat court case did the 14 th and 1 th a#end#ents invalidate?-rown v, -oard of 3ducationCivil !i hts &ct of 1 54

6otin !i hts &ct of 1 5)i# Crow law!ational (asis test!eha(ilitation &ct of 1 7ericans with %isa(ilities &ct &%&9 of 1 0