HONORS GOVT 2302 EXAM 1 STUDY LIST
 Dr. Garrison
Spring 2009
 Revised 1-19-09

(ocsabtx08/spr09)

 The Federal Judiciary, text chapter 10 key terms

French-Roman & Anglo-American legal systems
 Judicial review
      Marbury v. Madison
     Judiciary Act of 1789

   John Marshall
     writ of mandamus
     precedent, stare decisis, common law
     legal brief
 constitutional courts, legislative courts

Jurisdiction

     original jurisdiction, trial courts
      appellate jurisdiction, appellate courts

criminal law, civil law
 trial courts, appellate courts
 federal courts

     federal district court
     federal courts of appeals

     U. S. Supreme Court
           Warren, Burger, Rehnquist, & Roberts Courts   

             writ of certiorari, granting “cert,” rule of four

             in forma pauperis petition
          oral argument

         Solicitor General

         Judicial conference

          Opinion of the Court

            dissenting opinion

           concurring opinion

     Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Judicial selection
      nomination criteria
     confirmation process
     senatorial courtesy
 standing to sue

test cases
class action

amicus curiae

habeas corpus

recusal

Facts of a case

Law of a case

Models/Influences on judicial decisions

Judicial philosophy
     original intent
     strict construction
     flexible construction
     “living” constitution
      ideology

     Judicial restraint

     political question doctrine

     remedies

     Judicial activism

     judicial policymaking
     judicial implementation

 Texas Judiciary, text. chapter 25 key terms
Texas court system
     municipal court
     justice of the peace court

     Court of record

     Trial de novo

     Small claims court
     constitutional county court
     county court at law

     Texas DWI

     Probate

     district court
     court of appeals

     Texas Supreme Court
     Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
      petition for review
      application for discretionary review
      pro bono

TX judicial selection process
     judicial campaign finance reform; Justice for Sale

     senatorial courtesy

     Missouri Plan

     retention election

     appointment-retention system
criticisms of Texas courts

Texas judicial process
       jury selection
     grand jury, indictment, true bill, no bill
    petit jury, hung jury
        nolo contendere

       plea bargain

     recividism

     parole

     alternative dispute resolution

     trial Lawyers

     Ruiz v. Estelle

     TCCJ

     TYC

     tort reform

     statutory law

     administrative law

     state civil law

     preponderance of the evidence

     state criminal law

     statutory courts, constitutional courts
 

Civil Liberties, text , chapter 5 key terms
civil liberties
civil rights
Bill of Rights
9th Amendment
 Baron v. Baltimore (1833)

due process clause of 14th Amendment

due process clause
substantive due process
incorporation doctrine
selective incorporation
fundamental freedoms
absolute rights

balancing of rights

"preferred position” doctrine
1st Amendment
establishment clause
Engel v. Vitale (1962)

The Lemon test

Lemon v. Kurtzman (1973)

free exercise clause
ACLU
freedom of speech & press
prior restraint
 Near v. Minnesota (1933)

Prior restraint

New York Times v. U.S. (1973)

Pentagon Papers case

Reporter sources
USA Patriot Act
clear and present danger test
 Oliver W. Holmes, Jr.

direct incitement test
protected speech
symbolic speech
hate speech
unprotected speech
libel
"public figure"

slander

New York Times v Sullivan (1964)
fighting words

obscenity
 Roth v. U.S. (1957)

Miller v. California (1973)

Communications Decency Act

Reno v. ACLU

freedoms of assembly & petition
2nd Amendment
due process rights
4th Amendment
5th Amendment
EMINENT DOMAIN

Kelo v. New London (2005)
Mapp v. Ohio (1962)
exclusionary rule
"no knock"  Hudson v. Michigan (2005)
right to counsel
 Gideon v. Wainwright (1964)
Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
Miranda rights
6th Amendment
jury trials
8th Amendment
capital punishment
death penalty
Coker v. Georgia,
Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304 (2002
 Roper v. Simmons
 US Supreme Court seems divided on 3 death penalty cases
Texas death penalty:

Smith v. Texas, 05-11304, Brewer v. Quarterman, 05-11287, and Abdul-Kabir v. Quarterman, 05-11284.

Lethal injection
 

Right to Privacy
birth control

Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)

“zones of privacy”

Roe v. Wade (1973)

Webster v. Reproductive Health Services

Planned Parenthood v. Casey
 "undue burden"

Stenberg v. Carhart
new partial birth case
 partial birth abortion ban
Homosexuality

  Bowers v. Hardwick
  sodomy laws
   Lawrence v. Texas (2003)
  Romer v. Evans

 Boy Scouts of America v. Dale

Right to die
Gonzales v. Oregon (2006) physician assisted suicide
 habeas corpus

bill of attainder
ex post facto law

Civil liberties & the war on terrorism
 

Civil Rights, text chapter 6 key terms
 Civil rights or equal rights

Three-Fifths Compromise

Dred Scott v. Sandford

Civil War Amendments

Equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment

Racial discrimination

De facto discrimination

De jure discrimination

Civil War Amendments -- 13, 14, 15
Black Codes
Jim Crow laws

poll tax, grandfather clause, literacy test, white primaries
Texas white primary

Plessy v. Ferguson

“Separate but equal”

NAACP

Sweatt v. Painter

Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas (1954)

ordinary scrutiny

strict scrutiny

suffrage movement
19th Amendment
 busing

Civil Rights Act of 1964
public accommodations
EEOC

Heart of Atlanta Motel v. U.S.

Katezenbach v. McClung (Ollie’s BBQ)
commerce clause

Voting Rights Act of 1965 & Amendments
     voter registration
     preclearance
     language minorities: Spanish, Vietnamese

Equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment

     suspect classification
     Reasonable basis test

    Strict scrutiny

     Intermediate scrutiny test

Affirmative action

 University of California v. Bakke (1973)

Adarand v. Pena

Hopwood v. Texas
 Grutter v. Bollinger (2003), Gratz v. Bollinger (2003)

Rights of Women

     Sex discrimination
      19th Amendment

     ERA

     gender gap

     Family Leave Act of 1993

     Comparable worth

     Sexual harassment

     Title IX

     VAWA
    Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. (2007)
     Fair Pay Restoration Act of 2007

Age Discrimination Act of 1975

1990 American with Disabilities Act

Native American rights

     Indian Bill of Rights 1968

     Ancestral lands

     Casino gambling

Hispanic American rights
     Hernandez v. Texas (1954)  (Findlaw)
      LULAC v. Perry (2006)

     Immigration laws

     LULAC

     MALDEF
Significant Texas cases
      Smith v. Allwright (1944) (Findlaw)
      Sweatt v. Painter (1950) (Findlaw)
      Hernandez v. Texas (1954)  (Findlaw)
      Roe v. Wade (1973)
      Ruiz v. Estelle (1980) (Findlaw)
     Hopwood v. Texas (1992)  (Findlaw)
     Lawrence v. Texas (2003)
      Plyler v. Doe (1982)
     "Robin Hood" law
 Asian American rights

     Hirabayashi v. U.S.

     Korematsu v. U.S.

Homosexual rights

     Bowers v. Hardwick
     Romer v. Evans

     Lawrence v. Texas 

Editorial, "African Americans in Texas," Dallas Morning News, February 19, 2005.
 Reserve Reading/EReserves: Michael Oreskes,  “Texas in Black and White," The New York Times Book Review, 16 December 1990, 23.