Review for Test # 3 (Gov. 2302)

Bill of Rights/ Definition and Background

Selective incorporation of the Bill of Rights (Definition)

Fundamental Right (state must have a compelling reason vs. Legitimate Public Purpose

State Constitutions / How are they different from U.S. Constitutions. At times they can be more expansive

First Amendment and the Fourteenth Amendment

O Centro Espirita Beneficiente Uniao Do Vegetal (UDV / Outcome in relation to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Requires the government to explore religious accommodations and does not necessarily give government the authority to trump religious consideration. Also the government has to consider how the Religious Freedom Restoration Act might affect religious practice.

Employment Division v Smith / Background and Outcome.

Freedom of Expression and National Security (Tables 16.3)

Expression that threatens public order (Table 16.3)

High level of Constitutional Protection p. 465

Hate Crime Laws (Definition)

Libel Slander and Obscenity and government protection and the definition of obscenity p.144-145

New York Times v Sullivan p.144-148

Due Process of law

The exclusionary rule

Miranda v, Arizo

Gideon v Wainwright

Furman v Georgia

Gregg v Georgia

Double Jeopardy / What Constitutes Double Jeopardy. Cannot try for a criminal defendant a second time for the same offense after an acquittal in an earlier prosecution. . Note the exceptions discussed on p. 471

Ex. Federal/ State Courts and different crimes committed at the same time.

Taxes of State Revenue. (Which state tax revenue source is the major source for Texas. P.887

Nontax Sources of State Revenues. (Note the greatest percentages) p.887

Severance Taxes Definition and importance in the past and now.

Table 31.2 Note the State and local taxes per capita, State and local sales tax and State and local property tax. P.895

Also note the discussion of the rate of excise taxes in the state of Texas. P. 888

Description of the Texas tax structure p.897

Definition of regressive and proportional tax p.896

Adoption of a budget in Texas Bottom. P.913 Pay attention to the heading of each paragraph.

Table 31.3 p.901 (Note the State Expenditures and the rate of increases/decreases for the major expenditures.)

Progressive, Proportional, and Regressive Tax. Definition and example of each.

Major Sources of Revenue for the Federal Government

Major Expenditures of Federal Government Table 14.2 P. 406

Note the programs that serve the low-income persons. P.412 Some popular programs do not only serve the lower income.

Static Analysis Congressional Budget Office (CBO) /Dynamic Analysis.

Discussed in Class.

Definition of National Debt and factors associated with the National Debt.

Fiscal Policymaking P. 415-418. Pay attention to the headings of areas that fall under Fiscal policymaking.

Monetary Policymaking P. 418-419

Subsidies P. 394 Definition and who benefits and who loses.

Philosophy of Rawles, Plattner, and Nozick (Packet given in class)

Bonus Questions: The relation of debt reduction to lower interest rates. (Packet given in class)

Articles : "Abolish FISA" and "The Wiretap Deal"