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1. The rights of all people to dignity and worth; also called human rights.
Centralists
Collective action
President pro tempore
Natural rights
2. An explanation of the decision of the Supreme Court or any other appellate court.
Categorical-formula grants
Antitrust legislation
Opinion of the Court
Commerce clause
3. Constitutional doctrine that whenever conflict occurs between the constitutionally authorized actions of the national government and those of a state or local government - the actions of the federal government will prevail.
Rally point
Categorical-formula grants
Bundling
National supremacy
4. Authority given by Congress to the Federal bureaucracy to use reasonable judgment in implementing the laws.
Labor injunction
Central clearance
Precedent
Administrative discretion
5. Libel - obscenity - fighting words - and commercial speech - which are not entitled to constitutional protection in all circumstances.
Court of appeals
Direct primary
Pluralism
Nonprotected speech
6. A technique of Congress to establish federal regulations. These sanctions permit the use of federal money in one program to influence state and local policy in another. For example - a 1984 act reduced federal highway aid by up to 15 percent for any
Crossover sanctions
Photo ops
Cross-cutting requirements
Department
7. Domination of an industry by a single company that fixes prices and discourages competition; also - the company that dominates the industry by these means.
Original jurisdiction
Cabinet
Progressive tax
Monopoly
8. Compromise agreement by states at the Constitutional Convention for a bicameral legislature with a lower house in which representation would be based on population and an upper house in which each state would have two senators.
Immunity
Regulation
Connecticut Compromise
Plurality
9. The first governing document of the confederated states drafted in 1777 - ratified in 1781 - and replaced by the present Constitution in 1789.
Logrolling
Open rule
Articles of Confederation
Concurrent powers
10. Proposal at the Constitutional Convention made by William Paterson of New Jersey for a central government with a single-house legislature in which each state would be represented equally.
Writ of mandamus
Divided government
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
New Jersey Plan
11. Essays promoting ratification of the Constitution - published anonymously by Alexander Hamilton - John Jay - and James Madison in 1787 and 1788.
Impeachment
Incumbent
Majority rule
The Federalist
12. Compromise between northern and southern states at the Constitutional Convention that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives.
Gender gap
Deficit
Three-fifths compromise
Entitlements
13. Written defamation of another person. For public officials and public figures - the constitutional tests designed to restrict libel actions are especially rigid.
Procedural due process
Libel
Sound bites
Midterm election
14. A permanent committee established in a legislature - usually focusing on a policy area.
Standing committee
Enumerated powers
Theocracy
Trade deficit
15. The right to renounce one's citizenship.
Incumbent
Soft money
De jure segregation
Right of expatriation
16. Alternative means of health care in which individuals make tax-deductible contributions to a special account that can be used to pay medical expenses.
Gross domestic product (GDP)
Medical savings account
Environmental impact statement
Civil law
17. Donations made to political candidates - party committees - or groups which - by law - are limited and must be declared.
Oversight
Equal protection clause
Hard money
Commerce clause
18. A theory of international relations that focuses on the hope the nations will act together to solve international problems and promote peace.
Idealism
Socioeconomic status (SES)
Winner-take-all system
Cloture
19. Period at the beginning of the new president's term during which the president enjoys generally positive relations with the press and Congress - usually lasting about six months.
Caucus
Honeymoon
Civil disobedience
Constituents
20. Constitutional grant of powers that enables each of the three branches of government to check some acts of the others and therefore ensure that no branch can dominate.
Party convention
Checks and balances
Direct orders
Gender gap
21. The drawing of legislative district boundaries to benefit a party - group - or incumbent.
Property rights
Judicial review
Gerrymandering
Lobbyist
22. Consumer tax on a specific kind of merchandise - such as tobacco.
Closed shop
Caucus
Bipartisanship
Excise tax
23. State laws formerly pervasive throughout the South requiring public facilities and accommodations to be segregated by race; ruled unconstitutional.
Divided government
Jim Crow laws
Attentive public
Dual federalism (layer cake federalism)
24. A legal action conferring citizenship on an alien.
Opinion of the Court
Minority leader
Naturalization
Mandate
25. Usually the largest organization in government with the largest mission; also the highest rank in Federal hierarchy.
Concurring opinion
Primary election
Department
Crossover voting
26. A form of organization that operates through impersonal - uniform rules and procedures.
Tax expenditure
Seniority rule
Bureaucracy
Value-added tax (VAT)
27. Petition that - if signed by majority of the House of Representatives' members - will pry a bill from committee and bring it to the floor for consideration.
Discharge petition
Nonpartisan election
Shays's Rebellion
Excise tax
28. Views the Constitution as giving a limited list of powers—primarily foreign policy and national defense—to the national government - leaving the rest to the sovereign states. Each level of government is dominant within its own sphere. The Supreme Cou
Leadership PAC
Dual federalism (layer cake federalism)
Equal protection clause
National party convention
29. The authority of a court to review decisions made by lower courts.
Appellate jurisdiction
Independent expenditures
Justiciable dispute
Enumerated powers
30. Supporters of ratification of the Constitution and of a strong central government.
Political ideology
Preferred position doctrine
Vouchers
Federalists
31. The power to keep executive communications confidential - especially if they relate to national security.
Public policy
Hard money
Closed rule
Executive privilege
32. Election in which voters choose party nominees.
Justiciable dispute
Leadership PAC
Direct primary
Representative democracy
33. Powers expressly or implicitly reserved to the states.
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34. The powers expressly given to Congress in the Constitution.
Bad tendency test
Progressive tax
Decentralists
Enumerated powers
35. Clause in the Fifth Amendment limiting the power of the national government; similar clause in the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits the state governments from depriving any person of life - liberty - or property without due process of law.
Due process clause
Confederation
Articles of Confederation
Recall
36. A technique of Congress to establish federal regulations. Federal grants may establish certain conditions that extend to all activities supported by federal funds - regardless of their source. The first and most famous of these is Title VI of the 196
Trade deficit
Constitutional Convention
New Jersey Plan
Cross-cutting requirements
37. A characteristic of individuals that is predictive of political behavior.
Senior Executive Service
Political predisposition
Discharge petition
Confederation
38. Attempting to overthrow the government by force or use violence to interrupt its activities.
Collective action
Bureaucracy
Sedition
Independent expenditures
39. Unlimited and undisclosed spending by an individual or group on communications that do not use words like 'vote for' or 'vote against -' although much of this activity is actually about electing or defeating candidates.
Issue advocacy
Original jurisdiction
President pro tempore
Trust
40. A meeting of the members of a party in a legislative chamber to select party leaders and to develop party policy. Called a conference by the Republicans.
Dissenting opinion
Party caucus
Independent expenditures
Green party
41. General tax on sales transactions - sometimes exempting food and drugs.
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Ex post facto law
Sales tax
Gender gap
42. Method whereby representatives of the union and employer determine wages - hours - and other conditions of employment through direct negotiation.
Gerrymandering
Attentive public
Devolution revolution
Collective bargaining
43. An informal and subjective affiliation with a political party that most people acquire in childhood.
Independent expenditures
Party identification
Regulatory taking
Rule
44. Incumbents have an advantage over challengers in election campaigns because voters are more familiar with them - and incumbents are more recognizable.
Rider
Hard power
Name recognition
Popular sovereignty
45. Clause in the First Amendment that states that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion. The Supreme Court has interpreted this to forbid governmental support to any or all religions.
Establishment clause
Impoundment
Soft money
Issue network
46. The process by which we develop our political attitudes - values - and beliefs.
Monetarism
Political socialization
Socialism
Caucus
47. The tendency in elections to focus on the personal attributes of a candidate - such as his/her strengths - weaknesses - background - experience - and visibility.
Plea bargain
Internationalism
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA)
Candidate appeal
48. Interpretation of the First Amendment that would permit legislatures to forbid speech encouraging people to engage in illegal action.
Pluralism
Redistricting
Bad tendency test
Majority
49. Inherent powers of state governments to pass laws to protect the public health - safety - and welfare; the national government has no directly granted police powers but accomplishes the same goals through other delegated powers.
Mass media
Closed shop
Police powers
National party convention
50. Voting by member of one party for a candidate of another party.
Filibuster
Crossover voting
Minority leader
Realigning election