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1. Clause in the Fourteenth Amendment that forbids any state to deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. By interpretation - the Fifth Amendment imposes the same limitation on the national government. This clause is t
Iron triangle
Inherent powers
Antitrust legislation
Equal protection clause
2. The formal process for making regulations.
Rule-making process
Ethnicity
Cloture
Restrictive covenant
3. A government that enforces recognized limits on those who govern and allows the voice of the people to be heard through free - fair - and relatively frequent elections.
Constitutional democracy
Presidential election
Commerce clause
Direct democracy
4. A person who is employed by and acts for an organized interest group or corporation to try to influence policy decisions and positions in the executive and legislative branches.
Recall
Unfunded mandates
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Lobbyist
5. Means of communication that are reaching the public - including newspapers and magazines - radio - television (broadcast - cable - and satellite) - films - recordings - books - and electronic communication.
Virginia Plan
Prior restraint
Mass media
Independent agency
6. The joint listing of the presidential and vice presidential candidates on the same ballot as required by the Twelfth Amendment.
General election
Medical savings account
Amicus curiae brief
Presidential ticket
7. An economic and governmental system based on public ownership of the means of production and exchange.
Project grants
Movement
Antitrust legislation
Socialism
8. Theory that opposes governmental interference in economic affairs beyond what is necessary to protect life and property.
Laissez-faire economics
Interstate compact
Medicaid
Proportional representation
9. The clause of the Constitution (Article I - Section 8 - Clause 3) that gives Congress the power to regulate all business activities that cross state lines or affect more than one state or other nations.
Laissez-faire economics
Implied powers
National Intelligence Director
Commerce clause
10. An informal and subjective affiliation with a political party that most people acquire in childhood.
Obscenity
Express powers
Winner-take-all system
Party identification
11. During the Great Society - the marble cake approach of intergovernmental relations.
Suffrage
Creative federalism
Independent regulatory commission
Leadership PAC
12. Established rules and regulations that restrain government officials.
Ethnicity
Rule
Due process
Executive agreement
13. An official document - published every weekday - which lists the new and proposed regulations of executive departments and regulatory agencies.
Whip
Federal Register
Issue network
Multilateralism
14. A theory of government that holds that open - multiple - and competing groups can check the asserted power by any one group.
Electoral college
Pluralism
Issue advocacy
Constitutional Convention
15. A procedural rule in the House of Representatives that permits floor amendments within the overall time allocated to the bill.
Regulation
Opinion of the Court
Political action committee (PAC)
Open rule
16. A president's claim of broad public support.
Mandate
Public policy
Docket
Socioeconomic status (SES)
17. Constitutional requirement that governments act reasonably and that the substance of the laws themselves be fair and reasonable; limits what the government may do.
Substantive due process
Cycle of increasing effectiveness
Executive agreement
Shays's Rebellion
18. The authority of a court to review decisions made by lower courts.
Collective action
Appellate jurisdiction
Deficit
Faction
19. An economic system characterized by private property - competitive markets - economic incentives - and limited government involvement in the production - distribution - and pricing of goods and services.
Selective exposure
Executive privilege
Liberalism
Capitalism
20. Presidential refusal to allow an agency to spend funds that Congress authorized and appropriated.
Monetary policy
Social insurance
Centralists
Impoundment
21. A theory of international relations that focuses on the hope the nations will act together to solve international problems and promote peace.
Candidate appeal
Sales tax
Idealism
Inherent powers
22. The right to vote.
Weapons of mass destruction
Idealism
Referendum
Suffrage
23. An election during periods of expanded suffrage and change in the economy and society that proves to be a turning point - redefining the agenda of politics and the alignment of voters within parties.
Plea bargain
Senatorial courtesy
Realigning election
Party convention
24. Loss of tax revenue due to Federal laws that provide special tax incentives or benefits to individuals or businesses.
Bill of attainder
Tax expenditure
Economic sanctions
Open rule
25. A meeting of party delegates to vote on matters of policy and in some cases to select party candidates for public office.
Libel
Chief of staff
Sedition
Party convention
26. 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.
National supremacy
Plea bargain
Constitutionalism
Party identification
27. The residents of a congressional district or state.
Vouchers
Libertarian party
Override
Constituents
28. Power of a government to take private property for public use; the U.S. Constitution gives national and state governments this power and requires them to provide just compensation for property so taken.
Horse race
Eminent domain
Offshoring
Incumbent
29. A provision attached to a bill
Socialism
Rider
Deregulation
Sedition
30. A jury of 6 to 12 persons that determines guilt or innocence in a civil or criminal action.
Safe seat
Antifederalists
Petit jury
Cross-cutting requirements
31. Political contributions given to a party - candidate - or interest group that are limited in amounts and fully disclosed. Raising such limited funds is harder than raising unlimited funds - hence the term 'hard money.'
Hard money
Competitive federalism
Executive privilege
Deregulation
32. Constitutional arrangement that concentrates power in a central government.
Poll tax
Independent expenditure
Cabinet
Unitary system
33. A tax graduated so that people with higher incomes pay larger fraction of their income than people with lower incomes.
Affirmative action
527 organizations
Progressive tax
Nongovernmental organization (NGO)
34. A local or judicial election in which candidates are not selected or endorsed by political parties and party affiliation is not listed on ballots.
Winner-take-all system
Mass media
Caucus
Nonpartisan election
35. A widely shared and consciously held view - like support for homeland security.
Manifest opinion
Proportional representation
Unitary system
Mass media
36. Elections in which voters determine party nominees.
Liberalism
Court of appeals
Sedition
Primary election
37. An opinion that agrees with the majority in a Supreme Court ruling but differs on the reasoning.
Concurring opinion
Vouchers
Speaker
Trustee
38. A specific course of action taken by government to achieve a public goal.
Statism
Public policy
Keynesian economics
Sales tax
39. Constitutional arrangement in which sovereign nations or states - by compact - create a central government but carefully limit its power and do not give it direct authority over individuals.
Federal mandate
Confederation
Due process clause
Inherent powers
40. Holding incumbents - usually the president's party - responsible for their records on issues - such as the economy or foreign policy.
Retrospective issue of voting
Rally point
Majority-minority district
Political action committee (PAC)
41. Election system in which the candidate with the most votes wins.
Winner-take-all system
Interstate compact
Shays's Rebellion
Competitive federalism
42. A permanent committee established in a legislature - usually focusing on a policy area.
Cycle of decreasing influence
Standing committee
Selective exposure
Political culture
43. A decision made by a higher court such as a circuit court of appeals or the Supreme Court that is binding on all other federal courts.
Excise tax
Incumbent
Precedent
Inherent powers
44. The effort to slow the growth of the federal government by returning many functions to the states.
Regulations
Articles of Confederation
Demographics
Devolution revolution
45. Championed by Ronald Reagan - presumes that the power of the federal government is limited in favor of the broad powers reserved to the states.
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46. The desire to avoid international entanglement altogether.
Political action committee (PAC)
Uncontrollable spending
Isolationism
Connecticut Compromise
47. Aid to the poor; 'welfare.'
Public assistance
Interested money
Green party
Marbury v. Madison
48. Retroactive criminal law that works to the disadvantage of a person.
Ex post facto law
Adversary system
Connecticut Compromise
Theocracy
49. Lawsuit brought by an individual or group of people on behalf of all those similarly situated.
Popular sovereignty
Class action suit
Antifederalists
Court of appeals
50. Denial of export - import - or financial relations with the target country in an effort to change that nation's policies.
Entitlements
Economic sanctions
Federalists
Bundling