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1. Through different grant programs - slices up the marble cake into many different pieces - making it even more difficult to differentiate the functions of the levels of government.
Voter registration
Deficit
Idealism
Fiscal federalism
2. The right of a federal law or a regulation to preclude enforcement of a state or local law or regulation.
Preemption
Delegate
Impeachment
Soft money
3. The right to vote.
Marbury v. Madison
Bad tendency test
Independent regulatory commission
Suffrage
4. Supporters of ratification of the Constitution and of a strong central government.
Free rider
Minor party
Full faith and credit clause
Federalists
5. The current holder of the elected office.
Incumbent
Independent expenditures
Rule
New Jersey Plan
6. An opinion that agrees with the majority in a Supreme Court ruling but differs on the reasoning.
Spoils system
Concurring opinion
Joint committee
Categorical-formula grants
7. 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.
Inherent powers
Statism
Party caucus
Selected perception
8. International organization derived from the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) that promotes it free trade around the world.
Discharge petition
Writ of certiorari
Separation of powers
World Trade Organization (WTO)
9. 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
Medicare
Rule
Crossover sanctions
Selective exposure
10. A consistent pattern of beliefs about political values and the role of government.
Political ideology
Mass media
Conference committee
Social Security
11. A jury of 12 to 23 persons who - in private - hear evidence presented by the government to determine whether persons shall be required to stand trial. If the jury believes there is sufficient evidence that a crime was committed - it issues an indictm
Regulatory taking
Executive Office of the President
Movement
Grand jury
12. Party leader who is the liaison between the leadership and the rank-and-file in the legislature.
Conservatism
Capitalism
Whip
Central clearance
13. Contributions to a state or local party for party-building purposes.
Marbury v. Madison
Keynesian economics
Soft money
Regulations
14. The practice of exporting U.S. jobs to lower paid employees in other nations.
Offshoring
Fiscal federalism
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Plea bargain
15. People who favor national action over action at the state and local levels.
Centralists
Unemployment
Writ of certiorari
Judicial activism
16. Elections in which voters determine party nominees.
New Jersey Plan
Socialism
Marble cake federalism
Primary election
17. An economic and governmental system based on public ownership of the means of production and exchange.
Nongovernmental organization (NGO)
Express powers
Issue advocacy
Socialism
18. Weakening of partisan preferences that points to a rejection of both major parties and a rise in the number of independents.
Grand jury
Majority
Dealignment
Independent expenditures
19. Unlimited amounts of money that political parties previously could raise for party-building purposes. Now largely illegal except for limited contributions to state and local parties for voter registration and get-out-the-vote efforts.
Soft money
Impeachment
Winner-take-all system
Isolationism
20. A division of population based on occupation - income - and education.
Discharge petition
Socioeconomic status (SES)
Racial gerrymandering
Theory of deterrence
21. Tax levied on imports to help protect the nation's industries - labor - or farmers from foreign competition. It can also be used to raise additional revenue.
President pro tempore
Closed shop
Tariff
Senior Executive Service
22. The constitutional requirement (in Article II - Section 3) that presidents take care that the laws are faithfully executed - even if they disagree with the purpose of those laws.
Primary election
Take care clause
Offshoring
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
23. A specific course of action taken by government to achieve a public goal.
Selected perception
Gender gap
Manifest opinion
Public policy
24. A philosophy that encourages individual nations to act on their own when facing threats from other nations.
Gender gap
Unilateralism
Pluralism
National party convention
25. Deliberate refusal to obey law or comply with orders of public officials as a means of expressing opposition.
Libertarian party
Civil disobedience
Soft money
Lobbying
26. The president's annual statement to Congress and the nation.
State of the Union Address
Procedural due process
Labor injunction
Party registration
27. 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.
Eminent domain
Poll tax
Linkage institutions
Laissez-faire economics
28. Presidential power to strike - or remove - specific items from a spending bill without vetoing the entire package; declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
Incumbent
Ex post facto law
Line item veto
Independent expenditures
29. The Supreme Court has ruled that individuals - groups - and parties can spend unlimited amounts in campaigns for or against candidates as long as they operate independently from the candidates. When an individual - group - or party does so - they are
Independent expenditure
Issue network
Soft money
Independent expenditures
30. The principle of a two-house legislature.
Horse race
'Necessary and proper' clause
Bicameralism
Enumerated powers
31. Written defamation of another person. For public officials and public figures - the constitutional tests designed to restrict libel actions are especially rigid.
Health maintenance organization (HMO)
Cooperative federalism
Deficit
Libel
32. A decision by the president not to spend money appropriated by Congress - now prohibited under Federal law.
Docket
Immunity
Impoundment
Oversight
33. A meeting of local party members to choose party officials or candidates for public office and to decide the platform.
Initiative
Winner-take-all system
Caucus
Interest group
34. A procedural practice in the Senate whereby a senator temporarily blocks the consideration of the bill or nomination.
Patronage
Impoundment
Hold
Judicial review
35. 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
Equal protection clause
Constitutional Convention
Indictment
Procedural due process
36. A veto exercised by the president after Congress has adjourned; if the president takes no action for 10 days - the bill does not become law and does not return to Congress for possible override.
American dream
Internationalism
Pocket veto
Senatorial courtesy
37. Domination of an industry by a single company; also the company that dominates the industry.
Inherent powers
Monopoly
Proportional representation
Uncontrollable spending
38. Voting by member of one party for a candidate of another party.
Fiscal federalism
Bicameralism
Crossover voting
Theocracy
39. A congressional district created to include a majority of minority voters; ruled constitutional so long as race is not the main factor in redistricting.
Entitlements
Majority-minority district
Laissez-faire economics
Popular sovereignty
40. A social division based on national origin - religion - language - and often race.
Speaker
American dream
Poll tax
Ethnicity
41. 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.
Precedent
Gerrymandering
Monopoly
Dissenting opinion
42. A characteristic of individuals that is predictive of political behavior.
Presidential ticket
Suffrage
Soft money
Political predisposition
43. Agreement between a prosecutor and a defendant that the defendant will plead guilty to a lesser offense to avoid having to stand trial for more serious offense.
Internationalism
Plea bargain
Political socialization
The Federalist
44. Literally - a 'friend of the court' brief - filed by an individual or organization to present arguments in addition to those presented by the immediate parties to a case.
Amicus curiae brief
American dream
Inflation
Policy agenda
45. 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.
Union shop
Regulatory taking
Lobbyist
Congressional-executive agreement
46. Clause in the Constitution that states that 'Congress should have the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers. . . .' This clause is also known as the elastic clause as is a major and significant p
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47. An official who is expected to represent the views of his or her constituents even when personally holding different views; one interpretation of the role of legislator.
Excise tax
Quid pro quo
Impeachment
Delegate
48. A court with appellate jurisdiction that hears appeals from the decisions of lower courts.
Adversary system
Winner-take-all system
Single-member district
Court of appeals
49. Elections held in years when the president is on the ballot.
Presidential election
Suffrage
Interstate compact
Quid pro quo
50. Powers that the Constitution gives to both the national and state governments - such as the power to levy taxes.
Class action suit
Public opinion
Writ of certiorari
Concurrent powers