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1. An explanation of the decision of the Supreme Court or any other appellate court.






2. The tendency in elections to focus on the personal attributes of a candidate - such as his/her strengths - weaknesses - background - experience - and visibility.






3. A system of public employment based on rewarding party loyalists and friends.






4. Remedial action designed to overcome the effects of discrimination against minorities and women.






5. Denial of export - import - or financial relations with the target country in an effort to change that nation's policies.






6. Congress appropriates a certain sum - which is allocated to state and local units and sometimes to nongovernmental agencies - based on applications from those who wish to participate. Examples are grants by the National Science Foundation to universi






7. 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.






8. Media that emphasize the news.






9. Consumer tax on a specific kind of merchandise - such as tobacco.






10. An election system in which the candidate with the most votes wins.






11. A commission created by the 1974 amendments to the Federal Election Campaign Act to administer election reform laws. It consists of six commissioners appointed by president and confirmed by the Senate. Its duties include overseeing disclosure of camp






12. The process by which individuals perceive what they want to in media messages.






13. Legal process whereby an alleged criminal offender is surrendered by the officials of one states to officials of the state in which the crime is alleged to have been committed.






14. A meeting of party delegates to vote on matters of policy and in some cases to select party candidates for public office.






15. Those citizens who follow public affairs closely.






16. During the Great Society - the marble cake approach of intergovernmental relations.






17. Supporters of ratification of the Constitution and of a strong central government.






18. A procedural practice in the Senate whereby a senator temporarily blocks the consideration of the bill or nomination.






19. The difference between the revenues raised annually from sources of income other than borrowing and the expenditures of government - including paying the interest on past borrowing.






20. A writ issued by a magistrate that authorizes the police to search a particular place or person - specifying the place to be searched and the objects to be seized.






21. A local or judicial election in which candidates are not selected or endorsed by political parties and party affiliation is not listed on ballots.






22. A grouping of human beings with distinctive characteristics determined by genetic inheritance.






23. Programs in which eligibility is based on prior contributions to government - usually in the form of payroll taxes.






24. The legislative leader selected by the majority party who helps plan party strategy - confers with other party leaders - and tries to keep members of the party in line.






25. 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.






26. The inclination to focus on national issues - rather than local issues - in an election campaign. The impact of the national tide can be reduced by the nature of the candidates on the ballot who might have differentiated themselves from their party o






27. A procedural rule in the House of Representatives that prohibits any amendments to bills or provides that only members of the committee reporting the bill may offer amendments.






28. The authority of a court to review decisions made by lower courts.






29. Programs such as unemployment insurance - disaster relief - or disability payments that provide benefits to all eligible citizens.






30. Biological - chemical - or nuclear weapons that can cause a massive number of deaths in a single use.






31. Party leader who is the liaison between the leadership and the rank-and-file in the legislature.






32. A type of policy that provides benefits to all Americans.






33. A theory of government that holds that open - multiple - and competing groups can check the asserted power by any one group.






34. The principle of a two-house legislature.






35. The rule of precedent - whereby a rule or law contained in a judicial decision is commonly viewed as binding on judges whenever the same question is presented.






36. A government entity that is independent of the legislative - executive - and judicial branches.






37. A procedural rule in the House of Representatives that permits floor amendments within the overall time allocated to the bill.






38. Deliberate refusal to obey law or comply with orders of public officials as a means of expressing opposition.






39. A court order requiring explanation to a judge why a prisoner is being held in custody.






40. 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.






41. Trade status granted as part of an international trade policy that gives a nation the same favorable trade concessions and tariffs that the best trading partners receive.






42. 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






43. A social division based on national origin - religion - language - and often race.






44. 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.






45. An economic and governmental system based on public ownership of the means of production and exchange.






46. 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






47. An ideology that cherishes individual liberty and insists on minimal government - promoting a free market economy - a noninterventionist foreign policy - and an absence of regulation in moral - economic - and social life.






48. Attempting to overthrow the government by force or use violence to interrupt its activities.






49. Initial proposal at the Constitutional Convention made by the Virginia delegation for a strong central government with a bicameral legislature dominated by the big states.






50. 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.







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