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1. 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.
Search warrant
Marbury v. Madison
Ethnocentrism
Original jurisdiction
2. A theory that government should control the money supply to encourage economic growth and restrain inflation.
Concurrent powers
Social Security
Bicameralism
Monetarism
3. A specific course of action taken by government to achieve a public goal.
Dissenting opinion
Attentive public
Crossover voting
Public policy
4. Programs such as Medicaid and welfare under which applicants must meet eligibility requirements based on need.
Conservatism
Discharge petition
Interstate compact
Means-tested entitlements
5. A congressional committee created for a specific purpose - sometimes to conduct an investigation.
Internationalism
Special or select committee
Nonprotected speech
Weapons of mass destruction
6. Constitutional arrangement that concentrates power in a central government.
Independent agency
Police powers
Caucus
Unitary system
7. A consistent pattern of beliefs about political values and the role of government.
Sales tax
Nonprotected speech
Recall
Political ideology
8. Conservative Christians who (as a group) have become more active in politics in the last two decades and were especially influential in the 2000 presidential election.
Racial gerrymandering
Fundamentalists
Direct primary
Confederation
9. 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.
Closed rule
Antitrust legislation
Cloture
Interest group
10. A policy promoting cutbacks in the amount of Federal regulation in specific areas of economic activity.
Deregulation
Proportional representation
Literacy test
Initiative
11. Those citizens who follow public affairs closely.
Whip
Attentive public
Retrospective issue of voting
Substantive due process
12. Government in which citizens vote on laws and select officials directly.
Appellate jurisdiction
Double jeopardy
Direct democracy
Majority rule
13. The tendency of presidents to learn more about doing their jobs over time.
Hard power
Constitutional Convention
Reapportionment
Cycle of increasing effectiveness
14. A technique of Congress to establish federal regulations. Direct orders must be complied with under threat of criminal or civil sanction. An example is the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 - barring job discrimination by state and local gover
Property rights
Direct orders
Court of appeals
Issue advocacy
15. Economic theory based on the principles of John Maynard Keynes stating that government spending should increase during business slumps and be curbed during booms.
Competitive federalism
Safe seat
Keynesian economics
Constitutionalism
16. A social division based on national origin - religion - language - and often race.
Categorical-formula grants
Community policing
Ethnicity
Independent expenditure
17. Court order directing an official to perform an official duty.
Writ of mandamus
Chief of staff
Demographics
Connecticut Compromise
18. The power of a court to refuse to enforce a law or government regulation that in the opinion of the judges conflicts with the U.S. Constitution or - in a state court - the state constitution.
Collective bargaining
Australian ballot
Original jurisdiction
Judicial review
19. Exemption from prosecution for a particular crime in return for testimony pertaining to the case.
Keynesian economics
Reapportionment
Take care clause
Immunity
20. Essays promoting ratification of the Constitution - published anonymously by Alexander Hamilton - John Jay - and James Madison in 1787 and 1788.
Presidential ticket
The Federalist
Clear and present danger test
Excise tax
21. Media that emphasize the news.
Statism
Bureaucrat
American dream
News media
22. A tax on increased value of the product at each stage of production and distribution rather than just at the point of sale.
Whip
Value-added tax (VAT)
Indictment
Coattail effect
23. A policy that emphasizes a united front and cooperation between the major political parties - especially on sensitive foreign policy issues.
Bipartisanship
Proportional representation
Safe seat
Primary election
24. Powers that grow out of the very existence of government.
Direct primary
Selected perception
Inherent powers
Writ of habeas corpus
25. Powers inferred from the express powers that allow Congress to carry out its functions.
Preferred position doctrine
Referendum
Naturalization
Implied powers
26. A collection of people who share a common interest or attitude and seek to influence government for specific ends. Interest groups usually work within the framework of government and try to achieve their goals through tactics such as lobbying.
Decentralists
Majority rule
Federal mandate
Interest group
27. Alternative means of health care in which people or their employers are charged a set amount and the HMO provides health care and covers hospital costs.
Majority
Court of appeals
Health maintenance organization (HMO)
Primary election
28. System designed to reduce voter fraud by limiting voting to those who have established eligibility to vote by submitting the proper documents.
Eminent domain
Voter registration
Special or select committee
Demographics
29. The convention in Philadelphia - May 25 to September 17 - 1787 - that debated and agreed upon the Constitution of the United States.
Due process clause
Docket
Constitutional Convention
Direct orders
30. The number of Americans who are out of work but actively looking for a job. The number does not usually include those who are not looking.
Virginia Plan
Permissive federalism
Minor party
Unemployment
31. An opinion that agrees with the majority in a Supreme Court ruling but differs on the reasoning.
Candidate appeal
Extradition
Concurring opinion
527 organizations
32. Presidential staff the agency that serves as a clearinghouse for budgetary requests and management improvements for government agencies.
Realigning election
Open rule
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Judicial review
33. Method whereby representatives of the union and employer determine wages - hours - and other conditions of employment through direct negotiation.
Marbury v. Madison
Sound bites
Collective bargaining
State's rights
34. Money spent by individuals or groups not associated with candidates to elect or defeat candidates for office.
Independent expenditures
Obscenity
Civil disobedience
Ethnicity
35. A division of population based on occupation - income - and education.
Bad tendency test
Virginia Plan
Double jeopardy
Socioeconomic status (SES)
36. 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.
Presidential ticket
Commerce clause
Total and Partial Preemption
Amicus curiae brief
37. A formal decision to reject the bill passed by Congress.
Veto
Administrative discretion
Search warrant
Popular consent
38. 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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39. Presidential staff agency that serves as a clearinghouse for budgetary requests and management improvements for government agencies.
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Social insurance
National party convention
Gerrymandering
40. 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
Bipartisanship
Annapolis Convention
Joint committee
Independent expenditures
41. A meeting of local party members to choose party officials or candidates for public office and to decide the platform.
Caucus
Ethnicity
Collective bargaining
Winner-take-all system
42. An election system in which the candidate with the most votes wins.
Executive privilege
News media
Winner-take-all system
Hatch Act
43. The right to renounce one's citizenship.
Literacy test
Express powers
Right of expatriation
Criminal law
44. The study of the characteristics of populations.
Winner-take-all system
Pluralism
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Demographics
45. The rights of all people to dignity and worth; also called human rights.
Natural rights
Antitrust legislation
Medical savings account
Political culture
46. Theory that opposes governmental interference in economic affairs beyond what is necessary to protect life and property.
Democracy
Federalism
Laissez-faire economics
Police powers
47. A nonprofit association or group operating outside of government that advocates and pursues policy objectives.
'Our federalism'
Veto
Nongovernmental organization (NGO)
Search warrant
48. A secret ballot printed by the state.
Executive Office of the President
Electoral college
Civil disobedience
Australian ballot
49. The reliance on economic and military strength to solve international problems.
Mass media
Democracy
Single-member district
Hard power
50. 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.
Parliamentary system
Realigning election
Due process clause
'Necessary and proper' clause