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1. The boost that candidates may get in an election because of the popularity of candidates above them on the ballot - especially the president.
Women's suffrage
Libel
Coattail effect
Administrative discretion
2. Clause of the Constitution (Article I - Section 10) originally intended to prohibit state governments from modifying contracts made between individuals; for a while interpreted as prohibiting state governments from taking actions that adversely affec
Contract clause
Impoundment
Take care clause
Federal Reserve System
3. Libel - obscenity - fighting words - and commercial speech - which are not entitled to constitutional protection in all circumstances.
Divided government
Nonprotected speech
White primary
Bad tendency test
4. Censorship imposed before a speech is made or a newspaper is published; usually presumed to be unconstitutional.
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA)
Prior restraint
Independent regulatory commission
Direct democracy
5. A formal agreement between the U.S. president and the leaders of other nations that does not require Senate approval.
Delegate
Executive agreement
Offshoring
Due process clause
6. The drawing of election districts so as to ensure that members of a certain race are a minority in the district; ruled unconstitutional in Gomillion v. Lightfoot (1960).
Plurality
Soft money
Discharge petition
Racial gerrymandering
7. A small political party that rises and falls with a charismatic candidate or - if composed of ideologies on the right or left - usually persists over time; also called a third party.
Minor party
Winner-take-all system
Antifederalists
Majority rule
8. 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
Realism
Regulation
9. Segregation imposed by law.
Impoundment
Senatorial courtesy
Majority leader
De jure segregation
10. A monopoly that controls goods and services - often in combinations that reduce competition.
Free rider
Trust
Right of expatriation
Fiscal policy
11. In a criminal action - the person or party accused of an offense.
Defendant
Virginia Plan
Midterm election
Senatorial courtesy
12. The process - most notably in families and schools - by which we develop our political attitudes - values - and beliefs.
Political socialization
Cabinet
Petit jury
Regressive tax
13. 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.
Offshoring
Pocket veto
Nonprotected speech
Take care clause
14. A government entity that is independent of the legislative - executive - and judicial branches.
Independent agency
New Jersey Plan
Defendant
Poll tax
15. The rights of all people to dignity and worth; also called human rights.
Federal Register
Constituents
Retrospective issue of voting
Natural rights
16. How groups form and organize to pursue their goals or objectives - including how to get individuals and groups to participate and to cooperate. The term has many applications in the various social sciences such as political science - sociology - and
Keynesian economics
Closed shop
Collective action
Pluralism
17. Police targeting of racial minorities as potential suspects of criminal activities.
Civil disobedience
Realism
Spoils system
Racial profiling
18. 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.
Rule-making process
Implementation
Revolving door
Establishment clause
19. Governance according to the expressed preferences of the majority.
Contract clause
Constitutional democracy
Crossover sanctions
Majority rule
20. Presidential refusal to allow an agency to spend funds that Congress authorized and appropriated.
Gender gap
Proportional representation
Party registration
Impoundment
21. Statement required by Federal law from all agencies for any project using Federal funds to assess the potential affect of the new construction or development on the environment.
Environmental impact statement
Establishment clause
Bill of attainder
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
22. System designed to reduce voter fraud by limiting voting to those who have established eligibility to vote by submitting the proper documents.
Proportional representation
Plea bargain
Labor injunction
Voter registration
23. A tax whereby people with lower incomes pay a higher fraction of their income than people with higher incomes.
Federalism
Issue advocacy
Antifederalists
Regressive tax
24. Procedure whereby a certain number of voters may - by petition - propose a law or constitutional amendment and have it submitted to the voters.
Redistricting
Initiative
Parliamentary system
Due process clause
25. A formal writ used to bring a case before the Supreme Court.
Chief of staff
Writ of certiorari
Independent expenditures
Multilateralism
26. A procedure for terminating debate - especially filibusters - in the Senate.
Cloture
Socialism
Party identification
Federal mandate
27. Something given with the expectation of receiving something in return.
Quid pro quo
Dealignment
Statism
Gross domestic product (GDP)
28. Election in which voters choose party nominees.
Direct primary
Devolution revolution
Party identification
Obscenity
29. Agreement signed by the United States - Canada - and Mexico in 1992 to form the largest free trade zone in the world.
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Criminal law
Writ of habeas corpus
Central clearance
30. The belief that nations must engage in international problem solving.
Federal Reserve System
Internationalism
Reapportionment
Impeachment
31. Elected office that is predictably won by one party or the other - so the success of the party's candidate is almost taken for granted.
Adversary system
Safe seat
Administrative discretion
Soft power
32. Implies that although federalism provides 'a sharing of power and authority between the national and state governments - the state's share rests upon the permission and permissiveness of the national government.'
Cabinet
Name recognition
Pocket veto
Permissive federalism
33. A legislative practice that assigns the chair of the committee or subcommittee to the member of the majority party with the longest continuous service on the committee.
Bipartisanship
Party identification
Seniority rule
Class action suit
34. Theory that opposes governmental interference in economic affairs beyond what is necessary to protect life and property.
Federalists
Capitalism
Laissez-faire economics
Social capital
35. Agreement between a prosecutor and a defendant that the defendant will plead guilty to a lesser offense to avoid having to stand trial for a more serious offense.
Plea bargain
Regulatory taking
Deficit
Majority
36. Elections in which voters determine party nominees.
Mass media
Deregulation
Primary election
Open shop
37. Procedure for submitting to popular vote measures passed by the legislature or proposed amendments to a state constitution.
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Pocket veto
Search warrant
Referendum
38. General tax on sales transactions - sometimes exempting food and drugs.
Quid pro quo
Sales tax
Selective incorporation
Public opinion
39. Rebellion led by Daniel Shays of farmers in western Massachusetts in 1786-1787 - protesting mortgage foreclosures. It highlighted the need for a strong national government just as the call for the Constitutional Convention went out.
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40. Constitutional requirement that governments proceed by proper methods; limits how government may exercise power.
Seniority rule
Theory of deterrence
Procedural due process
Marble cake federalism
41. A law that defines crimes against the public order.
Reform party
Criminal law
Civil disobedience
Rider
42. A jury of 6 to 12 persons that determines guilt or innocence in a civil or criminal action.
Excise tax
Petit jury
Cooperative federalism
Judicial review
43. Segregation resulting from economic or social conditions or personal choice.
Medical savings account
Pocket veto
De facto segregation
Executive order
44. Governance divided between the parties - as when one holds the presidency and the other controls one or both houses of Congress.
Linkage institutions
Implied powers
Closed primary
Divided government
45. A formal - public agreement between the United States and one or more nations that must be approved by two thirds of the Senate.
Treaty
Extradition
Separation of powers
Grand jury
46. Formal orders issued by the president to direct action by the Federal bureaucracy.
Search warrant
Chief of staff
Executive orders
Extradition
47. The rights of all people to dignity and worth; also called human rights.
Tax expenditure
Natural rights
Marble cake federalism
Open primary
48. The authority of a court to review decisions made by lower courts.
Writ of certiorari
Unemployment
Appellate jurisdiction
Realigning election
49. A procedural rule in the House of Representatives that permits floor amendments within the overall time allocated to the bill.
Inherent powers
Libertarianism
Open rule
Referendum
50. A combination of entitlement programs - paid for by employer and employee taxes - that includes retirement benefits - health insurance - and support for disabled workers and the children of deceased or disabled workers.
Social Security
Civil law
Racial gerrymandering
Implementation