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






2. A law that defines crimes against the public order.






3. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.






4. Constitutional arrangement that concentrates power in a central government.






5. Philosophy proposing that judges should interpret the Constitution to reflect what the framers intended and what its words literally say.






6. Conceives of federalism as a marble cake in which all levels of government are involved in a variety of issues and programs - rather than a layer cake - or dual federalism - with fixed divisions between layers or levels of government.






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






9. A policy adopted by the Bush administration in 2001 that asserts America's right to attack any nation that has weapons of mass destruction that might be used against U.S. interests at home or abroad.






10. Clause in the Fifth Amendment limiting the power of the national government; similar clause in the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits the state governments from depriving any person of life - liberty - or property without due process of law.






11. Review of all executive branch testimony - reports - and draft legislation by the Office of Management and Budget to ensure that each communication to Congress is in accordance with the president's program.






12. Citizenship in more than one nation.






13. The right of women to vote.

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14. Clause in the Constitution (Article 4 - Section 1) requiring each state to recognize the civil judgments rendered by the courts of the other states and to accept their public records and acts as valid.






15. 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.






16. Retroactive criminal law that works to the disadvantage of a person.






17. People who favor state or local action rather than national action.






18. Efforts by government to alter the free operation of the market to achieve social goals such as protecting workers and the environment.






19. The proportion of the voting age public that votes - sometimes defined as the number of registered voters that vote.






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






21. A policy that emphasizes a united front and cooperation between the major political parties - especially on sensitive foreign policy issues.






22. The rights of an individual to own - use - rent - invest in - buy - and sell property.






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






24. 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.'






25. Holding incumbents - usually the president's party - responsible for their records on issues - such as the economy or foreign policy.






26. A system of public employment in which selection and promotion depend on demonstrated performance rather than political patronage.






27. Tax required to vote; prohibited for national elections by the Twenty-Fourth Amendment (1964) and ruled unconstitutional for all elections in Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections (1966).






28. 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).






29. A committee composed of members of both the House of Representatives and the Senate; such committees oversee the Library of Congress and conduct investigations.






30. The formal instructions that government issues for implementing laws.






31. 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






32. Constitutional requirement that governments proceed by proper methods; limits how government may exercise power.






33. The clause in the Constitution (Article 1 - Section 8 - Clause 1) that gives Congress the power to regulate all business activities that cross state lines or affect more than one state or other nations.






34. An international trade organization with more than 130 members - including the United States and the People's Republic of China - that seeks to encourage free trade by lowering tariffs and other trade restrictions.






35. 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.






36. Election in which voters choose party nominees.






37. A tactic in which PACs collect contributions from like-minded individuals (each limited to $2000) and present them to a candidate or political party as a 'bundle -' thus increasing the PAC's influence.






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






39. The process by which provisions of the bill of rights are brought within the scope of the Fourteenth Amendment and so applied to state and local governments.






40. Election in which voters choose party nominees.






41. The difference between the political opinions or political behavior of men and of women.






42. A formal written statement from a grand jury charging an individual with an offense; also called a true bill.






43. Money raised in unlimited amounts by political parties for party-building purposes. Now largely illegal except for limited contributions to state or local parties for voter registration and get-out-the-vote efforts.






44. Literacy requirements some states imposed as a condition of voting - generally used to disqualify black voters in the South; now illegal.






45. A specific course of action taken by government to achieve a public goal.






46. 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.






47. The boost that candidates may get in an election because of the popularity of candidates above them on the ballot - especially the president.






48. 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.






49. Presidential custom of submitting the names of perspective appointees for approval to senators from the states in which the appointees are to work.






50. A formal agreement between the U.S. president and the leaders of other nations that does not require Senate approval.







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