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1. God's or nature's law that defines right from wrong and is higher than human law.
Natural law
Quid pro quo
Public policy
Retrospective issue of voting
2. Presidential custom of submitting the names of perspective appointees for approval to senators from the states in which the appointees are to work.
Senatorial courtesy
Express powers
Bill of attainder
Shays's Rebellion
3. A court order requiring explanation to a judge why a prisoner is being held in custody.
Writ of habeas corpus
Federal Register
Executive order
Collective bargaining
4. The rights of all people to dignity and worth; also called human rights.
Impeachment
Separation of powers
Contract clause
Natural rights
5. Clause in the Fifth Amendment limiting the power of the national government; similar clause in the Fourteenth Amendment prohibiting state governments from depriving any person of life - liberty - or property without due process of law.
Due process clause
Iron triangle
Labor injunction
Bundling
6. In a criminal action - the person or party accused of an offense.
Public policy
Categorical-formula grants
Defendant
Ex post facto law
7. The power to keep executive communications confidential - especially if they relate to national security.
Unitary system
Permissive federalism
Executive privilege
Virginia Plan
8. 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.
Standing committee
Deficit
Amicus curiae brief
Monopoly
9. Programs such as unemployment insurance - disaster relief - or disability payments that provide benefits to all eligible citizens.
Substantive due process
Libel
Entitlements
Keynesian economics
10. 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.
Interest group
Constitutional democracy
Representative democracy
Coattail effect
11. An official document - published every weekday - which lists the new and proposed regulations of executive departments and regulatory agencies.
Seniority rule
Creative federalism
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Federal Register
12. A consistent pattern of beliefs about political values and the role of government.
Suffrage
Iron triangle
Political ideology
Attentive public
13. Retroactive criminal law that works to the disadvantage of a person.
Ex post facto law
Direct democracy
Rider
Writ of certiorari
14. The rights of all people to dignity and worth; also called human rights.
Natural rights
Delegate
Medical savings account
National tide
15. Something given with the expectation of receiving something in return.
Adversary system
Quid pro quo
Contract clause
Political party
16. A court order forbidding specific individuals or groups from performing certain acts (such as striking) that the court considers harmful to the rights and property of an employer or community.
Labor injunction
Discharge petition
Constitutional Convention
Immunity
17. 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.
Confederation
Defendant
Judicial review
Hold
18. An election system in which the candidate with the most votes wins.
Winner-take-all system
Lobbying
Independent agency
Preemption
19. An official who is expected to vote independently based on his or her judgment of the circumstances; one interpretation of the role of the legislator.
Independent expenditures
Tax expenditure
Cycle of increasing effectiveness
Trustee
20. Promoting a particular position or an issue paid for by interest groups or individuals but not candidates. Much issue advocacy is often electioneering for or against a candidate - and until 2004 had not been subject to any regulation.
Retrospective issue of voting
Issue advocacy
Marbury v. Madison
Entitlements
21. Formal accusation by the lower house of legislature against a public official - the first step in removal from office.
Dual citizenship
Divided government
Collective bargaining
Impeachment
22. 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.
Issue network
White primary
Closed rule
Fiscal policy
23. Electoral system used in electing the president and vice president - in which voters vote for electors pledged to cast their ballots for particular party's candidates.
Cross-cutting cleavages
Closed shop
Regulation
Electoral college
24. 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
Cross-cutting requirements
Laissez-faire economics
Plurality
Policy agenda
25. A formal agreement between a U.S. president and the leaders of other nations that acquires approval by both houses of Congress.
Cabinet
Winner-take-all system
Congressional-executive agreement
Representative democracy
26. 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.
Liberalism
Eminent domain
Keynesian economics
Judicial review
27. The principle of a two-house legislature.
Bicameralism
The Federalist
Keynesian economics
Direct orders
28. Federal laws (starting with the Sherman Act of 1890) that tried to prevent a monopoly from dominating an industry and restraining trade.
Open shop
Shays's Rebellion
Inherent powers
Antitrust legislation
29. In this type of sample - every individual has unknown and random chance of being selected.
Writ of certiorari
Random sample
Fundamentalists
Open rule
30. Powers inferred from the express powers that allow Congress to carry out its functions.
Regulation
Class action suit
Implied powers
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
31. An informal and subjective affiliation with a political party that most people acquire in childhood.
Implied powers
Movement
Party identification
Liberalism
32. Deliberate refusal to obey law or comply with orders of public officials as a means of expressing opposition.
National tide
Inherent powers
Civil disobedience
Senatorial courtesy
33. Philosophy proposing that judges should interpret the Constitution to reflect current conditions and values.
Patronage
Department
Judicial activism
Photo ops
34. A tax whereby people with lower incomes pay a higher fraction of their income than people with higher incomes.
Conference committee
Regressive tax
Open primary
Constituents
35. Elections held midway between presidential elections.
The Federalist
Appellate jurisdiction
Devolution revolution
Midterm election
36. The rights of an individual to own - use - rent - invest in - buy - and sell property.
Property rights
Constitutional Convention
Devolution revolution
Pocket veto
37. A PAC formed by an officeholder that collects contributions from individuals and other PACs and then makes contributions to other candidates and political parties.
Electoral college
Indictment
Treaty
Leadership PAC
38. A jury of 6 to 12 persons that determines guilt or innocence in a civil or criminal action.
Medicaid
Petit jury
Inherent powers
Extradition
39. Party leader who is the liaison between the leadership and the rank-and-file in the legislature.
Equal protection clause
Immunity
527 organizations
Whip
40. Policy of erecting trade barriers to protect domestic industry.
Protectionism
Unfunded mandates
State of the Union Address
Winner-take-all system
41. Arrangement whereby public officials are hired to provide legal assistance to people accused of crimes who are unable to hire their own attorneys.
Rally point
Natural rights
Public defender system
Laissez-faire economics
42. 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.
Hard money
Logrolling
Writ of mandamus
Extradition
43. The process - most notably in families and schools - by which we develop our political attitudes - values - and beliefs.
Political socialization
Monetary policy
Prospective issue voting
Patronage
44. Primary election in which any voter - regardless of party - may vote.
Commerce clause
Green party
Cycle of decreasing influence
Open primary
45. Literacy requirements some states imposed as a condition of voting - generally used to disqualify black voters in the South; now illegal.
Soft money
Photo ops
Public assistance
Literacy test
46. The widely shared beliefs - values - and norms about how citizens relate to governments and to one another.
Closed rule
Weapons of mass destruction
Political culture
Manifest opinion
47. Widespread agreement on fundamental principles of democratic governance and the values that undergird them.
Gross domestic product (GDP)
Electoral college
Right of expatriation
Democratic consensus
48. 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.
Health maintenance organization (HMO)
Issue advocacy
Issue advocacy
Gerrymandering
49. 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
Poll tax
Natural rights
Confederation
50. Presidential staff the agency that serves as a clearinghouse for budgetary requests and management improvements for government agencies.
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Political socialization
Soft money
Shays's Rebellion