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1. The means by which individuals can express preferences regarding the development of public policy.
Judicial restraint
Antifederalists
Government corporation
Linkage institutions
2. 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.
Inflation
Regulatory taking
Libertarianism
Take care clause
3. 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
Presidential ticket
Judicial restraint
Stare decisis
4. The right of women to vote.
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5. 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
Majority
Grand jury
The Federalist
Public defender system
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
Candidate appeal
Bipartisanship
Project grants
Treaty
7. Theory that opposes governmental interference in economic affairs beyond what is necessary to protect life and property.
Closed primary
Majority leader
Laissez-faire economics
Concurring opinion
8. Interpretation of the First Amendment that holds that the government cannot interfere with speech unless the speech presents a clear and present danger that it will lead to evil or illegal acts.
Clear and present danger test
Patronage
Representative democracy
Majority rule
9. The first governing document of the confederated states drafted in 1777 - ratified in 1781 - and replaced by the present Constitution in 1789.
Winner-take-all system
Gerrymandering
Articles of Confederation
Logrolling
10. Clause in the First Amendment that states that Congress shall make no law prohibiting the free exercise of religion.
Free exercise clause
Movement
Government corporation
Public defender system
11. An electoral district in which voters choose one representative or official.
Dealignment
Single-member district
Open shop
Federal Register
12. Constitutional arrangement in which sovereign nations or states - by compact - create a central government but carefully limit its power and do not give it direct authority over individuals.
Impoundment
Linkage institutions
Chief of staff
Confederation
13. 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.
Australian ballot
Veto
Unemployment
Union shop
14. The boost that candidates may get in an election because of the popularity of candidates above them on the ballot - especially the president.
Block grants
Coattail effect
Ethnocentrism
Soft money
15. The rights of all people to dignity and worth; also called human rights.
Liberalism
Restrictive covenant
Natural rights
Fiscal policy
16. A judicial system in which the court of law is a neutral arena where two parties argue their differences.
Cross-cutting requirements
Adversary system
American dream
State's rights
17. Weakening of partisan preferences that points to a rejection of both major parties and a rise in the number of independents.
Impoundment
Prior restraint
Divided government
Dealignment
18. Primary election in which any voter - regardless of party - may vote.
Open primary
Crossover sanctions
Political predisposition
Substantive due process
19. A philosophy that encourages individual nations to act on their own when facing threats from other nations.
Petit jury
Primary election
Soft money
Unilateralism
20. 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.
Monopoly
Tax expenditure
Stare decisis
Turnout
21. 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.
American dream
amicus curiae brief
Establishment clause
Tax expenditure
22. A rise in the general price level (and decrease in dollar value) owing to an increase in the volume of money and credit in relation to available goods.
Mandate
Inflation
News media
Search warrant
23. Federal laws (starting with the Sherman Act of 1890) that tried to prevent a monopoly from dominating an industry and restraining trade.
Antitrust legislation
Trade deficit
State of the Union Address
Rider
24. A term the founders used to refer to political parties and special interests or interest groups.
Soft money
Reinforcing cleavages
Green party
Faction
25. A company in which new employees must join a union within a stated time period.
Winner-take-all system
Centralists
Mandate
Union shop
26. Presidential power to strike - or remove - specific items from a spending bill without vetoing the entire package; declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
Equal protection clause
Line item veto
Closed primary
Spoils system
27. 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.
Realism
Party identification
Checks and balances
Minor party
28. A congressional district created to include a majority of minority voters; ruled constitutional so long as race is not the main factor in redistricting.
Majority-minority district
Bush Doctrine
Collective bargaining
Safe seat
29. 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.
Virginia Plan
Midterm election
Judicial activism
Candidate appeal
30. Constitutional doctrine that whenever conflict occurs between the constitutionally authorized actions of the national government and those of a state or local government - the actions of the federal government will prevail.
Dissenting opinion
Mandate
National supremacy
Fiscal federalism
31. Programs in which eligibility is based on prior contributions to government - usually in the form of payroll taxes.
Social insurance
Delegate
Reapportionment
Trade deficit
32. 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.
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Medical savings account
Naturalization
Electoral college
33. Government policy that attempts to manage the economy by controlling the money supply and thus interest rates.
Suffrage
Monetary policy
Tax expenditure
Mass media
34. Trial or punishment for the same crime by the same government; forbidden by the Constitution.
Immunity
Double jeopardy
Attentive public
Executive agreement
35. Constitutional requirement that governments proceed by proper methods; limits how government may exercise power.
Bill of attainder
Racial profiling
Reform party
Procedural due process
36. Divisions within society that reinforce one another - making groups more homogenous or similar.
Total and Partial Preemption
Due process
Reinforcing cleavages
Adversary system
37. An elected office that is predictably won by one party or the other - so the success of that party's candidate is almost taken for granted.
Hard power
Categorical-formula grants
Safe seat
Equal protection clause
38. A provision attached to a bill
Rider
Cloture
Joint committee
Selective exposure
39. A requirement the federal government imposes as a condition for receiving federal funds.
Literacy test
Bush Doctrine
State's rights
Federal mandate
40. Method whereby representatives of the union and employer determine wages - hours - and other conditions of employment through direct negotiation.
Eminent domain
Hard money
Closed shop
Collective bargaining
41. An agency of Congress that analyzes presidential budget recommendations and estimates the cost of proposed legislation.
Marble cake federalism
'Necessary and proper' clause
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
American dream
42. Presidential staff agency that serves as a clearinghouse for budgetary requests and management improvements for government agencies.
Party identification
Impeachment
Regulations
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
43. Elections in which voters determine party nominees.
Political action committee (PAC)
amicus curiae brief
Primary election
Establishment clause
44. 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
Total and Partial Preemption
Nonprotected speech
Contract clause
Gender gap
45. The informal list of issues that Congress and the president consider most important for action.
Executive orders
Antitrust legislation
Policy agenda
Full faith and credit clause
46. Retroactive criminal law that works to the disadvantage of a person.
National Intelligence Director
Recall
Ex post facto law
Independent agency
47. 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.
Unfunded mandates
Federal Reserve System
Popular consent
Amicus curiae brief
48. Government policy that attempts to manage the economy by controlling taxing and spending.
Fiscal policy
Hard money
Hard power
Ethnocentrism
49. 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.
State of the Union Address
Obscenity
Articles of Confederation
Full faith and credit clause
50. Established by Congress in 1978 as a flexible - mobile corps of senior career executives who worked closely with presidential appointees to manage government.
Senior Executive Service
Bureaucracy
Soft power
Selective incorporation