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1. The power of a court to refuse to enforce a law or a government regulation that in the opinion of the judges conflicts with the U.S. Constitution or - in a state court - the state constitution.
Judicial review
Checks and balances
Separation of powers
Union shop
2. 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.
Random sample
Categorical-formula grants
Naturalization
Judicial review
3. A formal - public agreement between the United States and one or more nations that must be approved by two thirds of the Senate.
Majority rule
Unfunded mandates
Redistributive policy
Treaty
4. The right of women to vote.
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5. A convention held in September 1786 to consider problems of trade and navigation - attended by five states and important because it issued the call to Congress and the states for what became the Constitutional Convention.
Entitlements
Annapolis Convention
Cooperative federalism
Class action suit
6. Mutual aid and vote trading among legislators.
Logrolling
Liberalism
Cooperative federalism
Dual citizenship
7. The first governing document of the confederated states drafted in 1777 - ratified in 1781 - and replaced by the present Constitution in 1789.
Fighting words
Articles of Confederation
Liberalism
Full faith and credit clause
8. The right to vote.
Suffrage
Rule-making process
Federalism
Writ of mandamus
9. The effort to slow the growth of the federal government by returning many functions to the states.
Popular sovereignty
Issue advocacy
Devolution revolution
Ethnicity
10. A company with a labor agreement under which union membership can be a condition of employment.
Filibuster
Closed shop
President pro tempore
Parliamentary system
11. The convention in Philadelphia - May 25 to September 17 - 1787 - that debated and agreed upon the Constitution of the United States.
Poll tax
Race
Constitutional Convention
Writ of certiorari
12. Photo opportunities set up by the candidates. The media have been accused of simplifying complicated political issues by relying on photo ops to explain them to the public.
Photo ops
Political socialization
Interest group
Redistributive policy
13. A congressional committee created for a specific purpose - sometimes to conduct an investigation.
Exclusionary rule
Cross-cutting requirements
Oversight
Special or select committee
14. A meeting of local party members to choose party officials or candidates for public office and to decide the platform.
Soft power
Free rider
Decentralists
Caucus
15. Citizenship in more than one nation.
Dual citizenship
Total and Partial Preemption
Earmarks
Discharge petition
16. Theory that opposes governmental interference in economic affairs beyond what is necessary to protect life and property.
Fiscal federalism
Popular sovereignty
Demographics
Laissez-faire economics
17. Libel - obscenity - fighting words - and commercial speech - which are not entitled to constitutional protection in all circumstances.
Party identification
Nonprotected speech
Cloture
Class action suit
18. A law that defines crimes against the public order.
Majority rule
Criminal law
Crossover sanctions
Contract clause
19. A career government employee.
Cabinet
Bureaucrat
Pluralism
Due process clause
20. State laws formerly pervasive throughout the South requiring public facilities and accommodations to be segregated by race; ruled unconstitutional.
Impeachment
Commercial speech
Jim Crow laws
Idealism
21. A tax graduated so that people with higher incomes pay larger fraction of their income than people with lower incomes.
Vouchers
Race
Mass media
Progressive tax
22. 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.'
Plurality
Hard money
Open primary
'Our federalism'
23. A theory that is based on creating enough military strength to convince other nations not to attack first.
Delegate
Minority leader
Theory of deterrence
Reinforcing cleavages
24. Party leader who is the liaison between the leadership and the rank-and-file in the legislature.
Whip
Quid pro quo
Minor party
Antitrust legislation
25. A system of government in which the legislature selects the prime minister or president.
Parliamentary system
Political ideology
Candidate appeal
Preemption
26. Election system in which each party running receives the proportion of legislative seats corresponding to its proportion of the vote.
Total and Partial Preemption
Inherent powers
Extradition
Proportional representation
27. Domination of an industry by a single company; also the company that dominates the industry.
Keynesian economics
Socioeconomic status (SES)
Due process clause
Monopoly
28. 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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29. 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
Closed rule
Independent expenditures
Bicameralism
Pocket veto
30. A minor party dedicated to the environment - social justice - nonviolence - and the foreign policy of nonintervention. Ralph Nader ran as the Green party's nominee in 2000.
Creative federalism
Soft money
Open rule
Green party
31. Formal accusation against a president or other public official - the first step in removal from office.
Senatorial courtesy
Total and Partial Preemption
Executive privilege
Impeachment
32. The process of putting a law into practice through bureaucratic rules or spending.
Linkage institutions
Full faith and credit clause
Implementation
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
33. A widely shared and consciously held view - like support for homeland security.
Petit jury
Manifest opinion
Bill of attainder
Winner-take-all system
34. 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.'
Racial profiling
Permissive federalism
Connecticut Compromise
Dissenting opinion
35. An informal and subjective affiliation with a political party that most people acquire in childhood.
Reinforcing cleavages
Socioeconomic status (SES)
Pluralism
Party identification
36. An individual who does not to join a group representing his or her interests yet receives the benefit of the group's influence.
Executive privilege
Free rider
Plea bargain
Earmarks
37. Authority given by Congress to the Federal bureaucracy to use reasonable judgment in implementing the laws.
Writ of habeas corpus
Spoils system
Administrative discretion
Cabinet
38. Stresses federalism as a system of intergovernmental relations in delivering governmental goods and services to the people and calls for cooperation among various levels of government.
Collective bargaining
Cooperative federalism
Turnout
Categorical-formula grants
39. A large body of people interested in a common issue - idea - or concern that is of continuing significance and who are willing to take action. Movements seek to change attitudes or institutions - not just policies.
Movement
Entitlement programs
Health maintenance organization (HMO)
Closed shop
40. Aid to the poor; 'welfare.'
Public assistance
Political socialization
Gross domestic product (GDP)
Issue advocacy
41. A formal agreement between the U.S. president and the leaders of other nations that does not require Senate approval.
Executive agreement
Equal protection clause
Trust
Impoundment
42. A form of organization that operates through impersonal - uniform rules and procedures.
Jim Crow laws
Bureaucracy
Isolationism
State of the Union Address
43. Tax levied on imports to help protect the nation's industries - labor - or farmers from foreign competition. It can also be used to raise additional revenue.
Class action suit
Majority-minority district
Tariff
Constitutional democracy
44. A committee composed of members of both the House of Representatives and the Senate; such committees oversee the Library of Congress and conduct investigations.
Implementation
Concurring opinion
Impeachment
Joint committee
45. 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.
Plurality
Random sample
Dissenting opinion
Take care clause
46. 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.
Precedent
Popular consent
Indictment
Seniority rule
47. Those citizens who follow public affairs carefully.
Attentive public
Take care clause
Block grants
Political socialization
48. Censorship imposed before a speech is made or a newspaper is published; usually presumed to be unconstitutional.
Rule
Prior restraint
Selective exposure
Justiciable dispute
49. Period at the beginning of the new president's term during which the president enjoys generally positive relations with the press and Congress - usually lasting about six months.
Honeymoon
News media
State's rights
Public opinion
50. Committee appointed by the presiding officers of each chamber to adjust differences on a particular bill passed by each in different form.
Name recognition
Conference committee
Prospective issue voting
Safe seat