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1. A national meeting of delegates elected in primaries - caucuses - or state conventions who assemble once every four years to nominate candidates for president and vice president - ratify the party platform - elect officers - and adopt rules.






2. Employment cycle in which individuals who work for governmental agencies that regulate interests eventually end up working for interest groups or businesses with the same policy concern.






3. The principle of a two-house legislature.






4. Election system in which each party running receives the proportion of legislative seats corresponding to its proportion of the vote.






5. Remedial action designed to overcome the effects of discrimination against minorities and women.






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






7. Legislative act inflicting punishment - including deprivation of property - without a trial - on named individuals or members of a specific group.






8. A president's claim of broad public support.






9. A company in which new employees must join a union within a stated time period.






10. 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.






11. A formal decision to reject a bill passed by Congress after it adjourns






12. A philosophy that encourages individual nations tacked together to solve international problems.






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.






14. Divisions within society that cut across demographic categories to produce groups that are more heterogeneous or different.






15. Federal laws (starting with the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890) that try to prevent a monopoly from dominating an industry and restraining trade.






16. 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.






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






18. The process by which individuals screen out messages that do not conform to their own biases.






19. A judicial system in which the court of law is a neutral arena where two parties argue their differences.






20. 30-second statements on the evening news shows. The media have been accused of simplifying complicated political issues by relying on sound bites to explain them to the public.






21. A tax on increased value of the product at each stage of production and distribution rather than just at the point of sale.






22. Powers expressly or implicitly reserved to the states.

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23. Assigning police to neighborhoods where they walk the beat and work with churches and other community groups to reduce crime and improve relations with minorities.






24. Federal program that provides medical benefits for low-income persons.






25. 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.






26. The political arm of an interest group that is legally entitled to raise funds on a voluntary basis from members - stockholders - or employees to contribute funds to candidates or political parties.






27. A social division based on national origin - religion - language - and often race.






28. Constitutional division of powers among the legislative - executive - and judicial branches - with the legislative branch making law - the executive applying and enforcing the law - and the judiciary interpreting the law.






29. Interpretation of the First Amendment that would permit legislatures to forbid speech encouraging people to engage in illegal action.






30. A rising public approval of the president that follows a crisis as Americans 'rally 'round the flag' and the chief executive.






31. A government that enforces recognized limits on those who govern and allows the voice of the people to be heard through free - fair - and relatively frequent elections.






32. A technique of Congress to establish federal regulations. Total preemption rests on the national governments power under the supremacy and commerce clauses to preempt conflicting state and local activity. Building on this constitutional authority - f






33. Media that emphasize the news.






34. An agency of Congress that analyzes presidential budget recommendations and estimates the cost of proposed legislation.






35. A meeting of local party members to choose party officials or candidates for public office and to decide the platform.






36. The desire to avoid international entanglement altogether.






37. Donations made to political candidates - party committees - or groups which - by law - are limited and must be declared.






38. A decision made by a higher court such as a circuit court of appeals or the Supreme Court that is binding on all other federal courts.






39. The powers expressly given to Congress in the Constitution.






40. 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






41. Procedure whereby a certain number of voters may - by petition - propose a law or constitutional amendment and have it submitted to the voters.






42. A company with a labor agreement under which union membership is a condition of employment.






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






44. A procedural practice in the Senate whereby a senator temporarily blocks the consideration of the bill or nomination.






45. The Federal government's primary intelligence officer - responsible for overseeing all national intelligence agencies and providing advice to the President on terrorist threats.






46. 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.






47. An official document - published every weekday - which lists the new and proposed regulations of executive departments and regulatory agencies.






48. Democratic party primary in the old 'one-party South' that was limited to white people and essentially constituted an election; ruled unconstitutional in Smith v. Allwright (1944).






49. An opinion disagreeing with a majority in a Supreme Court ruling.






50. Government regulation of property so extensive that government is deemed to have taken the property by the power of eminent domain - for which it must compensate the property owners.







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