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1. Interpretation of the First Amendment that holds that freedom of expression is so essential to democracy that governments should not punish persons for what they say - only for what they do.
Veto
Free exercise clause
Preferred position doctrine
Attentive public
2. Exemption from prosecution for a particular crime in return for testimony pertaining to the case.
Public opinion
Department
Hatch Act
Immunity
3. Advertisements and commercials for products and services; they receive less First Amendment protection - primarily to discourage false and misleading ads.
Standing committee
Commercial speech
Libertarian party
Open primary
4. The rights of all people to dignity and worth; also called human rights.
Majority
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Natural rights
Sound bites
5. Officer of the Senate selected by the majority party to act as chair in the absence of the vice president.
President pro tempore
Double jeopardy
Lobbying
Reapportionment
6. The powers of the national government in foreign affairs that the Supreme Court has declared do not depend on constitutional grants but rather grow out of the very existence of the national government.
Inherent powers
Contract clause
Hold
Manifest destiny
7. 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.
Civil disobedience
Issue advocacy
Discharge petition
Single-member district
8. 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.
Sound bites
Implementation
Docket
Fighting words
9. People who favor national action over action at the state and local levels.
Centralists
Grand jury
Minor party
Conference committee
10. Formal accusation against a president or other public official - the first step in removal from office.
Quid pro quo
Impeachment
Caucus
Constituents
11. Quality or state of a work that taken as a whole appeals to a prurient interest in sex by depicting sexual conduct in a patently offensive way and that lacks serious literary - artistic - political - or scientific value.
Obscenity
Monopoly
Winner-take-all system
Due process
12. A policy-making alliance among loosely connected participants that comes together on a particular issue - then disbands.
Honeymoon
Collective action
Issue network
Senatorial courtesy
13. Compromise between northern and southern states at the Constitutional Convention that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives.
Marbury v. Madison
Three-fifths compromise
Appellate jurisdiction
Environmental impact statement
14. Segregation resulting from economic or social conditions or personal choice.
Executive orders
Amicus curiae brief
Crossover voting
De facto segregation
15. A dispute growing out of an actual case or controversy and that is capable of settlement by legal methods.
Presidential ticket
Full faith and credit clause
Enumerated powers
Justiciable dispute
16. Clause in the Constitution that states that 'Congress should have the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers. . . .' This clause is also known as the elastic clause as is a major and significant p
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17. Programs such as unemployment insurance - disability relief - or disability payments that provide benefits to all eligible citizens.
Entitlement programs
Joint committee
Preferred position doctrine
Theory of deterrence
18. A permanent committee established in a legislature - usually focusing on a policy area.
Isolationism
Party identification
Standing committee
Policy agenda
19. An opinion disagreeing with a majority in a Supreme Court ruling.
Dissenting opinion
Petit jury
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Property rights
20. Government in which the people elect those who govern and pass laws; also called a republic.
Representative democracy
Checks and balances
Random sample
Line item veto
21. Programs in which eligibility is based on prior contributions to government - usually in the form of payroll taxes.
Weapons of mass destruction
Social insurance
Executive orders
Bicameralism
22. A theory that is based on creating enough military strength to convince other nations not to attack first.
Rider
Theory of deterrence
Protectionism
Cross-cutting cleavages
23. 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.
Extradition
Fighting words
Popular sovereignty
Civil disobedience
24. Primary election in which any voter - regardless of party - may vote.
Block grants
Open primary
Concurrent powers
Independent expenditures
25. Governance divided between the parties - especially when one holds the presidency and the other controls one or both houses of Congress.
Search warrant
Party convention
Divided government
Presidential election
26. The Federal government's primary intelligence officer - responsible for overseeing all national intelligence agencies and providing advice to the President on terrorist threats.
National Intelligence Director
Single-member district
State of the Union Address
State's rights
27. A formal decision to reject the bill passed by Congress.
Open shop
Enumerated powers
Crossover voting
Veto
28. Voting by member of one party for a candidate of another party.
Precedent
Crossover voting
Winner-take-all system
Central clearance
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
Independent expenditures
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Democratic consensus
Majority rule
30. A belief that ultimate power resides in the people.
Popular sovereignty
Voter registration
Executive privilege
Writ of certiorari
31. Engaging in activities aimed at influencing public officials - especially legislators - and the policies they enact.
Rule-making process
Executive privilege
Statism
Lobbying
32. A theory that government should control the money supply to encourage economic growth and restrain inflation.
Realigning election
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Multilateralism
Monetarism
33. Aid to the poor; 'welfare.'
Proportional representation
Public assistance
Nonprotected speech
Implied powers
34. Relationships among interest groups - congressional committees and subcommittees - and the government agencies that share a common policy concern.
'Necessary and proper' clause
Police powers
Issue network
Proportional representation
35. A term the founders used to refer to political parties and special interests or interest groups.
Devolution revolution
Faction
Selective incorporation
Logrolling
36. Lawsuit brought by an individual or group of people on behalf of all those similarly situated.
Executive privilege
Class action suit
Federal Register
Impeachment
37. A procedure for terminating debate - especially filibusters - in the Senate.
Docket
Executive orders
Cloture
Bureaucrat
38. An agreement among two or more states. Congress must approve most such agreements.
Plea bargain
Iron triangle
Interstate compact
Total and Partial Preemption
39. A characteristic of individuals that is predictive of political behavior.
The Federalist
Movement
Political predisposition
Exclusionary rule
40. Procedure whereby a certain number of voters may - by petition - propose a law or constitutional amendment and have it submitted to the voters.
Initiative
Government corporation
Minor party
Caucus
41. Divisions within society that reinforce one another - making groups more homogenous or similar.
Exclusionary rule
Senatorial courtesy
Reinforcing cleavages
Literacy test
42. An opinion that agrees with the majority in a Supreme Court ruling but differs on the reasoning.
Obscenity
Executive privilege
Concurring opinion
Separation of powers
43. A nonprofit association or group operating outside of government that advocates and pursues policy objectives.
Recall
Nongovernmental organization (NGO)
Plurality
Constitutional democracy
44. The study of the characteristics of populations.
Popular sovereignty
Demographics
Grand jury
Plurality
45. Promoting a particular position or an issue 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 regulation.
Caucus
Issue advocacy
Health maintenance organization (HMO)
Executive agreement
46. Government in which citizens vote on laws and select officials directly.
Direct democracy
Veto
Community policing
Public policy
47. A system of public employment based on rewarding party loyalists and friends.
Democratic consensus
Double jeopardy
Marbury v. Madison
Spoils system
48. An electoral district in which voters choose one representative or official.
White primary
Block grants
American dream
Single-member district
49. 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.
Executive order
Cooperative federalism
Checks and balances
Override
50. Constitutional arrangement in which power is distributed between a central government and subdivisional governments - called states in the United States. The national and the subdivisional governments both exercise direct authority over individuals.
Separation of powers
Federalism
Redistributive policy
Impoundment