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12th Grade
09/06/2007

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Term
monesqieu
Definition
seperation of powers
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franking privilege
Definition
someone in office can send as much mail out at gov expense
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marbury vs maddison
Definition
judicial review
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mucully vs maryland
Definition
supremacy clause
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linkage institution
Definition
anything that links the people to the government (religion, medical, political parties)
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hobbs
Definition
people too stupid to have democracy. belived in need for a strong
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russo
Definition
social contract
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texas vs johnson
Definition
flag burning
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staredecieses
Definition
let the decision stand
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OMB
Definition
office of management and budget. prepares budget
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writ of cloture
Definition
stops debate in senate
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#1 expense of state government
Definition
education
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title IX
Definition
gender equity in sports
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pluralism
Definition
idea that america is run by groups of people
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edmund burke
Definition
said "representative should be good stuart."
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mendez vs west minister
Definition
outlawed segregation in CA schools
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amicus cruriae brief
Definition
friend of the court
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greg vs georgia
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death penalty is not cruel and unusual punishment
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hard money
Definition
money given to canidate directly
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soft money
Definition
money given to groups
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all revenue bills start
Definition
in the house
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amendment 25
Definition
is order of succession
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ammendment 26
Definition
is lower of voting age
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max weber
Definition
true power in gov is the buerocracy
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beurocrat
Definition
works for gov but is not elected
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petite jury
Definition
regular jury
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chief justice
Definition
swears in the president
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articles of confederation:the bad
Definition
no taxes, no money, no power, no trade regulation
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articles of confed: the good
Definition
peace with england, northwest ordinance
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northwest ordinance
Definition
a plan for settling the west, idea for public education
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log rolling
Definition
critizism of our legislative process/ you vote for mine, ill vote for yours
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hyperpluralism
Definition
too many small groups which prevent anything from being done
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35%...
Definition
of people who work for gov work for dept of defense
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biggest expense of federal gov
Definition
entitlements
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entitilements
Definition
things that by law cannot be cut
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tocaville
Definition
habits of the heart, first observer of american democ
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reagan democrats
Definition
democrats in south that voted for reagan in 1980
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bicameral
Definition
two house
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unicameral
Definition
one house/nebraska
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legislative courts vs consti. court
Definition
con court=court w/normal name
legislative courts= meird...long name
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who votes?
Definition
people w/something to loose
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gender gap
Definition
difference between how men and women vote
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gallop
Definition
gallop poles/ opinion poles
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most powerful commitee
Definition
house rules commitee
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way and means(trade)
Definition
commerce powerful in both
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435
Definition
house of rep
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new federalism
Definition
power back to states. (nixon & reagan)
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gov coropation: bad
Definition
amtrax
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gov corporation: good
Definition
fdic(federal deposit insurance corp)
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judicial activism
Definition
loose interpration, liberal, warren court, democrat
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judicial restrain
Definition
strict interpratation, conservative, republican, renquist
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direct tax
Definition
income tax (progressive tax)
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excise tax
Definition
tax on a specific product(sin tax)
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flat tax
Definition
taxes everyone the same(store tax)
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political action commitees
Definition
(pac) fundraisers of special interest groups
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continuing resolution
Definition
when they cant come to an agreement on the budget, it keeps the necessary things funded
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oversite
Definition
keeping track of things
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imperial presidency
Definition
nixon, he ran his presidency like a kingdom
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act
Definition
a collection of laws
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unfunded mandate
Definition
fed gov tells states to fix something or do something without paying for it
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funded mandate
Definition
states given money from fed gov to do something
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sedition
Definition
advocating the violent overthrow of the government
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slander
Definition
spoken words intended to injure that are untrue(unprotected speech)
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liable
Definition
written words(comp&film) intended to injure and untrue (unprotected)
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favorite son
Definition
relationship between a canadite and its home state
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dissenting opinion
Definition
dissagree with the majority
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superdelagates
Definition
honorary vote. unfair
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superfund
Definition
federal money for envinronmental cleanup
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grand jury
Definition
trial before the trial.
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impeachment
Definition
formal accusation
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johnson and clinton
Definition
only presidents ever impeached
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rule of four
Definition
for supream court to consider a case, four justices have to agree that the case has merit
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progressive movement: reforms
Definition

income tax, direct election of senators, reform of the spoils system, womans sufferage, primary system

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pedelton act
Definition
spoils system, replacing people in gov with friends
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school vouchers: for or against?
Definition
republicans-for
democrats-against

ppl affraid vouchers will go to religious schools (against 1st amend)
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presidential vetos stand...
Definition
95% of the time
Term
which president had line item veto? who gave it to him?
Definition
clinton, republicans
Term
line item veto
Definition
budget control, can just cross out a line in a bill
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pork
Definition
put own info in a bill
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incumbents
Definition
those in office running in another election, they have money b/c they win b/c they have money b/c they win
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direct primaries
Definition
comes out of progressive movment, an election to determine the nominiee, most are closed primaries:must be a member of that group
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quarum
Definition
% of people that have to be there
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red state/blue state
Definition
republican/democrat
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dejor segregation
Definition
seg. by law (outlawed by brown vs board of education)
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defacto segregation
Definition
in fact, just by fact
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war powers resolution/act
Definition
early 70's. only have troops in other countries for 60 days with out congress approval. all presidents against it.
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political parties
Definition
moderate in US. made to win the elections. 3rd parties are radical
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what groups are democrats?
Definition
unions, minorities, celebrities...performers, intelectuals, farmers, envinronment
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republicans
Definition
WASPS, rich people, fundamentalist religious groups, anti-communist, small buisness owners, gun owners, military
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ralph nader
Definition
3rd party canidate, took votes from republicans; consumer advocates(saftey features)
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gramm-rudman-holling act
Definition
balanced budget
Term
4 things president can do with a bill
Definition
sign it, veto it, pocket veto it, ignore it
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nulification
Definition
idea that state gov can just ignore fed gov or laws
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efficacy
Definition
effectiveness
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party whips
Definition
enforce party rules/discipline
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habius corpus
Definition
must be brought to trial and must be charged officially for a crime
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dissident
Definition
someone unhappy w/gov, protesting gov
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bill of attainder
Definition
legislative trail
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expostfacto law
Definition
after the fact
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party realignment
Definition

change in established order (when large group changes from one party to another)(demo-->republican)

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party dealignment
Definition
move from major parties to independent or 3rd party
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policy entepunure
Definition
someone who sells a specific policy to a group
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disscressionary spending
Definition
spending not specifically outlined in the budget
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brady bill
Definition
attempt to regulate gun laws; backround checks(1993), waiting periods
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nato
Definition
north atlantic treatie organization
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closed rule
Definition
takes place in the house, bill is closed, cant add anything, no more debate
Term
great society
Definition

a johnson  socual program which attempted to give money to city's. did not not. considered to be the end of federal era.

Term
bully pulpit
Definition
president using power and prestige to push people around
Term
faithless electors
Definition
electorates that change their vote
Term
critizisms of the electiral college
Definition
faithless electors, advatage to small states(over representated)(each individual vote and loose election), winpopular vote and loose election, creates impression of landslides, winner take all system, win the big states and carry the election
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plurality
Definition

have the most votes, but not the majority

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chief executive
Definition
comes from legislature
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borrked
Definition
politicaliztion of the conformation process
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sunshine laws
Definition
meetings must be done in the light of day
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giving $
Definition
free speech
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clinton vs new york
Definition
got rid of line item veto
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bush vs gore
Definition
stopped the floor to recount
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discharge petition
Definition
gets bill out of the commitee
Term
pork barrel
Definition
amendments on bill unrelated to bills actuall topic
Term
original jurisdiction. ex of....
Definition
where case starts. states vs states, ambassadors, territorial waters
Term
appealate jurisdiction
Definition
where case is appealed
Term
which court has original and appealate jurisdiction?
Definition
supreme court
Term
case work
Definition
constituent service, staff will do anything for you
Term
reapportionment
Definition
splitting up the 435 representatives(by congeress) among the states
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redistricting
Definition
done by state, redraw districts based on representatives
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