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| Doctrine of judicial activism states: |
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| judges should use the law to protect basic rights such as liberty and equality. |
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| the person who initiates a case. |
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| the person against who the whom a case is filed. |
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| The American common law evolved from which legal system? |
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| The Supreme Court receives most of its cases through its _____ jurisdiction. |
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| Procedure that may be used to limit or end floor debate in a legislative body. |
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| An attempt to defeat a bill in the Senate by talking indefinitely, thus preventing the Senate from taking action to the bill. |
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| Permanently established legislative committees that consider and are responsible for legislation withing certain subject area. |
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| An order from the House Rules Committee that permits a bill to be amended on the floor. |
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| A congressional voting procedure that consists of members answering "yea" or "nay" to their names. |
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| The ability of members to mail letters to their constituents free of charge by substituting their facsimile signature for postage. |
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true or false
Civil Service is a system of hiring and promotion based on the merit principle and the desire to create a nonpartisan government service. |
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According to Max Weber, a hierarchical authority structure that uses task specialization, operates on the merit principle, and behaves with impersonality.
A. deregulation
B. Hatch Act
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Hatch Act is a federal law prohibiting government employees from active participation in partisan politics. |
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| Pendleton Civil Service Act |
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| Passed in 1883, an Act that created a federal civil service so that hiring and promotion would be based on merit rather than patronage. |
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| a tax imposed on nearly all employers and their employees, and on self-employed persons-the amounts owed by employees withheld from their paychecks. |
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| A tax that is set at a flat rate, without regard for income or the ability to pay. |
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| A measure which allows agencies to continue working based on the previous year's appropriations. |
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| The United States does not have a major strategic military alliance in the Middle East mainly because |
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| The United States wants to maintain friendly relations with both Arabs and Israelis. |
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A major feature of American foreign policy since World War II has been deterrence |
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| American isolationism really extended |
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| only to outside the Western Hemisphere |
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