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| negtive- a group that controls the activities of a poltical party "man behind the curtin" |
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| the principle that members of the executive branch of goverment cannot legally be forced to disclose their confidential communicactions when such disclose would adversly affect the opperatations or procedures of the executive branch |
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| a model of the goverence of a state where not one body holds all power |
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| a constitutional doctrine that gives to a court system the power to annul legislative or executive acts which the judges declare to be unconstitutional |
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| the principle thatthe goverment must respect all of the legal rights owed to a person according to the law |
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| competion and mutural restaint among the various branches of goverment |
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| an action of the state to seize a citizens priviate property, expopriate property, or seize a citzen's rights in property with due monetary compensation, but without the owners |
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| the rights to an individual by virture of citizenship esp. the fundamental rights |
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| a list of the actions which a political party supports in order to appeal to the general public for the purpose of having said party's candidates voted into office |
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| (in the US) an order issured by the president generally orders to staff of the executive branch and not the citizens of the country |
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| the indirect veto of a bill received by the president within ten days of the adjourment of congress, effected by retaining the bill unsigned untill congress adjourns |
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| the system of appointing and promoting civil service personnel on the basis of merit rather than political affliation or loyalty |
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| refers to any bill, act, resolution, or any other action of a poltical body in which both the major poltical paries are inagreement |
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| a govermental agency that regulates the buisinesses in the public intrest |
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| also lobbing is the intention of influencing decisions, individuals, other legislaters, constituents, or advocacy groups |
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| the submission of a proposed public measure or actural statute to a direct popular vote |
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| distribuation of parts of the federal tax income to states and municipalities |
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| (a derogatory term) government projects or appropriations yielding rich patronage benefits |
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| occurs when an indivdual or orginzation is involved in multiple interests, one of which could possibly corrupt the motivation for an act in the other |
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| reappotting politacal power based on a set of principals |
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| a form of obstuction in an legislature or othe decision making body wherby a lone member can electto delay |
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| abranch of govemental service in which individuals are employed on the basis of professional merit as proven by competive examinations |
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| an unwritten poltical customn in the US where by the president consults the senior US senator of his poltical pary of a given state before nominations any person to a federal vancancy within that senators state |
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| the use of state resources to reward individuals for their electoral support |
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| the beleif that the legitlature of the state is created by the will or consent of its people, who are the source of all poltical power |
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