AP Government duel

Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969) establishes?

Politico a member of Congress who acts as a delegate on issues that constituents care about (such as immigration reform) and as a trustee on more complex or less salient issues (some foreign policy or regulatory matters)

Agenda setting identification of the problems and/or issues that require the attention of the government to resolve

franking privilege allows members of Congress to mail letters and other materials to constituents free of charge

amount of money the federal government expects to receive and authorizes government to spend for a fiscal year

Sixth amendment does not selectively incorporate to providing poor people in not-capital state cases a lawyer

Elastic clause

Ideology a consistent set of beliefs by groups or individuals

Select committee a temporary committee of Congress set up for a specific purpose that is outside the scope of the standing committees

Republic a government that derives its authority from the people and in which citizens elect government officials to represent them in the processes by which laws are made; a representative democracy

Coattail effect the ability of a strong or popular candidate to get other candidates on the ticket elected; it is a term most

Monetary policy

Issue networks the numerous people who are involved in the formulation of policy, including the president, members of Congress, the cabinet, lobbyists, interest groups, government agencies, and scholars; a looser relationship than the iron triangles

election commission a commission delegated to supervise an election

Procedural due process

prior restraint action by the government to prevent the publication of material; censorship

Trial balloon

Hyperpluralist Theory of Democracy seen as a system of many groups pulling government in many directions at the same time, causing gridlock and ineffectiveness

the process of reducing or completely eliminating federal government oversight of an industry so as to allow it to operate more freely; used to encourage competition and reduce costs to consumers

Free exercise clause

common policy concerns an association of congressional members who advocate a political ideology, regional, ethnic, or economic interest

all residents of the state for senators, all residents of a district for House members

Leak an unauthorized release of information to the press from someone in the government

Politics

people who wish to maximize the personal liberty on both economic and social issues; prefer small,

Pluralist theory of democracy interest groups compete in the political arena with each promoting its own policy preferences through organized efforts

Sixth amendment applies to federal criminal cases with possible imprisonment and too poor defendant. Gideon v. Wainwright

Delegated powers powers specifically granted to the national government in the Constitution

Patronage

Incrementalism

Anti-Federalists those opposed to the ratification of the Constitution because it gave too much power to the central government at the expense of the states and the lack of a bill of rights

Blanket primary

Expressed powers powers enumerated in the Constitution

Bill of attainder a law that makes a person guilty of a crime without a trial; neither Congress nor the states can enact such a law Constitutionally

Select committee

Courts of Appeal federal courts with appellate jurisdiction that review decisions of federal district courts, regulatory commissions, and other federal courts

Federalism a division of governmental powers between the national government and the states

Soft money

Platform a statement of a political party on the issues facing the country, adopted at the national convention; each issue position is known as a plank

Redistricting

War Powers Act of 1973 a law that limits presidential use of military forces to sixty days, with an automatic extension of thirty additional days if the president requests such an extension

requirements imposed by the national government on state and local governments to comply with federal

resolved differences between northern and southern states at the constitutional convention; Congress could not tax exports nor ban the slave trade for twenty years

Incumbency effect tendency of those already holding office to win reelection due to advantages because they already hold the office

conformity to social norms and values, tough on criminals

government that has limited control over economy or personal lives

De facto segregation

Discrimination unfair treatment of a person based on race or group membership

Implied powers powers not expressed, but may be considered through the use of the necessary and proper (elastic) clause

Elastic clause the necessary and proper clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause 18) that allows Congress to pass laws to carry out its expressed powers

Equal Protection Clause constitutional guarantee that everyone be treated equally

Found a "right to privacy" in the Constitution that would ban any state law against selling contraceptives

Concurrent jurisdiction jurisdiction the authority to hear cases is shared by federal and state courts

Straight-ticket voting

democracy citizens meet and make decisions about public policy issues; there are no elected officials; also called participatory democracy

when opposing parties and interests often block each other's proposals, creating a political stalemate or inaction between the executive and legislative branches of government

Line item veto the president can reject a portion of a bill while approving the rest; declared unconstitutional

settled disputes between the states over the structure of the legislative branch; a solution to the problem of representation at the Constitutional Convention, in which the number of members that each state would have in the House of Representatives is determined by population, while each state would have equal representation in the Senate

Midterm elections congressional elections held between presidential elections

Constituent

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