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| someone in office can send as much mail out at gov expense |
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| anything that links the people to the government (religion, medical, political parties) |
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| people too stupid to have democracy. belived in need for a strong |
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| office of management and budget. prepares budget |
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| #1 expense of state government |
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| idea that america is run by groups of people |
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| said "representative should be good stuart." |
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| outlawed segregation in CA schools |
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| death penalty is not cruel and unusual punishment |
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| money given to canidate directly |
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| true power in gov is the buerocracy |
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| works for gov but is not elected |
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| articles of confederation:the bad |
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| no taxes, no money, no power, no trade regulation |
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| articles of confed: the good |
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| peace with england, northwest ordinance |
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| a plan for settling the west, idea for public education |
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| critizism of our legislative process/ you vote for mine, ill vote for yours |
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| too many small groups which prevent anything from being done |
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| of people who work for gov work for dept of defense |
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| biggest expense of federal gov |
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| things that by law cannot be cut |
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| habits of the heart, first observer of american democ |
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| democrats in south that voted for reagan in 1980 |
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| legislative courts vs consti. court |
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con court=court w/normal name
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| people w/something to loose |
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| difference between how men and women vote |
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| gallop poles/ opinion poles |
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| commerce powerful in both |
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| power back to states. (nixon & reagan) |
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| fdic(federal deposit insurance corp) |
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| loose interpration, liberal, warren court, democrat |
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| strict interpratation, conservative, republican, renquist |
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| income tax (progressive tax) |
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| tax on a specific product(sin tax) |
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| taxes everyone the same(store tax) |
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| political action commitees |
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| (pac) fundraisers of special interest groups |
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| when they cant come to an agreement on the budget, it keeps the necessary things funded |
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| nixon, he ran his presidency like a kingdom |
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| fed gov tells states to fix something or do something without paying for it |
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| states given money from fed gov to do something |
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| advocating the violent overthrow of the government |
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| spoken words intended to injure that are untrue(unprotected speech) |
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| written words(comp&film) intended to injure and untrue (unprotected) |
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| relationship between a canadite and its home state |
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| dissagree with the majority |
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| federal money for envinronmental cleanup |
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| only presidents ever impeached |
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| for supream court to consider a case, four justices have to agree that the case has merit |
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| progressive movement: reforms |
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income tax, direct election of senators, reform of the spoils system, womans sufferage, primary system |
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| spoils system, replacing people in gov with friends |
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| school vouchers: for or against? |
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ppl affraid vouchers will go to religious schools (against 1st amend) |
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| presidential vetos stand... |
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| which president had line item veto? who gave it to him? |
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| budget control, can just cross out a line in a bill |
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| 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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| 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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| % of people that have to be there |
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| seg. by law (outlawed by brown vs board of education) |
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| war powers resolution/act |
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| early 70's. only have troops in other countries for 60 days with out congress approval. all presidents against it. |
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| moderate in US. made to win the elections. 3rd parties are radical |
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| what groups are democrats? |
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| unions, minorities, celebrities...performers, intelectuals, farmers, envinronment |
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| WASPS, rich people, fundamentalist religious groups, anti-communist, small buisness owners, gun owners, military |
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| 3rd party canidate, took votes from republicans; consumer advocates(saftey features) |
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| 4 things president can do with a bill |
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| sign it, veto it, pocket veto it, ignore it |
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| idea that state gov can just ignore fed gov or laws |
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| enforce party rules/discipline |
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| must be brought to trial and must be charged officially for a crime |
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| someone unhappy w/gov, protesting gov |
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change in established order (when large group changes from one party to another)(demo-->republican) |
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| move from major parties to independent or 3rd party |
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| someone who sells a specific policy to a group |
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| spending not specifically outlined in the budget |
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| attempt to regulate gun laws; backround checks(1993), waiting periods |
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| north atlantic treatie organization |
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| takes place in the house, bill is closed, cant add anything, no more debate |
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a johnson socual program which attempted to give money to city's. did not not. considered to be the end of federal era. |
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| president using power and prestige to push people around |
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| electorates that change their vote |
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| critizisms of the electiral college |
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| 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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have the most votes, but not the majority |
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| politicaliztion of the conformation process |
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| meetings must be done in the light of day |
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| got rid of line item veto |
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| stopped the floor to recount |
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| gets bill out of the commitee |
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| amendments on bill unrelated to bills actuall topic |
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| original jurisdiction. ex of.... |
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| where case starts. states vs states, ambassadors, territorial waters |
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| which court has original and appealate jurisdiction? |
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| constituent service, staff will do anything for you |
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| splitting up the 435 representatives(by congeress) among the states |
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| done by state, redraw districts based on representatives |
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