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| "friend of the court" brief filed by an interest group to influence a Supreme Court decision |
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| contention that parties are less meaningful to voters, who have abandoned the parties in greater numbers to become independents |
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| government in which one party controls the presidency while another party controls congress |
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| theory that upper class elites excersize great influence over public policy |
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| term used by Madison to denote what we now call interest groups |
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| FCC rule (no longer in effect) that required broadcasters to air a variety of viewpoints on their program |
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| Just as sharks engage in a feeding frenzy when they sense blood in the water, the media "attack" when they sense wrongdoing or scandal in government, and devote great amounts of coverage to such stories |
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