Constitution and Federalism
This proportion of states must ratify a constitutional amendment before it becomes law?
3/4ths of the state.
This stage of life is when most political attitudes are formed.
Childhood
This is the month that the General Election occurs.
November
This level of party organization is most responsible for helping the party's nominee win the presidency.
The National/Federal level.
The length of the term of service for justices of the Supreme Court once they are nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate.
Life.
Under the Articles of Confederation, the national government lacked this important power, causing issues with funding.
Refers to limitations on government power intended to protect freedoms that governments may not legally intrude on.
Civil liberties
This type of media framing occurs when a story focuses on isolated details or specifics rather than looking broadly at the whole issue.
Episodic framing
This voting system, also referred to as first-past-the-post, awards victory to the individual candidate with the most votes regardless of whether they gain a majorit
Plurality Voting
In order to be chief executive, someone has to meet these two constitutional requirements.
1. Natural born citizen 2. 35 years old
Three authors wrote The Federalist Papers specifically to encourage New York to ratify the Constitution, but he has his own musical.
Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison.
This famous Supreme Court case related to freedom of speech in schools and allowed students to wear black armbands to protest the Vietnam War.
Tinker v. Des Moines.
This 1993 legislation made registering to vote much easier by requiring states to add voter registration to government applications.
The National Voter Registration Act of 1993.
This term describes the increasing dissimilarity between Republicans and Democrats, both organizationally and in government.
Party polarization.
The English translation of the legal doctrine "stare decisis"
"Stand by things decided".
This style of federalism resembles a marble cake with intertwined jurisdictions, as opposed to distinct spheres of jurisdiction.
Cooperative federalism
This constitutional amendment added the Equal Protection Clause, prohibiting states from treating people unfairly or denying them the same rights and laws given to others.
The Fourteenth Amendment
This term describes an Electoral College elector who disregards voter preferences.
According to most federal and state governments, these two practices are strictly prohibited for lobbyists to do.
Providing gifts to lawmakers and compensating lobbyists with commission.
These are the three specific areas that presidents have expanded their executive powers in
Executive privilege, unilateral powers (including executive orders), and presidential war power.
These parts of the U.S. Constitution sketch out the powers of the states and the federal government.
Article 1, Section 8; the 10th Amendment; and the Supremacy Clause of Article VI.
This is the primary technological advancement that made scientific polling more difficult for researchers?
Cell phones with area codes that do not indicate geographic location
90%
This 1995 legislation defined who can and cannot lobby and required lobbyists and interest groups to register with the federal government.
The 1995 Lobbying Disclosure Act.
This 1883 act created the Civil Service Commission, a centralized agency charged with hiring civil servants through a merit system.
The Civil Service Reform Act of 1883.