Constitutional Underpinnings
He wrote about the theory of government and his ideas are expressed in the Declaration of Independence.
Who is John Locke?
The political left is associated with this political party.
What is the Democratic Party?
This part of the Constitution is what protects people's ability to influence government.
What is the 1st Amendment (or freedom of speech or freedom of petition)?
This part of the Constitution describes the powers of Congress.
What is Article I?
This is how often federal elections take place.
What is two years?
This concept describes the system of government that the United States has today, in which state and federal powers are separate in some cases, and they overlap in others.
What is federalism?
This ideology tends to prefer a weaker federal government, and tends to emphasize individual factors instead of systemic ones in explaining success/failure.
What is conservatism?
This is money that used to be donated to political parties in unlimited amount in the 90s, because FECA never regulated these donations. BCRA put an end to this practice (as far as money to parties goes).
What is soft money?
The Speaker of the House is the constitutional leader of the House of Representatives and this is the ACTUAL leader of the Senate.
Who is the Senate Majority Leader?
This normally happens to the President's party during a midterm election.
This clause has allowed Congress to regulate such diverse areas of American life from air quality to racial discrimination in public places.
What is the Commerce Clause?
This ideology describes someone who believes in free market economics, but supports policies that protect a diverse range of moral behaviors.
What is libertarianism?
What is Buckley v. Valeo?
This Supreme Court case established the doctrine of implied powers under the Necessary and Proper Clause.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
This amendment to the Constitution limited the President to 2 full terms and a maximum of 10 years in office.
What is the 22nd Amendment?
This is a clause of the Constitution that forces the states to have consistency in the treatment of people from other states.
Full Faith and Credit Clause
Privileges and Immunities Clause
These are two things that political parties do
- Coordinate competition in primaries
- Communicate with voters
- Help raise money
- Recruit candidates
- Organize officials in government
What is dark money?
If someone is filibustering a bill, this is what is required to put an end to that effort.
What is a cloture vote?
The people vote on for President of the United States in early November, but the Electoral College votes in December. When do the Electoral College votes get counted?
What is January 6?
President Franklin Roosevelt is often credited with ushering in this new relationship between the federal government and the states during the Great Depression.
What is cooperative federalism?
This is what you call it when events cause groups of voters to decide to switch parties, such as if women and people of color suddenly were to vote Republican and White men were to vote Democratic.
What is party realignment/a critical election?
The Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United v. FEC (2010) allowed for what kind of unlimited behavior with money?
What is independent expenditures?
If you wanted to have the power to allocate actual federal funds to all the various specific agencies in the federal government every year, this is the committee you would want to sit on.
What is the Appropriations Committee?
What is Shaw v. Reno (1993)?