The Supreme Court
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Who is John Roberts?
This law is most likely responsible for the increase in the number of southern African American state legislators between 1960 and 1992.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
When the police inform a suspect that he or she has due-process rights, they are guaranteed by this amendment.
What is the Fifth Amendment?
Funds obtained by political parties that are spent on party activities, such as get-out-the-vote drives, but not on behalf of a specific candidate.
What is soft money?
A government in which all or most citizens participate directly.
What is a direct or participatory democracy?
This case established the principle of judicial review.
What is Marbury v Madison?
The effect of recent economic conditions on the voters is most important in this model of voting.
What is retrospective voting?
This kind of poll relies on a sample of actual votes in swing states.
What is an exit poll?
To be eligible for this, a presidential candidate must raise $ 5,000 in each of 20 states in contributions of $ 250 or less.
What is federal matching funds?
The view that the government is dominated by a few top leaders, most of whom are outside of government.
What is the elite view?
Handing out anti-American propaganda on a street corner would violate the ruling in this case.
What is Schenk v United States?
This is an election in which there is a significant shift in the bases of electoral support from one political party to another.
What is a realigning election?
A budget with significant increases in spending for unemployment benefits and public works projects adheres to economic principles by this economic thinker.
Who is John Maynard Keynes?
These independent expenditure-only committees can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money from corporations
What are Super PACs?
The view that the government is dominated by appointed officials.
What is the bureaucratic view?
A public school district implemented a policy that allowed students to vote on whether they wanted a student-led prayer to be read at football games. This policy was later found to be unconstitutional due to violating this clause.
What is the establishment clause?
An issue about which the public is united and rival candidates or political parties adopt similar positions in hopes that each will be thought to best represent those widely shared beliefs.
What is a valence issue?
Strengthening anti-discrimination policies for married gay couples is a position most likely supported by this party.
What is the Democratic Party?
The case of Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission struck down the ban on this.
What is corporate and labor union spending on campaign advertisements for and against candidates?
The view that competition among all affected interests shapes public policy.
What is the pluralist view?
In this case a majority of Supreme Court justices relied on the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment in making their decision.
What is Shaw v. Reno?
The tendency of states to choose an early date on the primary calendar is known as this process.
What is front loading?
A person arrested not told he has the right to an attorney would violate the due process section of this amendment.
What is the Sixth Amendment?
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission struck down as unconstitutional provisions of this 2002 federal campaign finance law that prohibited independent expenditures by various organizations.
What is the Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act of 2002?
A policy in which almost everybody benefits and almost everybody pays.
What is majoritarian politics?