Founding Fathers & Other Drama
This foundational document justified rebellion by arguing that when government violates natural rights, the people have the right to alter or abolish it.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This legislative tactic allows senators to delay or block a bill unless 60 votes are used to end debate.
What is the filibuster?
This doctrine prevents the government from favoring one religion over another or establishing an official religion.
What is the Establishment Clause?
Political socialization begins most strongly with this institution.
What is family?
This act requires disclosure of campaign contributions and created the Federal Election Commission.
What is the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA)?
The Anti-Federalists’ demand for this addition to the Constitution was rooted in fears of a powerful national government infringing on individual liberties.
What is the Bill of Rights?
In United States v. Lopez, the Court limited Congress’s use of this clause, ruling that carrying a gun in a school zone was not economic activity.
What is the Commerce Clause?
This standard of review is applied to laws involving fundamental rights or suspect classifications like race.
What is strict scrutiny?
This ideology generally supports government intervention in the economy and social welfare programs.
What is liberalism?
This amendment lowered the voting age to 18 in response to arguments about fairness during wartime.
What is the 26th Amendment?
Brutus No. 1 argued that the Constitution would do this to state power.
What is weaken state governments?
This type of federal aid gives states broad discretion in spending.
What are block grants?
In Roe v. Wade, the Court based its decision on a right to privacy derived from this amendment.
What is the Fourteenth Amendment (due process clause)?
This effect explains how major events like wars or economic crises shape the political views of a specific age group.
What is the generational effect?
A political action committee that can raise unlimited funds is called this.
What is a Super PAC?
These were two clauses used in the case, McCulloch v. Maryland.
The president’s informal power to negotiate international agreements without Senate approval, though not mentioned in the Constitution, is known as this.
What are executive agreements?
In Schenck v. United States, the Court established this test to determine limits on free speech.
What is the clear and present danger test?
This economic (fiscal) theory argues that government spending should increase during recessions to stimulate demand.
What is Keynesian economics?
In Citizens United v. FEC, the Court ruled that this type of political spending is protected under the First Amendment.
What is independent political expenditures by corporations and unions?
In Federalist No. 10, this type of republic is argued to best control factions due to its size and diversity.
What is a large republic?
This doctrine limits the ability of federal courts to hear cases by requiring a concrete and particularized injury.
What is standing?
This case upheld affirmative action in college admissions but rejected the use of strict racial quotas.
What is Regents of the University of California v. Bakke?
This polling error occurs when the sample does not accurately represent the population.
What is sampling bias?
This concept explains how parties signal their policy positions to voters through conventions and official documents.
What is the party platform?