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The supreme law of the land
What is the Constitution?
Whether or not Congress should use Article I against a state's sovereign immunity.
What is Alden vs. Maine?
Shrinking party identification
What is Party Dealignment?
The idea that God chooses the next ruler
What is the Divine Right Theory?
Those who shape social norms as well as individual perspectives.
Who are Peers?
Written by James Madison, this gave the federal system the ability to control factions.
What is Federalist 10?
Vote to have any law removed if disliked by popular demand.
What is a referendum?
Minorities who sought better representation
What is the McGovern-Fraser Commission?
The protection of rights
What is the Social Contract?
Your own parents, or those who you live among, will have their own personal and moral beliefs with their politics.
Who is your Family?
Checks and balances can be created by the government
What is Federalist 51?
The first major check on the Constitution involving where a gun may or may not be allowed given the place in question.
What is US vs. Lopez?
Keep the party operating between conventions
What is the National Committee?
A king could not take away the life, liberty, or property from a person.
What is the Magna Carta?
The ability to take a pole using an everyday object that is in everyone's pockets these days.
What is a telephone pole?
The Federal Court deciding whether an act by Congress is deemed Constitutional.
What is Federalist 78?
A state having its own primary policy
Articles of Confederation
A nickname for the new Progressive Party that supported President Roosevelt.
What is the Bull Moose Party?
In the Federal system, powers held by the National Government and the States.
What are Concurrent Powers?
How one becomes politically socialized
What are demographic characteristics?
A country should not be governed by a free republic.
What is Brutus I?
Expand national power throughout the states
What is the supremacy clause?
Support of industry, protective tariffs, and Clay's American System.
Who are Whigs?
Giving Congress the right to make laws and make powers expressed in other clauses.
What is the Elastic Clause?
Accurately measuring the public opinion with an equally represented aspect of a population sample.
What is stratification sampling?