Powers that are specifically referred to in the Constitution
What are enumerated powers?
Term used to describe powers shared by the national and state governments.
What are concurrent powers?
Legislation/policy that protects people from discrimination
What are Civil Rights?
Political parties are one type of this.
What is a linkage institution?
The agreement to give up some rights in exchange for protection of basic rights.
What is the social contract?
This amendment gives us protection against unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is the fourth amendment?
The political ideology that wants bare minimum government involvement in economy and personal privacy.
What is libertarian?
A vote where only members from one political party get together to vote in secret for delegates which will then go on to vote for the presidential nomination.
What is a closed primary?
Consent of the governed.
What is popular sovereignty?
The political party that wants minimum government intervention in economic policy but high intervention in social policy
What is the Republican Party?
This theory of democracy posits that a variety of competing interest groups influence political decision making
What is Pluralist Democracy
Supreme Court case that began the process of selective incorporation (bringing the bill of rights to states piece by piece)
What is McDonald v. Chicago?
This amendment voided federal polling taxes.
What is the 24th amendment?
This system describes a situation where ALL of the electoral votes goes to the victor.
This foundational document argues that the way to deal with factions is by having a large republic which can act as a filter and cause them to compete
What is Federalist 10
Foundational document that states "If all men were angels, no government would be necessary"
What is Federalist 51?
Supreme Court case that nullified BCRA and qualified corporate political donations as free speech under the 1st amendment.
What is Citizens United vs. FEC?
This number of US presidents were only children.
NONE.